Iraella and Baeddan (title to be changed) -Chapter the Third
Chapter the Third
visions
Visions of a Poet
Abstract, random thoughts
flit through my mind,
manifesting themselves
through meaningless doodles.
Pieces and fragments
of long-forgotten events,
mixed and swirled together,
welded into glowing stained-glass.
Shining visions,
of battles won.
And of victorious armies,
standing o'er their trembling foes.
Begging mothers,
interceding on their children's behalf;
selflessing sacrificing all,
to save those they love.
Majestic tree,
standing firm;
flit through my mind,
manifesting themselves
through meaningless doodles.
Pieces and fragments
of long-forgotten events,
mixed and swirled together,
welded into glowing stained-glass.
Shining visions,
of battles won.
And of victorious armies,
standing o'er their trembling foes.
Begging mothers,
interceding on their children's behalf;
selflessing sacrificing all,
to save those they love.
Majestic tree,
standing firm;
Stars Over Llorleya- Chapter 19
Chapter the Nineteenth
Of Bones
A valley:
Dark and deep
And hidden in the vestiges of time;
Reserved in shadows for when time is done
Forbidden, dry and bleak and white,
Beyond the hallows of the ancient sun;
Rest place of the reaper’s blade
Of bones
Jacob’s death
Lies old and silent there
Beneath the ceaseless, sunless light of doom
And cries:
Blood-red and dry and dusty tears
For hope cut off, and perished
Beneath a pogrom’s
Snowy moon
Stars Over Llorleya- Chapter Five
Chapter the Fifth
Just a bit more of castle-doings before Aria must leave, and we shall go on.