Anna with the Silver Arrow

Ellie O'Neill

 

 

 

Oh, the chemical drips

From your mouth to your hips

And I bless myself before moving closer

 

 

And the day is full then empty

Over your aching body

I was in the gallery when you told me

My heart was granite and molasses

 

 

Anna with the silver arrow

I found you at a time of fallow

Moving like the swarm ascending

High up, bodies, backs all bending

 

 

I harbour high tides in my womb

You lift the ocean to my blue

You'll see us somewhere, sometime

 

 

With the weight of a dreamer's vision

You saw us dancing in the kitchen

The alchemy of her eyes, I can't help

 

 

Oh my day was full then empty

And I missed her loving body

She's in the gallery and she reminds me

Love comes before any other answer

 

Anna with the silver arrow

I saw you though the light was narrow

Tremble in the skin you're given

Knowing comes before revealing

 

 

I harbour high tides in my womb

You lift the ocean to my blue

You'll see us somewhere

 

 

And I miss you when you turn your head

Miss you when you turn your body to the wind

I remember when he said

Here she is and I love her

Here she is and I love her

Here she is

 

 

Anna with the silver arrow

Leave me now, the night is hallowed

And careful with the skin you're given

Knowing comes before revealing

 

 

 

Oh, my day was full then empty

And she made ache, my loving body

She's in the gallery every time that I go looking

For an answer