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A crown of lilies adorned her flaxen head

She carried with her all the pain

All the pity all the joy all the envy

The love and woe and wont of the world

She walked alone into the shallow water

Lead by the sombre midsummer night’s tone

A veil of tears streamed down her face

As she left behind the flittering shadows

Of a broken world

A V of raptors in the glistening sky bear witness

And trees showed the only remorse as the willows moaned

Another bride of sacrifice, nobody’s friend, nobody’s daughter

A phantom walks with her in the waste deep water

Will you dare walk with me?

Where I walk alone?

A v in an ethereal bow, the phantom’s lip quivers

I will walk with you, and I will lead you astray,

I will lead you away

The weight of the world washes up on a far bank

A row of white lilies ‘neath her feet

A pallor like a moonstone gleamed

Gradually regaining fervour

The very breath she took was like her first

As she left it all behind