saddened-Lines

The truth rises and flies On your ember breath of sighs A phoenix rising in your eyes Consumed with passion, then it dies. Spider silken silver cords Tying close the rabid hordes Interlacing colored words Soars the soul on painted birds Try to find the meaning here Curiosity dipped in fear Candied layers fool the seer No more truth seen in her tears Poked and prodded with the pen The paper gives it up again Ink like blood fools wise men Keeping secrets in its den All the coins that were spent All the ships that were sent always with the wrong intent truth themselves they can't invent Heartened truth we cannot find graspi