Iridescent marble

Unpolished stone

I’ve got some stories

That will chill you to the bone

I trap the winter

And suck on the cold

Never thought I’d see the day

The moss began to mold

Opulence is over

Devoid of all beings

And all that I can hear is the elephant seals sing and they go…

“Everything you build on the shore will be swallowed”

She was born with a silver spoon

Golden rattle caught the light of the moon

Grandpa was a literary tycoon

But none of that matters when you’re locked in a steel cage

But I don’t mean to get ahead myself

It all started with some books on the shelf

The ones that she read and the ones she rejected

Learned life’s not as fair as she once had suspected (so she left)

Where is my princess?

Will I ever know why?

And all that I can hear is the elephant seals cry and they go…

“Anyone you trap in a tower will betray you”

“Everything you build on the shore will be swallowed”

Newspaper 1974

Revolutionaries came and knocked down her door

They held her captive while she slept on the floor

But none of that matters when you’re questioning your ethics

And then came 1975

It turned out she was well and alive

Semi-automatic strapped to her thigh

She said “up against the wall”

She was working for the other side

And “you motherfuckers, you don’t know anything

But me, I can’t forget the way the elephant seals scream” and they go…

“Better be careful what you toss in the wishing well”

“Anyone you trap in a tower will betray you”

“Everything you build on the shore will be swallowed”