Poem: "The Girl Whose Name Is Death"

THE GIRL WHOSE 

NAME IS DEATH / 

BEYOND THE BARRIER OF 

SPACE, TIME, AND LEEDS 

in the Shopping Mall beneath enclosed skies
I sit with my girl of the night-dark eyes,
while half a world, and a culture away
is the man you’re pledged to and mustn’t betray

but love is stronger than family schemes
my girl whose name is dreams

inside the chill of this northern street
we find a world our dreams can meet
where the night-dark skies go on forever
and different races can love together

our dreams are brighter than stars above
my girl whose name is love

in my night-dark room, in shadows we’re clothed,
in a place beyond sleep your eyes are closed,
in a world where rules and lore won’t bend
this is where it began, this is where it must end

but love and dreams last longer than breath
my girl whose name is death



Published in:
‘BOGG no.67’ (UK - Oct 1995)
‘HELIX no.3’ (UK - Jan 1996)
‘PRATTLE: AGAINST THE GRAIN POETRY no.2’
(UK - Feb 1996)
‘PEACE & FREEDOM: AUTUMN 2005 – Vol.20 no.2’
(UK – Dec 2005)
and the collection:
‘A REASON FOR STAYING / THIS IS THE END:
POEMS BY STEVE SNEYD & ANDREW DARLINGTON
Silver Gull Publications (UK - April 1999)