Forever

One day I'll be preserved in sands of time;
glaring into diamond rays—white lights
the earth dissolves my flesh to fertile dust;
embeds treasures—secrets in a crackled skull

Metamorphosis—in the closet—white bones
the silver tusk of a unicorn; my wand
golden ink quills—illuminate the scripts
clinging a steam to my fingertips

Come rain and shine concomitantly; 
Bats sporadic dispatch across twilight—
a howl at the full moon in dark pines;
the rest night hours listen to silent rocks

Man's long sail in a non-ebbing waterlog;
on landscape's odyssey; sags and saps
in quota and barricade—mortality; a parasite
that lurks and preys on squishy flesh

Under Sun's revolutions—sculptures crumble;
a halo on the hills in the peak of the eve—
grey hairs ignite floating lanterns in an upswing;
a hoop for tales of the golden age by moonlight

The olive tree bends astride, soars on eagles wings
shields the garden; absorbs time's lash—
kids hop in—out; light up cheeks with beams 
and glee of jump-joy verses to recite the past

On the crescent of a semi-circled young moon
a look down time's row—the Agama nods;
the pendulum rocks—clicks of lullabies
daze tender eyes—whispers in the cradles

Dewy sunrises whistling songs of birds 
stir up daily canticles—Would you proclaim
me fallen, as I linger in the miry clay
for the resonance of resurrection trump?

Get a dab of me in the tiny summer breezes,
glimpse me glimmering in the twinkling stars,
hear me susurrate in the dove-light woods,
catch whiffs of me in the rosy spring blooms:        
—I live on in silent places of true light—
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Sheehan Avatar
May 22, 2019 at 6:22 PM
Brilliant write. It has an element of the surreal. Very creative.
Izehi Avatar
May 23, 2019 at 3:33 AM
Thanks for your kind feedback.
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