Topic: Poems for Zaz
Stone Soldiers
shot through the black dream
of goodness and light
sky scattered teardrops
in the hollow-eyed night
we picked up the saving
in a cold falling down
through the broken-iced secret
they just watched us drown
we were stone soldiers
and masters of fate
here to help a loving
come so little, come so late
it just broke all our pieces
down onto the ground
like a trail of edgy tears
on the sad way out of town
still they died their hands clenching
little pearls of despair
finally run out of ways
to make the care they should care
and we were stone soldiers
masters of love
just like a Jesus-child
wings like a dove
just shut out the lights for now
go ‘round and lock the door
those kids that used to come here
won’t be back for more
we keep closer counsel now
in each other’s eye
we are the thing we want to see
where angels cannot die
but we were stone soldiers
and masters of night
born to tangle tiny dreams
in giant streams of light
back then, we were stone soldiers
and masters of the grave
holding back the dying light
with someone left to save
and now, we’re stone soldiers
spun around our own new stars
unmade for each other
beyond any battle scars
stone soldiers
angel babies
tommy for Zaz