FROSTED EVENING SAFE INSIDE
THERE WERE JUST WE FIVE
THE MOON HUNG HIGH REFLECTING LIGHT
WHICH LINED THE HEAVY SKIES
WORDS AND MUSIC MINGLED WITH
THE SCENT OF FOOD AND WINE
AND CONVERSATION TURNED BACK TO
IMAGES IN TIME
SMOKE HUNG LIKE CURTAINS ALL AROUND US
WE TALKED AND THOUGHT IN RHYME
AND WHO KNOWS FOR THAT ONE MOMENT
TIME STOPPED TIME STOPPED WITHIN TIME
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OF US
WE HAD NO THOUGHT OF TIME
WE JUST WATCHED THE FIRE DANCE
AS ONLY FIRE CAN
THERE WAS NO ONE OVER MY SHOULDER
NO-ONE TO DO ME HARM
I'M NOT ASHAMED TO CLOSE MY EYES
AND LET THE THOUGHTS TURN ROUND
ALL AROUND THE WHITEWASHED WALLS
SHADOWS CLIMBED UP AND DOWN
JUST LIKE IN A NIGHTMARE
THEY CIRCLED US AROUND
ALL OF US DEEP IN LAUGHTER
UNTIL WE COULD LAUGH NO MORE
AND FINALLY TO WATCH
THE EARLY MORNING SUN
NOW FILLED WITH UNCERTAINTY
WE GO WITH THE TIME
WISHING WE WERE BACK AGAIN
WISHING TIME TO TURN
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OF US
WE HAD NO THOUGHT OF TIME
WE JUST WATCHED THE FIRE DANCE
AS ONLY FIRE CAN
THERE WAS NO-ONE OVER MY SHOULDER
NO ONE TO DO ME HARM
I'M NOT ASHAMED TO CLOSE MY EYES
AND LET THE THOUGHTS TURN ROUND