kalypso (kvh version)

Kalypso

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The canes up on the cliff
flash green and silver by the sea
but out of what is lost
grows something stronger next to me

an island in the sun tonight
I can snatch her talk
from the faint drone of the surf
though through the reeds I cannot walk

on a moonlit stretch of ocean
sand as white as bone
she floats with dreaming motions
with a sweetness there that grows

and her cheeks dusted
with a royal smile
and her gaze would look to sea
for ten thousand miles

on a silver coin
from royal memory.
a heart life is open to the sky
transparency

where the two midnights meet,
light floods the morning
and then the crystal sea,
a universe reborn

I am calypso
and i have lived alone
for ten thousand years
and ten thousand more

i saw her drowning
and i pulled her into me
into my island
into my holy sanctuary

now in the morning light
she will sail away
i can still feel her long hair
and taste the salt on her skin

She called me Monet
and left me with designs
that siezed the ramparts
and nearly blew my mind

she watched the water
for gravity and shapes
geometries would fall apart
we count together : one lake, two lakes, three lakes....

she was a flower
intricate pale blue
she moved in circles,
swaying thoughts and leaving clues

and the minor accidents
of love and lovers lost
and the harsh punctuality
with stunning cost

i am calypso
floating wreckage from the gods
i keep her here in my arching caves
beneath the eyes of mars

she has no ship nor oars nor crews
to take her off
the wide expanse of ocean
the waters to  be crossed


There was a time when the divine
Kalypso could strike fear
into the heart of every
fucking sailor who drew near

but times are tough for mortals
and the gods both
ain't that the truth
and that the screaming most?