Cardinal Red -

Faded release

Tapers to vanity

Cardinal red

Blushing unsure

Of all that will be

Apologies die untold

You lied when you said

That you’d prefer

Intoxication

Of dreams that are gone

Living in levels

And loving alone

Take me away

Folded in harmony

And rescue me

From myself

Lucid stranger

Speak to me with your mind

Your tears, your touch

Your music

Whatever you’ll find

To catch the spark

The hope in the dark

That subtle danger

Appeals to my pride

Deepening still

A tribute to lost embrace

An elegy for happier men

There’s rosemary for

Remembrance of darker days

There’s violets for

Ophelia again

I will remember

I can not forget

Holding my temper

I know you regret…

…Fading away

A voice like a lullaby

For sinners and thieves

And glorious good

Devious still

I tempt you beyond the veil

With cardinal red

And blossoms of blue

Intoxication

Of dreams that are gone

Living in levels

And loving alone