• Once upon a midlight hour
    The sun refused to rise
    The masquerade ball spun on and on
    While the world turned to ice

    Women arabesqued in their diamons and silks
    and kissed beneath the mistletoe
    as a child stumbles out onto the veranda
    and with one step, dances toward death

    The blood on the pavement painted a new red carpet
    melted the surrounding snow
    stained new rouge for its' cheeks
    and the stars cried their tears with the acid rain

    Watch the blossoms falter and tumble
    The weight of the dew too great
    Drifting slowly to the ocean
    They swim with the foam that rises from the shore

    And she sleeps beneath that willow with her rosebud smile in bloom
    and breaths a rythmic lullaby while hiding crystal eyes
    Golden curls curtaining her face and plumps cheeks so pale

    + The poetry of ages dying fresh on her infant tongue +

    He glows beneath the fountain with its pennies all alight
    Sighs, whispers, spreads his dark wings
    and enchants the babe so innocent to join him in his flight
    That porcelain child of beauty

    Sing carols for the everlasting eve
    But kiss her goodbye no sooner than Christmas
    As was said before, the sun will not rise
    And the land will soon be covered in ice

    Hear them laugh and toast with fine wine and tart
    see how they sparkle underneath the yuletide trees
    As the child stumbles onto the veranda
    and with one glazed smile
    with those crystal Jade eyes

    -Waltzes to eternity.-