The Cleansing -

Water covers water, shimmering

Streams like fingers flowing

Washing away stone and earth

Shapeless, formless, voiceless

Starting anew

The current below washing over me

Rinsing away the stains from my body

To once again renew it’s splendor

The day is gone

We leave our light behind in vain

The stains remain

We wait again for another cleansing

Youthful sounds growing faint

They vanish

Silent, forgotten

I spread my arms wide to take hold of the world

The warmth and strength I feel for a moment

Taking me under

Drowning me

Making me invisible again

Thus begins my cleansing

The day is gone

We leave our light behind in vain

As the stains remain

We wait again for another cleansing

An unstained paradise awaits

Dream of me one last time

I’ll take your tears, clean and pure

And wait again for another cleansing