Catherine Wheel

Snow is falling
Near the river,
Where she's waiting
For a stranger, who
Never comes.
She's been waiting
All her lifetime
For someone.

But not the stranger,
He's a danger
To her soul.
He might take her
And corrupt her
From her goal.

In the mountains
Where they took her,
To protect her
From the doctor, she
Could clearly see his need,
And when he held her close,
She could smell his seed.

Now she's running
By the river
In the snow.
She sees patterns
On the water
That leave a glow.

She don't trust him,
He's a doctor.
First he wrapped her
And then he stopped her.
He got shoeshine,
Could make you snowblind,
Sixteen spikelets
Turn into droplets, ouch!
You're trying to hurt my mouth.
He's a doctor,
But that won't stop her now.

In the schoolroom
It was noisy,
Too much mayhem,
All the boys and girls
Made her spin around.
She's been turning
Ever since then,
Without a sound.

In the silence,
As the snow falls
On the ground,
She is listening
For the first time
To a sound.

Night is falling
On the carpark,
Near the fuel pump,
When it gets dark, she
Needs to be inside.
She's been trying 
All her lifetime,
Just to hide.

He approaches
From the shadows
Without a sound.
Sixteen circles
From the lamplight,
On the ground.

She don't trust him,
He's like a doctor.
In the carpark
Where he rocked her,
His features span like
A helicopter.
She was crying
Until he stopped her, mouth.
The birds were flying south.
She fixed on them
To try and block him out.

Dawn is breaking
On the river.
The things we take in,
They last forever, he
Is now inside her dreams.
She's been dreaming
All her lifetime 
Of someone.

But not the stranger
Who befriends her
Like a gun.
He melts faster
Than a snowman
In the sun.

She don't trust him,
He's like a doctor.
He asked her questions
And then unfrocked her.
She has to stare from
The lights that blind her.
They start where words form
Then come inside her, mouth -
They turn her inside out.
But now she's running
By the river, south.

Where the river flows,
And it don't come back,
Like the river flows,
And she don't come back,
Like the river flows,
Won't you please come back,
Oh Catherine.
Won't you turn around,
But she don't come back,
And she don't turn round,
Like the river flows,
And the noise has gone,
That was in her head.
And she don't come back.
Oh Catherine.