Centaur

Written in 2006 to Abstra, but often attributed (even by me) to the influence of Nightblooming, this piece really owes its incept to The Goldenheart Cycles, wherein my symbology was a Centaur. The music version of this piece is quite nice. Not surprising, as this was originally developed as a lyric.

Centaur

let me walk to the horizon
with you there by my side
I’m not looking to play martyr
to some self-consuming pride.

I would ask you many questions
and answer all you dare.
I will smile at life’s imperfections
as you brush aside you hair.

there are places on this highway
better spanned by teams of two,
and I am just to thinking
what it would be like, with you.

let me walk to the horizon
with you there by my side
I’ve got gas enough for miles to go
if you come along for the ride.

I’ve got baggage by the bushel
as I know you’ve got as well,
I can’t promise you good weather
but I’d walk with you through Hell.

dreams of the damned and dramas
are better lived in lover’s arms
where you’re shielded from the fire
by my passion and cast charms.

let me walk to the horizon
with you there by my side
let us sleep in fields grown feral
where no hunger is denied.

let me walk to the horizon
with you there. by my side


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.