a forest moon (after The Cure)

Come closer and see – see into the trees
Find the girl while you can…

she was already with my friend when we first met
no conscious agenda… a subconscious gravitation.
the space between us, intimate – like privately sunbathing
red rays filtering through resting eyelids
in warm colors, no shadows of anxieties remained

Come closer and see – see into the dark
Just follow your eyes, just follow your eyes

when visiting her friends,
i often melted into the floor to one side
and looked up, quietly, taking her in
my eyes held her face when she spoke
her sister caught the way i looked at her

I hear her voice calling my name
The sound is deep in the dark

in the wilderness – Nature’s wordless speech
she whispers… everything real is created here
no one holds the power, this just is
i would walk, sit, sleep within this
taking this in, i looked up at the moon

I hear her voice and start to run
Into the trees, into the trees

was it the moon’s voice i was listening to
taking her in, taking her in
she took my hand to move through a crowd
unexpectedly, i felt her touch run through me
the flow of warm-blooded wilderness

Into the trees

speechless presence – did she feel it too?
this wave of sensation nurtured in my memory

Suddenly I stop, but I know it’s too late
I’m lost in a forest, all alone

an eclipse released the hidden shadows
all of them walked through her nights
the red rays still penetrating me, yet she gravitated to them
the sacred space, the real creation, lost
taking this in, i look up into emptiness

The girl was never there – it’s always the same
I’m running towards nothing, again and again and again and again…

deeply, i miss the moon’s voice
deeply, i miss the speechless space
no breezes in the wild fields
the quiet field listens to it
red rays filter through nakedness

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Insight: The italicized text are lyrics from “A Forest” by The Cure, written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, and Laurence Tolhurst. Originally released on the album Seventeen Seconds (1980) © Fiction Records / Universal Music Publishing Group. Partial lyrics used under fair use for artistic and commentary purposes. All rights remain with the original copyright holders.

Lyrics source: Genius

Image credit: A night of mystery, silence and magic on the coast of Andaman Sea (3 December 2009), Vyacheslav Argenberg.