The candle flickers for a moment, just a moment.
Then it is gone and darkness comes,
Leaving Luna and her cloak of stars as my only light.
Lady Luna and Sir Sol dance every morning and night
Just like this in a dance that slowly spins 'round Terra,
Their child, a dance that provides us comfort.
Lady Luna in her silk garment embroidered with stars
Embraces Sir Sol, wrapped in soft cotton clouds
As evening comes and he prepares for bed,
As they will do in the morning when she sleeps.
And Terra who used to giggle playfully, weeps,
For she feels herself being ripped apart, she
Can't find air to breathe.
Terra's teardrops hit my window, pounding, pounding,
Her raging breath pushes against the trees.
Her voice bellows across the sky.
She screams in agony and no one understands,
I weep along with her and light the candle once more
Soon it will be gone and darkness will come.
-Ame Olson
August 30, 2001
Rivers of Blood
Bewildered and forgotten
on the streets paved in broken glass.
Invisible to all, yet so plain to see.
The tears fall down in rivers of blood
and I call out his name,
but none might understand the silence
that shatters all my world.
A dagger of ten thousand blades pierces my heart.
A numbing feeling runs through my body and
The tears fall down in rivers of blood.
If all my pain must drag me here
with a mirror split into three
who is the true image and who are the false of me?
The blood on the crystallized street looks like wine.
Deep in color, flowing freely as my tears.
Powerless I call to him and yet he can't respond.
Why am I so trapped here?
Why must I be strong?
i don't want to be seen like this when
The tears fall down in rivers of blood.
Everywhere I look it's the same
All I feel is pain.
But I shut it out
Until the tears fall down in rivers of blood.
I can't express anything
Nothing works the way it should.
I'm screaming in agony
No one looks up, no one knows.
There seems to be nothing wrong, but
The tears fall down in rivers of blood.
Rivers of blood cover the road
Rivers of blood come from my wounds.
Tears fall from my eyes
The tears fall in rivers of blood.
The blood of wine stings my feet,
My tears burn my eyes.
Nothing seems right as I fall.
I fall to the ground helpless,
My breath is stolen and
The tears fall in rivers of blood.
The life is gone from my world.
The joy is unknown to my heart.
Love is a novel concept known only in my mind.
He calls me to him, but I can't walk.
I fall to my knees and cry.
My mind goes numb and my hand reaches out.
I push away from him, but want him near.
In my confusion
The tears fall down in rivers of blood.
Rivers of blood from my wounds,
Rivers of tears from my eyes.
Mistrusting, not living, praying, calling, dying,
Lying in rivers of blood.
Unnamed
Secretly I keep memories so deep.
In my heart my true emotions clearly
Letting go of the past is impossible.
Entering the future is unbearable.
Nothing can heal these wounds.
Can't I just remember who I am?
Everything has changed so much, that I can not remain.
Ame Olson
Unknown date 2002
