Saturday, November 5, 2011

Walk My Love

Siuil, siuil, siuil a run
Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin
Siuil go doras agus ealaigh lion
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan

Walk, my love
Run, my love
I have found your heart, my love
Hold now -

Among the reeds the tusks of pigs
I'm picking up pearls thrown
[At me I'm the dirty girl
Cleaning laundry hang me up to dry]
Selling my bejeweld soul
Selling my windswept mind
Selling myself to dirty tricks
dirty work dirty men and egrets

Walk, my love
Run, my love
I have found your heart, my love
Hold now -

In the muck where algae
Is crawling up my arms
My skirt eaten by frogs swallowed
I Am Bare
My skin crawls and would you stop looking at me
[They're all dirty boys and girls
That's why they laugh at my nakedness
I'm burning put out the fire boys]
They cry laugh turn their backs
My hands grasp a sword of bronze

Walk, my love
Run, my love
I have found your heart, my love
Hold now -

Cutting away my skin
I bleed
My skin falls off
I cut further
My muscle falls away
I cut further
My bones clatter down
I cut further
Just my heart now, my love
It still beats. I am still alive.
The battle is against me
And against the frogs
[I'm a dirty heart
But I am a little fighter
I promised my children I'd never]

Walk, my love
Run, my love
I have found your heart, my love
Hold now -

Can't you see I've done this killing
For love?
Dead frogs and boneless hearts
For love
Oh failure
Sweet transparency
What was I supposed to do?
Love all over our bodies
I think I've always loved you.
Wherever I'm with you.

Walk, my love
Run, my love
I have found your heart, my love
Hold now.