Dancing With Demons

You asked me once, long ago,
But I refused to answer…
Simply because I could, as
The answer was always there,
At the back where my mind
Meets the self in truthful waltzing;
I refused and kept refusing
Till one day your silence
Became permanent,
Your eyes glazed over and my mind
Set on … other matters; but here
Where time is of no concern
I will reveal that answer you
So long did seek to reassure a self
That love and truth could be found
On the same coin:
Cristina Scabbia.
So now you know,
What I have known
With every step taken,
With every stumble and fall,
In our once dazzling dance
Now gone cold.