'the batavi'

'the tic heatheness'

twine and thread ... 
cigarettes and lust ...
thoughts ...
which would be considered impure 
by churches ...
kept us together in apartness ... 
and belied our whereabouts 
to those who'd forsake us ...

salijah ... her word of name captured the imagination 
of more than all men ... 
and scratched torrents into my soul ...

'salijah anima'

salijah ... of the fox wing ... 
and never did i rest ...
staind by jack ... 
... the ripper ... 
the path she and i could flee 
was not the path we could travel ... 
and longing arrested my heart ... 

hope dawned her face ... 
hatred crashed and broke against our shoulders ... 

merry behad our rebellion ... 

'and from its ashes'

... and from its ashes ... 
the girl of a gentle womans sway ...
begrabbed my heart ... 
and tore wickedness from my body ... 
i hated the distance between us ... 
and coveted visions of us united ... 

but the devil laid bestoken of its fire ... 
and harbored grudge against mine love heart ...
thus caused split between i and her ... 
cursed the earth we walked towards each other ... 

echos of the tic heatheness ...

holy heavan ... 
never guided my soul ... 
darkness regained my heart ...
and through its evil ... 
i betrayed hatreds vows ...