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EGRESS
Astray, I find myself lost
Amongst the rocks and moss
The trail blockaded by fallen oaks
That forced this detour
A reason captured in mind
For amnesty to find
Just as her face began to fade
From the pages of my memory
Upon the threshold
This tenebrosity I perspire
As black as the inner walls
Of this forgotten spire
Yet so familiar, I've been here
A plethora of instances
An exhalation
More tangible than the light
Drifts away to greet the clouds
To fall again in another dream
Nectar seeps into Lichtenberg cracks
And I envy the simplicity of healing
That ever escaped my being
Oh, to be as the adamant tree
A shadow against the rorulent wood
It is your semblance in solitude
I failed, as I always would
To recognize the finer details
It reaches out for me
I steel myself against the weight
Of longing that I must discard
My hand involuntarily extends
Her eyes once beautiful
Gorgon's gaze, held in place
Only then did I see the open door
That I'd never found before
Aback from the labyrinthine
As a beast in trepidation
To close the doors behind me
And return to the path of closure
I look once more behind
And the spire wasn't there
So perhaps it never was
It is true, forget may be unattainable
But such is not required
And I breathe deep, the most crisp air
That ever graced my lungs
Published 14th Jan 2018
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14th Jan 2018 1:37am
"A shadow against the rorulent wood
It is your semblance in solitude
I failed, as I always would
To recognize the finer details "
Don't get me wrong, the entire thing was flowing and gorgeous, but this stanza stopped me dead.
It is your semblance in solitude
I failed, as I always would
To recognize the finer details "
Don't get me wrong, the entire thing was flowing and gorgeous, but this stanza stopped me dead.
14th Jan 2018 1:50am
