Thor

Slowly let go

Sinking downward spirals demon-heavy
The embrace of a vaccuum
It ruptures briefly and subsides
A cataclysm and ever sedulous
The global fragments stick as sequins

Heavy ashen as marble and flecked with underworld
The sky folds as an envelope and everything is safely tucked without
To push oneself forward with assiduous aspiration
With a far right walk of the didactical rites and ever indefatigable

Slightly it breathes, choking on shadows equal to a new born 
Fragile as matches it effervesces heavy as a golden skull

Solemn as a raincloud approaching as Thor
The sudden crush and several red tears, droplet by droplet
Take me to the vultures where I weigh my golden parasite
The dull luminescent skull under Thor's mighty embrace
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Ryusaka Avatar
July 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM
If yo writin a want to know!!
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July 21, 2009 at 8:56 PM
I love the phrases "demon-heavy" "flecked with underworld" "choking on shadows equal to a new born" gorgeous piece, Ladybugz =] Love, Daffy
Goff Avatar
July 21, 2009 at 8:13 PM
whoaaa!!!! Nathaniel! I am lookin' over my shoulder as I type! for that dastardly THOR!!!!
Devonshire Avatar
July 21, 2009 at 8:03 PM
What incredible images, Nathaniel! Perhaps this "slowly letting go" is what we experience as we die. Very powerful write! Love, Carolyn
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