Summoned to the underworld
Nimble steps take her down
Game face screwed in place
Her soul slips underground
Poison arrows seek
Corridors of flesh
Doors hide departures
Into nothingness
Magdalene
Your name came like a mantra
While the rain
Whispered questions to your answers
Ash skin awakens
Pearls circle her centre
One ring of memories
Only she and I may enter
Each day is a fresh disguise
A borrowed name
The smile in the mirror
Lingers there unclaimed
Magdalene
I took my chances
Took your name in vain
While strangers bought your soul
For small change
These walls could be my eyes
Where waking dreams unfold
The air makes shapes
Revolutions come and go
One crack the escape
Every wind on earth howls
A cloud from molten sigh
Black flow back and forth
The air is raw
The pulse below
I reap the valley floor
Old black magma crust
Run back to your molten core
Magdalene
I'm searching, searching
For your face in vain
While strangers bought your soul
For small change