Carried Away

(Verlaine) Last night I drifted down to the docks The water... glittering and black. The snow fell lightly and disappeared. I felt the old ropes grow slack. I thought I'd dissolve when the beacon revolved. I just get so carried away. Once I had a ship, yes I had a map I had the wind like a tree has sap I sank into these banks of clay I get carried Those rooms were freezing and always dark but where we were never mattered Your head was golden There was lightning in your arms and then the gla*s shattered. It was noon at midnite. The day that never ends - The lamp it whispers and makes amends - everything was more than I took it for. I got carried away.