The Spiral Escalator       Spanish The Spiral Escalator (La Escalera De Caracol) The spiral escalator stops at the mirror of your dreams There are no explanations for the visions There are no apologies for the pain There is only the certainty That you will awaken with memories Which will haunt you all of your days. The nude maiden wearing only The sunlight of a Mediterranean sky Drops your ladder into the well of the souls Laughter bubbles to the surface, She bids farewell as the clouds roll in Thunder echoes across your page. The tortured prophet recants your fate Your lover denies she felt anything at all, Your teachers never knew your name You are alone, the cascade effect Strips you of your defenses, Like the maiden. You are naked, only the mad mans ravings remain in a world Bartered, betrayed, sold, compromised, Abandoned and forlorn chaos is a comfort, Promising the possibility of a new future The thunder rumbles, then cracks as lightning Leaps into a starry bole of galaxies Waiting to be born. You will not be destroyed by the light, You will be reborn The maiden pulls you up the ladder, Into the Mediterranean sun.