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"The Syballine" Behind closed eyelids the curtains of the mind open to silent applause Sun screens are slick and applied shining bright Ultra Violet a violent Light all over a body of work, unseen words written tattooed black on smooth satin alabaster beneath piercing opalescent lasers frosty green burning the tithed pages of a rosy crucifixion cast aside, palms raised and speaking in secret tongues whispering necromantic Psalms fed open-handed to wailing seabirds carrying songs of majesty slow winged, powerful and heavy towards a pregnant waxing beguiling witches' Black Sabbath moon this doesn’t stop the burn bare legs stretch open a story being born and somewhere magnetised nude feet walk towards the naked Syballine standing still within the shallow fire opal ocean arms lifting conjuring new powers not humble, in fierce supplication raised upwards now to pearly clouds there beneath the Too Soon, a dawning golden orb, stands Blue Sky holding the Sun her back is turned see the spine fine boned joints like a ladder your fingers like lightening trace their course silky seduction they play her tight strung held in your arms caressed like a cello bow steaming her keys turned ignition forgotten kisses carried on the slender shoulders of life - now see the Sun rising lips ripe heart bleeding black wings unfolding fallen, no longer disguising she turns Journeying from the Deep Expelled from the shallows (LadyLabyrinth / 2020) "And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky" "And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light" "Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves An echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine..."
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