Lovers That Broke the Sky

By Kristie Poon

Sing me a sweet song of lovers that broke the sky

Of blazing Fate looming behind a Trojan shield

Bring a dawn so garish it bleeds a statue dry

Sing of the wanderer who knew danger was nigh

When she snatched her hand from cruel men who would not yield

Sing me a sweet song of lovers that broke the sky

Bring a companion noble enough to defy

Let his world come crashing before his wounds have healed

Bring a dawn so garish it bleeds a statue dry

Sing of the prize stolen twice — the caged butterfly

That laments bitterly at the end Fate has sealed

Sing me a sweet song of lovers that broke her sky

Bring a prince too youthful to know when he would die

Yet lets his beloved make him a sovereign kneeled

Bring a dawn so garish it bleeds his statue dry

In the air drifted a soft Achaean goodbye

Above the silence of a bloody battlefield

Sing me a sweet song of lovers that broke the sky

Bring a dawn so garish it bleeds a statue dry

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