Chaos rears defiantly
Losing fealty o'er me
she cannot surrender
for passion is survival

She cannot release
my love to another
She cannot abide
thought of a rival

she would cage my flesh
in Possession's barren tomb.

But I have found a star
that sings in solitude
burning the darkness
where no star should be.

I have tasted light
in a land of shadow
Her pale flame burns
alone for me.

Love shrouds this cage of flesh
dragging me from my tomb

Oh! Splendid madness--
desire ignites
the shadow places
I've chosen to carry--

The distillation
of my senses
conveys this clay
to ectasy

This resurrected flesh
must rise and resume.

Dry tissues revive
the feeble spark
that drives this clay
gyres into fussion.

New dimensions
open within.
The darkling plains
stirr in confusion.

No more, a cage to flesh
No more, a barren tomb.