Hour 18: … just be still and listen

But I cannot Just be still and listen Because my world is burning Away before me And I must put out the fire; Because I have something to say, Something you need to hear, And I don’t want to be silenced.   I’d never ask…

The Witching Hour

There’s a solemn hymn that’s heard Amongst spirits and demons that hear The word and chants ciphered In the hours that they revere   The Witching Hour An active time that’s said to be: A time when spirits are found to scour And demons play…

Hour 17: Books were Safer

Books were safer Even when they disappointed Or twisted to unexpected ends   If they spirited me Into danger and certain death, I could always return to ground With but a scratch on my memory.   Even though they created for me Wicked worlds, shrouded…

A World Before Me – Hour Eighteen

I see a world before me, filled with all the brightest hues A far cry from the visions that are laid out on the news A rock amid so many more, so large and yet so small And yet, a place where goodness reins supremely…

These Arcane Rhymes

For when two become one Combined by the same It shall then—be done That—which you proclaim   For two shall become one And when two are then said to agree Your wishes will not remain barren Thanks to this—prophesy   With praise we may then…

Boastful Wisdom

Leviathan— scales of pride A Serpent of Wisdom That one can bind While loosening his freedom   Tugging a sea serpent along Boastful wisdom he reveals Sometimes in a small song Showing exactly just what he conceals      

The Traitor and the Spy

A life that’s found in a world that exists Full of people betrayed—- One—found is a traitor that resists The devotion that he’d trade—   The traitor says— I’ve now betrayed The country that has turned on me The Spy differs as his position he’d…

The Karmatic Rights

For the divine power of kings One and many— (decisions) fates For the binding of will— brings The desired future—that it creates   For where manipulation is found Of the powers that are Necessity itself can be bound To compensate from afar   For one…

The Gift of Interpretation

Many words (logos—legion) sealed The Word of God contained Hidden—to foreigners concealed Lest by interpretation explained—   The Word itself crucified One word at a time—of prophecy Understanding then applied Androgynous— One becomes three   Many become one by immovability When understanding (crucifies) or binds…