Come to me at nightfall said the old and bitter tree I will open up the gateway I want you to be free And so the demon waited until the sun had set and walked upon the half-path and left behind regret But when the way had brought herto the old tree in the dark […]
bear me to glorybare me to sinbear me to firebereave me of kin show me the ripplesof stones yet unthrownshow me the madnesswhere I can’t atoneshow me the pyreshow me the horrorshow me the lustand dread, my restorer guide me by radianceon hellfire nightsveil me by umbrafrom heaven’s cruel lightdevilry’s virtueand sainthood’s profaneand devilry’s maliceand […]
All the unlit branches of many a treeboiled up from the oceans under old Galileeand all the inverse towersof all the haughty kingswere broken on the backsof the ancient angels’ ringsThe songs of revelation soared up high past all the starspast the zenithpast the nadirpast the broken gates ajar Ripples reached the non-ears of the […]
(This is my other “most personal poem ever.” It represents my best effort at the time to fully express what it’s like living with Autism, and all the other psychological foibles I’ve developed through my life experiences.) I was told I might annoy you By North I begin confusing you. I’ve talked myself down a winding […]
To what I feel this is as a day’s practice to mastery. I need the sword: its slim spine eclipses me. Paired forearms at its handle, tensing fingers: I live in steel. Sinew, skeleton: an anchor tugged by iron’s breath. Air crosses thrumming blade. My Odachi drives my feet down dirt, through grass to rippling […]
Ashenvein Gate: Stories & Dreams 