Incensed Shadows

Incensed Shadows My silent quest for light through incensed shadows, The first gift to creation by Omnipotent radiance, Crusader seeks an astral beacon to rise above wooden rows Unblocking healing springs of ambient deliverance. Refraction’s womb, sunbeams float in puddles of colored glass While all my harps on Babylon’s willow boughs lay silent My regret cringes in deep twilight’s murkiest morass - Out on a ledge, can’t face another sunrise to repent. My harsh words cut into tenderness like sharpened curses Then slashed their way to the guarded marrow of my bones Bruised inflammation spills into unquenchable thirst Escaping feathers in the wind left my heart abandoned - alone! Breath of grace, this hermit’s plea to the cloudless eternal Word Renew the clarity of my deafened eyes and blinded ears Aura of the everlasting love - your renewal not blurred I see with lacy joy when the joy of joy reborn appears. Lo a rose now blooms in my winter’s frigid night Appearing through my labyrinth with graceful union Burnished solace in cherubic tinted twilight - New perfumed dawn – gracious warmth - healing reunion. 12-16-20 Contest: A Rhyme Story Sponsor Mystic Rose Rose