All The Things I Cannot Say or The Devil's De Canto

All The Things I Cannot Say

I close my eyes and I see the years
All the years that fell away in time
I see the smiles and I see the tears
That got all tangled up in my mind

A thousand currents shaped us
Like a river shapes tumbling stones
A thousand suns burned us
Like a desert burns fallen bones

And all the things that I remember
Are so beautiful and terrible
I kneel in silence before the altar
I bow my head in prayer and tremble

I hear the angels voices rising
I am burned in the crucible of memories
Where the devils sing de cantos
And we mark the crossroads with lies

A thousand currents shaped us
Like a river shapes tumbling stones
A thousand suns burned us
Like a desert burns fallen bones

I close my eyes and I see the years
All the years that fell away in time
I see the smiles and I see the tears
That got all tangled up in my mind

Beauty strikes me sharply into silence
My words fail me and fall away
The tears show me the terrible clarity
Of all the things I cannot say

A thousand currents shaped us
Like a river shapes tumbling stones
A thousand suns burned us
Like a desert burns fallen bones

Beauty strikes me sharply into silence
My words fail me and fall away
The tears show me the terrible clarity
Of all the things I cannot say

Tags: Lyrical Poetry, All The Things I Cannot Say, The Devil's De Canto