one touch of fire

this is the moment when i know mistake
the voice i hear most loudly is my own
so many ghosts now crowd around the lake

you see the wind will make the branches shake
and hear just how the forest comes to moan
this is the moment when i know mistake

on ears and minds the same words come to break
and winds and whirlwinds long ago were sown
so many ghosts now crowd around the lake

at such a second the eye grows opaque
and the cold ear can't register a groan
this is the moment when i know mistake

the clarity of light no one could fake
at such a time as this when it is shown
this is the moment when i know mistake

the fact of life is there is no retake
the pieces scatter once the bomb has blown
this is the moment when i know mistake
so many ghosts now crowd around the lake