Benandanti

Two steps from the empty dreaming
Something moving behind my eyes

Hiding from the hollow madness
Feel his spirit watching me
Sharing all the hopeful wishes
Sharing what was empathy

Entering my mind to cover
Waiting for the time to change

Drawing my lines behind the border
Awakening the vanity

He gave the ashes to my father
The familiar face is far from here
The poison left and fled the shelter
Put him in the ground to stay

All that you needed a face that wasn’t numb
A mask that didn’t lie, a life that didn’t die