Bright blue rose de Mary Black

I skimmed across black water
without once submerging
onto the banks of an urban morning
that hungers the first light
much, much more than mountains ever do
And she, like a ghost beside me
goes down with the ease of a dolphin
and emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmed
for she is the perfect creature, natural in every feature
and i am the geek with the alchemists' stone
Chorus:
for all of you who must discover
for all who seek to understand
for having left the path of others
you'll find a very special hand
And it is a holy thing
and it is a precious time
and it is the only way
forget-me-nots among the snow
it's always been, and so it goes
to ponder his death and his life eternally

And it is a holy thing
and it is a precious time
and it is the only way
forget-me-nots among the snow
it's always been, and so it goes
to ponder his death and his life eternally
One bright blue rose outlives all those
two thousand years, and still it goes
to ponder his death and his life eternally