the
book of Dreams :
embrace without Escape |
a missive of utmost urgency
has been handed to the maiden Damisela, What do dreams reflect, and these are far better
than any waking moment. When I dread looking unto the mirror.
The sight that greets me somehow, strangely tolerable. And my fears
are put to rest in the meantime. Must I smother myself in sleep?
For it becomes harder to breathe. A similar horror goes well with
weeping: difficulty in opening these eyes for the tears spilt during fitful
tossing and turning, a wicked night. Unaware that I was the vessel
of shame within fleeting moments otherwise cherished. Now I am tinged
with the hidden meaning of your name. Resonating from the ether of
being unfulfilled. Until my lips part and an inner angel deems it
right to weaken. The chasm unfurled betwixt damnable wakefulness,
and chaste sleep. Thus, I am frightened.
These two figures have stolen my sight.
And returned me unto the birthplace of our Mother. Though the one
behind me reaches right, parting the sky with bone-thin arms. Asking
for a reprieve; somewhat granted, for in a little way: the vault was left
open. And more of Her weeping. Yesterday was a solemn hearkening
- and today it would be forgotten. The earth’s nocturnal blanket
of purity leaves no remains, forgives all that has been claimed.
But still, the unrepentant Aegis lashes every so often. Giving us
no respite.
The ether, of two days hence. Caught the pregnant Luna helpless at her thickest. Kind of an embrace without escape. Somewhat an endearing Oblivion. How did she let this happen? The horror unglanced provokes unwanted sympathy. The nearing when I should have been there to breach such longing: and be the witness to the birth of a pyre, the empyrean beginning. An alienation undetermined, you and I pushed to far corners. Incarcerated a Presence seeks. More from this lowly servant than he could ever endure. Exacting punishment hence a quartet of weeks has garnered; and such schemes must never see birth! For in dishonor there is no reward. In the sense that all of Wish as wildflowers a
bouquet gathered, for a more luminous Sol his burning gaze.
Where amongst the death of Dreaming does respite truly lie? Where is the glimmer of hope that was a child-of-promise to each of us withhold? Dearest, I am possessed of Hunger, and these frail bones tire. Waiting upon the shattered window for her argent wings to lull into complacency. Though these eyes close, and breath comes shallow -- must a paean be sung once more for Death? This very form assured bereft of guardian, and thus vulnerable in the potent darkness. There is none to comfort him. A paradox of unveiling, surely in a few, unblessed hours. I shall be given the command to Rise. Pitiful and wretched: surely they must know that she hath not seen fit to visit me; that I’ve not felt the bite of sleep. The Broken have taken their leave, the walls are bitter, sleek. For fear becomes Companion; when under duress my secret safe, (Eyes of Heaven forbid!) be shared. Unaccustomed to the grim, senseless prattling and snails’-pace torture of pleasantry stifling. Majesty grants not a quiet demise. When in his roaming there was an image of you.
Epilogue: Pardon these excesses, for they must seem to be
awful lies! With the stumbling for a mirror-image whilst in repose.
This your man true would in willingness return to you. And dissolve
into the abased pool of lyric that needs must be swoon. In fatal
error, and crushing sorrow have I called unto you. Amongst dreams are we
still ever so closely hounded by elements set down by Tradition: the trinity
of morals that bind us head to foot. When freedom portends not a
choice - let me breathe once in a while and be my own. For beyond
the gray the strains have reached, and resistance is futile. The
agony of years in exile: in my madness I am truly at home. Thus, the illness
beckons, your Grace: and this stubborn, besotted dog awaits your amused
reply. News from the capitol has reached us; she the Doppelganger
hath not replaced your luminescence in these eyes ... Nearer to Life, farther
from taint of la sombra, your most faithful servant strangled by such undeniable
Canon: I remain,
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97 dec 4
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