Castles in the air

I will not give up the flowers you´ve left here to fade

nor the dragons your mighty hand did never slay.

Joyless knight, dark creature with the heavy steel shadow

and the diamond fangs and the shut eyes

which, even more than any one of my flaws

have so led your steps away.

And I keep on building castles in the air

as you still fancy yourself a king…

But do not smile just yet, this castle is not for you

who are wound into a hundred things vain.