Don't go out alone in the stormy night
It's pitch dark in the ground outside
The one that leads to the horizon
And stretches all the way back to childhood
Don't go near the lonely giant banyan
A thick fragile shadow, it sways wildly
At the mercy of the conniving winds
Lightning will lash at you
Pierce through the darkness, sear through your bone
Don't look at her picture if you are alone
Her eyes will stare through your being
And sear through your bone.
Like lightning she would expose
All that you have buried deep in the night sky
It would not be sticky, ,like rain or guilt
She would lash, swift sharp and decisive: like death
And in the flash before, reveal all secrets: yours, mine, man-kind's
So don't go out alone in the stormy night
Don't look at her picture, if you are alone
