House of Mirrors

 Escape set me in stone,
Though my wounds still freely bleed.
My harp strings dimmed in ascent:
All the angels deny me here.

I have solved the house of mirrors
Now I know not where to stray.
I lost a heart that gave me faith
And the scar is what led the way.

I am ensnared to the bone—
There is nothing I can say,
Save to ask what the angels meant
When they called me “Broken Wraith”
And understanding all I can’t see
Is what will set my statue free.

What nests in my halo
While I ponder eternally
As the seasons in a day go
To the clouds that should carry me?
If what the angels say is true
The heart I lost belonged to you.

Forever and anon
Forever and anon I shall stand,
A prayer burdening my hand,
Unspoken and without wings
While what I left behind me brings
Tidings from the cracking halls
And the home I left within the walls.