Ashen Glyphs
Written: June 13, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Brian Strand
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Amidst rhythmic glow
of smoldering cinders
whispers arise
crafting ethereal life curtain —
from ashen glyphs
veiled splinters ignite —
intertwining flames converge
conflagrant in artistic creed —
their spirits rife
with volcanic momentum
In palimpsest layers
of ember-hued ink,
banshee sighs
chiseled borne aloft —
Listen —
shifting in hidden crevices
abiding as marrow sears
awaken from virgin webs
of flame and ash —
where twilight remembers
what abyss marooned
yes — you vessel of placid vortex —
— you shrine, cauldron of static storm
greet golden glow
leaning to surging tide
crystallizing truth
chiseling your core —
morph into forged pledge
from embryonic ember
that first cast shade
on glimmering birth.
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