Its one of those nights

Stay by my side
as my light grows dim
as my blood slows down
and my nerves shatter with stabbing pain
as my heart grows weak
and the wheels of my being turn slowly

Stay by my side
as my fragile body is racked by pain
which verges on truth
and manic time
continues scattering dust
and furious life bursts out in flames.

Stay by my side
as I fade
so you can point to the end of my struggle
and the twilight of eternal days
at the low, dark edge of life


- from El Espinazo del diablo/The Devil's Backbone (2001)
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