3 Days Before the Fall
"3 Days Before the Fall"
When the 3 days
of darkness came,
we were ill prepared, still
the sky was blue
not a cloud
in sight
the sun
lit the day
well into the dark night
the fire spread
in mens’ hearts
like a ricochet killshot
across the world
until the meaning
in the reasoning
of it all, fell, charred
we were the demons
walking like prophecies
amongst the innocent
baptised in blood
pinning symbols on doors,
and on others’ hearts
in this new, frightening
strange war
we watched it all
from our sheltered worlds
recording and saving
images on our phones
we were,
slightly above it all
seated on our thrones
sheltered and silent
without windows covered
and closed
no bless’ed beeswax lit, yet
eventually,
we lay prostrate
amidst the end of it all
like fallen dominoes,
two sides
black and white
numbers counted
and uncounted
marked and branded
touched
and
untouched
trying to remember
the purpose
of Love
the value of
obscure prayers
and any good
deeds we shared
at all,
before
our fall
bookmarking
the other chapter
never seen, never read
the voice
of children
never heard;
before our burning beds
the sleeping secret,
Lucia and her Fatima
a child’s message
from
the past
miracles and visions
passed over,
irrelevant, not important
of little consequence
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
post Halloween
“There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles."
Copyright © Lady Labyrinth | Year Posted 2023
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