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Faery
When this house no longer is,
its garden will still persist, freed from walls that sought to imprison its mysteries. In the shade of weeping trees, wild roses and wine-red leaves will charm the sky to pliancy, serenaded by an admiring breeze.
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And long after I've confided my thoughts
to its silent paths and joined the fox stilled to prayer by stone's gentle artistry, long after I am a little less than the longing with which I leave this place, you'll wander the kingdom that was yours even before you conquered it and me, and I abdicated with a kiss. And perhaps those who pause to look beyond the crumbling walls shot through with the honeysuckle's reckless heraldry, overcome by a sense of awe, will wander in. And perhaps, as on a restless, heartsick day, I have, they'll come across a little child, unsmiling in her purpose as she caresses the wandering tulips that pay homage to her quiet wisdom, or sits on a granite throne in severe conversation with the ravens, tempering her admonitions with soft pats and the beginnings of a smile. Perhaps they'll come across you as you give the setting sun something of your strange beauty, the sweet music of your melancholy. Or they'll discover you touring your empire, the wild cat that was your first friend, sharing in the fierceness of your isolation, sauntering by your side. Perhaps. But I will no longer be. I am readying to leave, to take up exile in the company of my grief, though the soft embrace of the rain and the softer caresses of the sun will remind me of you. I cannot bear to stay so close when I cannot claim your warmth for my own, or annex you with my kisses. I knew you were not mine for long. Did it have to be so soon? CommentsComments are closed.
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