The Tarot Blues

Darkness on the Moon-
Speechless screamer
Whoring out to an
Unloving starless
Night

Stalking eyes aglow
Gleam amongst
The coldest
Shadows
 
Hunting lonely
Like hearts whose
Thirst can not be
Quenched

Soul survivor;
Shipwrecked and
Marooned, doomed
To dwell these haunted
Islands

This mind has seen
Too many unspeakable
Horrors- Atrocities and
Outrages against
Nature  

The cards could not
Foresee this bad omen
Prophesy; Fate had
Taken a blind eye to
Thee

Now cruised here
Playing the damned
Fool- Broken down,
Unable to surpass the
Mount  

Dog boy whispers
A childish jest in one ear
While his trickster bells
Jingle and jangle with
Joy

Then in comes my Lover
Crossing my path- Ah!
Unknown fortunes
All-around

Give me Strength!
I prey to thee-
Oh kind wise ones,
Old gods of yore,
Long since dead
But not completely
Forgotten

Where then to turn?
Ruminating possibilities,
Clanging the steel balls
In each hand- Figure out
How to turn lead into
Gold  

Best to shuffle and re-deal
Anew- This night has no truth
To speak, and the sky hangs
Open; a big gaping black hole
Mouth

No love in that void
And killers abound-
Hide and Hermit tile dawn,
Then back into the pale
Light

Daybreak seems a better
Time to travel, rest here
Now, and in the morning
Try to find these
Answers