Night Speaks To A Woman

(Anastasio)

I know a princess
with one foot in the fire
two steps from the water’s edge
she rides three sheets to the wind
who whispers that
I know a girl who’s walking on a wire
balanced in the air conditioned
breeze that blows
the wind chimes tells me that
I know a woman with whom I conspire
lawlessness abounds
just listen to the sounds
as night speaks to a woman
I once knew

I know a queen who loved me for a week
said more from one through four
by seven she would hardly speak
but through words in a book
she never let me see
stashed it high up on my shelf
and never made me doubt myself
until reading the words
the section that I seek
inside I see a tiny piece of me
spread out on the pages I once knew
lawlessness abounds
just listen to the sounds
as the night speaks to a woman
I once knew

like water on the breeze
the night speaks to a woman