I vowed I would love thee
crouching for benediction
kissing Welsh rain
from your smile
above me

I love thee still
beyond each season
as winter spiders web
the diamond
beads of tears

Time weathers me
Shamen invite
a dance with scalpels
carbon steel rituals
stud my circus light

All vows now are broken
Excepting, before thee
I pledged
bend the knife
never bend the knee