"Christmas Dreams of Us"
Christmas
dreams
of us
we sleep
to dream
of better things
we muddle
through it all
some how
Christmas
dreams
of us
it whispers
in our minds
let Christmas stay always
inside the heart
beats singing
its longest carol
Next year
all our troubles
will be out of sight
Christmas
dreams
of us
we sleep
we dream
there we meet
each
long
night
Christmas
dreams
of us
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
at Christmas, 2023
gvlm-llb
"Stripped Down"
Stripped down
the external shed,
snakes aren’t what you think
stripped down
the external shed,
skins hung on a beam
overhead,
hanging souls
and their fangs
penetrating
Stripped down,
you hear me now?
Stripped down
inside
outside,
upside down
Stripped down,
what you looking at now?
Reflection
inside
Light,
outside
power
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
gvlm-llb
"Lux Vitae" -
"Vitae Lux"
homonyms.
shed
beam
“Dreams Coercing Memory”
You want cherries jubilee
with a little Krug champagne
but soft custard is just the same
when reality plays its game
by the spoonful
morphine comes
to save the day
the light changes
subtle refractions
of dreams coercing
memory
long elegant fingers
poised painted apricots
those false '70s fingernails
tremendous talons
for Tchaikovsky takeoff
gracefully shimmering
glamorously sparkling
eyes smiling, clicking keys
without fear, the notes become
a romantic Chopin mystery
pianola peddles
next to her laughs
and says with glee,
a good exercise
back then, we didn't
have the time, says
the matriarch smiling
just like a mother
come to collect
on the other side
her sister, hand on shoulders
sits next to her
a Nightingale Linnet
the number
at pianola
3
one number
most
profound
one number
devine aligned,
most hard to forget
or push aside
kept close
in Love and loved
for all eternity
this one
as 3
should never hide
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
LM/HMM/LJM
17.9.23
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"The Collectors"
a kiss
spreads its alms
warmth on cold lips
Love comes to collect
the eyes tell a story
the messengers
opened
an untold mystery
passing
the plate
the collection
the black swan awaits
veiled proverbs watching
3 fates
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
vcb-ljb
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"Tightropes of the Three Graces"
Tightropes
for hanging clothes
on a line
each piece
pegged wooden
held between closed fences
misfortune's breeze lifts
sleeves like covers
pointing the way home
books and their pages
for The Davenport dancers
all's well that ends well
scene perfect
imperfect fortunes
throughout their ages
the balancing act
seeking Life’s rhyme
saving fates in stages
odd numbers
are never easy,
never graceful
the balancing acts,
tightropes
of the Graces
saving fates in 3 stages
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
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Édouard Bisson , French Pre-Raphaelite
“Die drei Grazien”, 1899
Hans Baldung, German Renaissance and Mannerism
“Three Ages of Man”, 1541 -1544
“Three Graces”, 1539
Sandro Botticelli, Italian Renaissance
“The Three Graces”, 1485 - 1487
"Precepts of the Aegis-Holder"
no gorgons here
but 3 of one, yes?
shields raise
back the dead
to life
and phoenix
from the ashes
spreads its burning wings
feathers of blue
now gold, tra-la notes,
messages burning
rising upwards, it sings
and the hounds noble
stand their ground
under tree of life
the wisdom drops from leaves
like tears, black pearls
in for a penny,
in for a pound
what say you?
to the manor born?, or
light of life?, by now
it does not matter
for all is found, surely,
in each
the other
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
mlb,klb, llb
"A chattering crow lives out nine generations of aged men,
but a stag's life is four time a crow's,
and a raven's life makes three stags old,
while the phoenix outlives nine ravens,
but we, the rich-haired Nymphs
daughters of Zeus the aegis-holder,
outlive ten phoenixes"
The Aegis-Holder.
Burton.
Phoenix.
3.
Lux Vitae.
“The Séance of All Things”
Fingertips touch lightly
receptive of all,
open to messages
from Beyond
receptive of all,
open to messages
in our dreams
elemental,
we meet
magic speaks
underwater,
the séance of things
what is written,
heard and received
3
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
Lux Vitae
ljb
mlb-klb-llb
“Underwater”, Sun’s Signature / Elizabeth Fraser
https://youtu.be/e0f-gwU5dhI
"...what are thunder
and lightening
to fearless girls
who are used to
carrying entire storms
and hurricanes
in their fingertips..."
3
https://wisdomtavern.com/spiritual-meaning-of-number-3/
https://www.bookofthrees.com/the-symbolism-and-spiritual-significance-of-the-number-three/
https://angelnumbersmeaning.com/angel-number-3-meaning-and-symbolism/
“Mother is the name for God
in the lips and hearts
of little children.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
"Golden Red"
sunflowers sent
silent voices
never speak
but hearts
in suspended grace
are embedded forever
still, grace calls
this tugging moment
into each other
love sent
sunflowers
still opening
minds
keep everything
in great depth
sunflowers
pour immense love
immortal, into veiled mirrors
vases here
are never
empty vessels
spoken
quietly in
volumes
deep
golden
chords
read
Red
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
gvlm – llb
2.8.22
Oh child
sometimes
HOME
is not a place
war cannot
will never
erase
it’s the armour
you wear
the coat of arms
on the shield
you bare
through bloodline
borne
in your heart
in your mind
in your name
unconquerable
Divine
sometimes
HOME
is not a place
it’s a voice
a face, a memory
a saving grace
it’s the strength
of Light
never lost
guiding you
HOME
constant, true
always
shining you through
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
LUX VITAE
gvlm – llb
“Fortress”
https://youtu.be/dNwNSU5NikU
“I don't want to fail you so
I tell you the awful truth
Everyone faces darkness on their own
As I have done, so will you
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and go through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine “
(“Fortress”, Queens of the Stone Age)
LYRICS/ “Fortress”, Queens of the Stone Age
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/queensofthestoneage/fortress.html
"Ghosted"
lost lullabies
disappear lilting
in my dreams
stolen
by pretender
the time thief
as if you were
never here
connected
golden chord
ghost
your crying heart
still carried
deep
within me
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
ljb-llb
llb-gvlm
"Fingerprints" / Ane Brun
https://youtu.be/sgIzzuSc1nM
LYRICS/ "Fingerprints", Ane Brune
https://genius.com/Ane-brun-fingerprints-piano-version-lyrics
"As if your words are poetry
It's up to me to give the meaning
And I believe
That you are on a mission
To tell me something
About belonging"
“Blue Sky”
Aventurine
shines in your eyes
yours, the same colour as mine
Blue Sky
always with you
behind the clouds
sending you treasure,
smiles
in your heart
LOVE
is the precious jewel
always shining
never stops;
always shining
in your mind
Aventurine
shines in your eyes
yours, the same colour as mine
(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
gvlm - llb
"Blue Sky"/Hale
https://youtu.be/mJPpBlhHd04
green
blue
love
windows, soul
Aventurine -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventurine
https://www.charmsoflight.com/aventurine-healing-properties
Job 37 NIV
Believe.
“Will the others see you too?" asked Lucy.
"Certainly not at first," said Aslan.
"Later on, it depends."
"But they won’t believe me!" said Lucy.
"It doesn’t matter.”
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe/ C.S. Lewis
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/communion_1007994
"wOKe"
Old soul
borne late
woke too early
(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
gvlm - llb x
"teardrop" / massive attack (elizabeth frazer)
https://youtu.be/u7K72X4eo_s
"Everywhen" / massive attack
https://youtu.be/nMGF9_aSdC8
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Feathers on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Feathers on my breath...
we OK
LLB is primary condition
Advocates joining Bar Association
Wisdom and wittiness marks good litigation
Years of experience deepen skills in profession
Execution of duty with sincere participation
Respectful to court but no fearful implication
Serving and protecting justice is main intention
“Temporal Paradox”
Make a space for my body
push the sides apart
temporal paradox
passing torch to beacon
to Light
ALL MY LOVE
when I’m gone
You continue from the start
temporal paradox
causal loop
Love,
My life burns forever
for You,
in the Heart
(LadyLabyrinth/2021)
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"Monument"/ Royksopp & Robyn
https://youtu.be/STDn3_Mttiw
"...push the sides apart
this is what I'm controlling
it's a mold
the inside that I carve"
"I seem to have loved you
in numberless forms,
numberless times…
In life after life,
in age after age,
forever.
My spellbound heart
has made and remade
the necklace of songs,
That you take as a gift,
wear round your neck
in your many forms,
In life after life,
in age after age,
forever...."
Causal Loop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_paradox
LYRICS/ "Monument", Royksopp & Robyn
https://genius.com/Royksopp-and-robyn-monument-lyrics
"The Slipstream Captures"
He speaks of donuts
I see right
through the (w)hole left...
Left side
window wide open
one eye on you
the other opines on
strange stars that pulsate
and the nebulous horizon
empathy rests
right side of mind's bed
everyone dreams of Nirvana
what is Left?
Beginnings
always commence
with an End
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
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Beginning.
"Don't Give Up" / Gabriel, Bush
https://youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc
End.
"Why?"/ Lennox
https://youtu.be/FYFUqxypkbA
Slipstream.
noun.
1. a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.
2. an assisting force regarded as drawing something along behind something else
verb
3.follow closely behind another vehicle, travelling in its slipstream and awaiting an opportunity to overtake.
Empathy.
Beginning.
End.
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