From the dust, they left undone

They ran in horror into the fix

Hid hoarfrost in thickets and bramble bones

Her ember spirit shone through the dark

Sailed into the night-lit stars opened depths,

As only one could fathom in her lark

Pouring herself into all of creation.

Lovers Torment

She rose before me

Ember flower glowing light

The dark pushed aside

And stars fired bright.

The flesh of time within her space

Leaves me wanting with all my might.

The incantation of love and want

Pound my heart and tears at my soul

I reach through the distance and rant

Scream the spell with thundering fire and coal

Spewing flames at legions within my reach

Tearing wings off angels, the child’s innocence is breached.

As she graces the sail of night

And her fortitude spread like oceans

I am powerless to thirst for her passion,

Falling to my knees cursing all in motion

Begging and threatening spirits to go

To leave this place loving this eternal motion.

This winter’s sparkle midnight freeze

Tears at the heart with wintery claw

Her passion, love, and kisses turned to frost

Turns her being into the wolf’s natural law

Prowling the forest’s moonlit night

And search the remnant of her in spring’s thaw.

Heaven and Hell are closed and abandoned

I emptied the halls and threatened the tenants

I burned their furnishings, memories, and time

Chased their dust and dirt through the vents

I left nothing unturned, slashed or alive

I tore at the eyes of these last sycophants.

Now I brood over their broken bones

And contemplate the carnage to come through the gates of hell

They’re shut up and extinguished their fire

To hide in the darkness against the sound of the bell

As the ringing shatters and tears through their halls

The first of many is ripped bloody from his shell.