Dark Muse
03-17-2009, 06:52 PM
Paper and Ash
I write my soul
on black pages
while inhaling
incense from the
sages, stirred
among the ashes
each has a piece
of myself, writ
upon the smoke
silk waves in
the wind. I
vanish in the ages
between life and
death. Spun on a
crows wing, woven
in gold, falling like
the leaves. My body
decays, but already
planted a seed
held in the eye
of a sleeping
serpent coiled
around a waiting
moon. I wax and
I wane
I write my soul
on black pages
while inhaling
incense from the
sages, stirred
among the ashes
each has a piece
of myself, writ
upon the smoke
silk waves in
the wind. I
vanish in the ages
between life and
death. Spun on a
crows wing, woven
in gold, falling like
the leaves. My body
decays, but already
planted a seed
held in the eye
of a sleeping
serpent coiled
around a waiting
moon. I wax and
I wane