Last Stroke of Midnight

Last Stroke of Midnight The last stroke of midnight chimes – All plans stand at attention, start here, Perfect prophecy inhales the first breath Of winnowing starlight foretold As you draw up to step into your blemished creation With new lungs filled with crisp fulfillment. Torrents of roaring grace Smash narrow portals of garden betrayal Eras, ages and eons of sneering dominion Turned sideways Genesis false victory turned upside down Smug visages fade into imploding ego The missing piece of the heart Readies to vibrate again in unison With the tenor of timeless oblations Heaven’s plan of trembling preparation Explodes with triumph Through the breathless comma of anticipation Before the simpering wraiths of wilderness Gorges prepare to shatter, valleys get ready to level Avalanches of obliteration make way to raze Buttes, crumbling cliffs and ridges of desolation Midnight’s last stroke of domination Turns a beastly reign into a flailing whine Eden’s new age strides into time In beauty’s signature crossing mountaintops Leaving incense where insolent decay Leaves ashes of deluded victory Sweet scented leaves overpower putrid Advent conceived, gird in reality, released! 11-22-22 Contest: Just Before Release Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker