Dove Imbibes Raven

                        

Dove Imbibes Raven 

Dove Imbibes Raven 

My Loves, you were happy children

Carefree treasures gifted to the world

Futures rife with untold potential 

Perfection embodied in a babe's spirit

Stolen from the Dove, innocence, joy 

Pneuma wrenched from her being

Staked to a tree, abused, molested

Wooden needle protrudes from heart

Raven weaned from a granite bosom 

Alone in the cold night, destitute

Broken child grasping the emptiness

The inevitability of purity consumed

Dove buries pain, a rancorous legacy

Raven immolates identity in disgust

Tentative steps in search of freedom

Courageous, they emerge tattered

Dove to Raven, passion extended

Raven and Dove shelter from a storm 

Love gifting them a moment of respite 

One season free of salacious teeth

Dove cowers, Raven acquiesces, they part

Lovers reel, barking dogs voraciously feed

Two worlds spin wildly out of control

They escape, freedom now beckons

Separate lives they forge from plastic 

Secure, yet profoundly unfulfilled

Visions of the other gnaw their peace

Abandoned hearts, empty echoes

Harvest moon cuddles a winter sky

Divinity paves a road to unification

Tenth-hour bell peals an invite

Dream or reality, they reach

Vision of beauty, a long-lost melody

Blissful fusion, Dove captures Raven

Raven bows, lays bare his heart

Dove and Raven finally embrace