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The Familiar


"The Familiar"



Softly ever so Softly 
on hardened paws
Nemesis 
follows the 
Red Apple 
scent of 
Her sword
 
a peony pink pocket flushed
velvet violent violet viola 
playing
warm honey dripping 
from the pocket 
it buzzes 
as if with bees
and it burns

Softly ever so Softly 
on hardened paws
Nemesis 
follows the 
shadow magnet
dark wings beckoning 
and the 
Red Apple 
scent of 
Her sword

Nemesis hungry
to feel where 
Her shadow burns
will swallow Her essence
like speaking a 1000 
beautiful mysterious words 
Rosicrucian from Her Vulgate 
now opened
dropping pearls 
on the trail 
melting frost 
to quench his 
lupul diavolului
thirst

The King of the Forest
scorned and 
tepidly scorched
by hidden eyes watching 
absolutions mistaken misread
wants Her to turn Her head
wants to be heard
that he will take 
Life over Dark Night into day 
escape in the light of Her shadow
forever from
The Forest of Hurt

He watches
and waits 
following no Angel
la religieuse bleue en habit noir 
dropping pearls
on the trail 
She’s melting 
frost to quench 
his thirst

The Familiar 
bides his time 
with hungry soulful eyes
relishing the feel of
Her imprint in the wake
of Once-was-Woman 
something invisible in the 
tidal pull of Her 
pierces his heart to bleed raw 
it nonchalantly 
ruffles his moon silver fur

Softly ever so softly
On hardened paws
Nemesis 
follows the 
Red Apple 
scent of 
Her sword 

Two guarded Familiars.

Black shadows -

He too, follows,
her peony pink pocket 
dripping 
frost melting
pearls

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)




“Lighthouse in the Woods"/Patrick Watson
https://youtu.be/R23bifAbWWs





“And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights...”





"Heroes"/Peter Gabriel
https://youtu.be/jn1UkLoK9ek









1. lupul diavolului/translator, Romanian


2. la religieuse bleue en habit noir/translator, French


3. Primary music -
“Stretch Your Eyes” / Agnes Obel
https://youtu.be/N0mV1raPQ3o


4. Lyrics, "Stretch Your Eyes"/Agnes Obel
https://genius.com/Agnes-obel-stretch-your-eyes-lyrics

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/4/2019 12:07:00 PM

WOW!!! What a poem. What a picture to go with it......

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 11/4/2019 4:04:00 PM

Paula, I must confess, I haven't read many other writers over the past two weeks while I've been obsessed with my own pursuits. I will go and have a read of your stories this morning. Absolutely stoked you loved my story. Wolves. Can't live with them, can't live without them. x

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/4/2019 7:27:00 AM

"Nemesis hungry to feel where Her shadow burns will swallow Her essence like speaking a 1000 beautiful mysterious words Rosicrucian from Her Vulgate now opened dropping pearls on the trail melting frost to quench his lupul diavolului thirst" Your mastery of myths, legends, and your own creative ways make this a poetic masterpiece Lady Labyrinth.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 11/4/2019 7:43:00 AM

Dear Madame Krutsinger, the poem is multi texured and words can be read many ways. I was inspired by Tennyson's Lady Shallot, quote above. Two shadows. Two wolves. One Silver, the other Black. Light and Dark. There are many wolves in Lost Lovers' Woods. Some are tethered and some are running amok. A work of pure fiction, which I may expand. Thank you for expressing your thoughts, so translucently :) x

Casarah Nance

Date: 11/4/2019 6:59:00 AM

I admit, I did not know what some words meant, but the feel of your write is much more than poetry, enchanting storyteller you are. Much enjoyed.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 11/4/2019 7:24:00 AM

Very kind of you to comment Casarah. Delighted you enjoyed the story. I always find, if you don't know what a word is or a phrase, it helps to (-) (-) google. :) I will make my way into your 'book' of poems, to read your stories soon. Thank you.Leanne