In Marked Territory

In Marked Territory 10-28-24 - Sponsor: Edward Ibeh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Marked Territory Midnight tightly clasps the darkness, Like a wounded heart, In between topaz edges of twilight And pastels of first light. Jealous of its cosmos Shoos away the master of the day Turning the face of the daystar To other skies To claim small hours. Guardian of vanishing infinities Speaks Indigo borders For moonlight Moonbows And wishes on the first brave star Where waves of the galaxy Break Over unseen edges of stellar sands. Lit only by celestial lanterns Enchanter Conjures sovereign spells Declaring jurisdiction over platinum roses And Lover’s sighs That wax then wane under polar stars. Night rules this welkin magic, A sorcerer hiding a book of spells, This realm under the starry arch The moonrise The nebulae decorating the firmament, Where gravity hems in epiphanies.