Omen
"Omen"
The throat holds
untold secrets
like a chamber
holds bullets
a silent question mark
wrapped around
the speaking,
changing gears
full throttle
far reaching
like a noose
over sunbeams
the ropes
for net cast
morsel charms
upstroke downstroke
Ariel beckons
the purpose
of lions for love
into his shadowy arms
"hush", he says,
"the Long Night,
I see aflame in your eyes
like a burning bed
is still warm,
wingspan of goose
dreams of a swan
misunderstood albatross
good and bad
omen,
bluebirds forewarned
an alter
covered with blood
awaiting its phoenix
like star of the morn
paradise
found and lost
lost and found
paradise"
forewarned.
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
"Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark
Illumin, "
(John Milton, 1675)
"Love; dark sluggish cumulus clouds
pregnant with an impending storm."
morsel.
mortal.
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