Would I fly through foreign sky <br />if I were a bird. <br />Visit you, my Lorelei <br />bring a secret word? <br /> <br />At the peaceful river's edge <br />showing my reflection, <br />it is here I make my pledge <br />for a new direction. <br /> <br />Devil came and promised me <br />wings to fly away, <br />he can end my misery, <br />later I must pay. <br /> <br />Pipers must be paid, he said <br />nothing free is given. <br />I agreed and soon was wed, <br />lovesick, mad and driven. <br /> <br />Late it was, I doused the light <br />and reached for my new wife, <br />the Devil rested, like a blight, <br />on top, now mine for life.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pledge-2/
