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Dove

a votive offering 

is now due

seems we knocked on heavens door

and they wouldnt let us through

let us tell our friends 

to give love offerings in lieu

of flowers

for at this final hour

the pompus ones watching

from the tower of babylon

have siezed the power

 

how many times 

has the dove flew

only to be lost in the fog

of our unconscious actions above the mew

olive  branches dropping

in rain starved ferns

waiting for lighting to strike

and peace  to burn

 

mistakes you and i have made

yes a slew

believeing in utpoian allegories

ignoring  the gory truth

the church bells ring

so very few

remain in the pews

hoping to make one final offer

love cant refuse

 

two first class tickets

to paradise

our  bond lost in the baggade of false claims

two lonely hearts on the altar of sacrifice

with no one to rely upon

as the church bells echo

in the steely dawn

 

supernatural  forces 

being forced to abstain

for when love is offered

and not truly received

it dies in vain

parrish priests bless 

our sacrificial remains

as we offer confessions

upon the cross of love labours pain

 

how many times 

did we spiritually abide

praying to the christ

while allowing the demon

to stand by our side

how then could true love survive

when at the gates of dawn

the pipers pallor pied

a patchy  black and white

with no shade of grey

the towers of babylon remain steady

while our love steadily sways

 

though  we will have angst

and some regret

a false dawn is an illusion 

created when loves sun sets

two lovers cast in silhouette

making promises to forget me not

yet through the passing of time

they soon forget

 

two first class tickets

to paradise

our bond lost in the baggage of false claims

two loney hearts

on the altar of sacrifice

with on one to rely upon

as church bells echo

from the tower of babylon

in the steely dawn

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