Because in the dark that dissolves
Her outline more bright and terrible
So red she glowed like hot glass
We ran out looking back at her
Screaming look look look to doors
Long closed 'it's the pissing middle
of bloodybones night!' but then they saw
Slack jawed they window watched her
And because in the dark that dissolves
Not glass now, but glowing steel, hissing
The rain and steam - all were afraid to say
So I said it 'love' and knew the word
But because in the dark that dissolves
She was ate up, kaput, gone
And everyone went to bed trembling
But I shook my head, I had known her
Then at least but words are too weak
And because in the dark that dissolves
I cannot carry it and so now tremble too
