GRAVEYARD MIRROR

Great Queen Cleopatra
Coursing in her gilded barge
Born a gifted actor
Her living soul was writ large

And beneath her swirled the waters
And the aching currents ran
They eased her on against the dawn
As she waited for her man

In panoramic darkness
With her oarsmen beneath the moon
She passed this way yesterday
But she won't be back too soon

Graveyard mirror
Graveyard mind
I feel you here so near I fear
I’ve been left behind

Dream-ridden Noah
His eyes opened wide
Rode the waves for forty days
Till his conscience was satisfied

The great navigator
Compass in his hand
Walked the deck
Till he spied the wreck
Of his savage land

And blind father Noah
Smashed what he could not steal
A burnt-out case
Destroyed by grace
In a world that wouldn’t yield

To the graveyard mirror
Graveyard mind 
I feel you here so near I fear 
I've been left behind

In the naked light
Frail men launch fusillades
As armies overtake them
And breach the barricades 

And the shattered sailors gather
By the tangle shoals
Taking flight forever
Each one a drifting soul

They're scattered sure
Who knows where for
Beyond the mirrored sea
Disappearing at last again
Reclaimed by mystery

And the graveyard mirror
Graveyard mind
I feel you here so near I fear
I've been left behind