Tragic to Magic

Mother

Lamb prances through fields of clover

Kitty follows emboldened with delight

Amity cleaved by unspeakable horror

Coal dust sprinkled within a child's heart

Tragic

One, then two, have become forlornly lost

Blood paints red the bathroom with love

Ichor drips from womb to executive blade

Pen dances across a Lilly white contract 

Devastation

Broken in spirit, she spies foreign lands

Quilt patched anew with threadbare linen

Larvae blanketed within Godlike leaves

Sunlight trumpets the benevolent Monarch

Emancipation

Painstakingly, freedom is knit from truth

Disquiet prevails until a frog she doth kiss

Army man brandishes her golden sword

United by pneuma, steely dragons are slain

Unification

Winter frost cuddles the moonlit garden

Festooned upon the vine are blackened fruit

Blue bags peppered with lumps of coal

Upon the battlefield, her soul is rendered

Surrender

Truth fluently dispatches the heart of fear

Love prevails beyond the darkest night

This witness bows in sight of light divine

Mother guiding her son toward God

Magic

Son

Bleating babe, crimson mother drains

Kin amble forth, empty pockets proffered

Ink-stained covenant, state proxy severs

Love tore asunder, lost lamb fractured

Tragic

Blackened angel flees to adventitious lands

Infant reared by treasurer's golden coin

Abandonment, the rental child thrashed

Renunciation, a horse saddled to Hell's gate

 Devastation

Self-loathing strikes a befouled heart 

Mirror shards reflect thirsty demons 

Chainsaw flashes hungry teeth, a pause

Sunbeam challenges the murk

Emancipation

Epiphany of love, a journey commences

Raven innocent, breathes upon a cold stone

Compassion dressed for the grand ball

Love holds fear to the bosom

Unification

Agglutinated self by gritty willpower

Assembled mass polished, then dusted

Broken doll gifted motherly wisdom

Spirit emboldens a weary waif

Surrender

Fearful cries dispelled by grace

Together, they reach for tomorrow

Peaceableness, tranquillity, adoration

Son cuddles mother's grey hand

Magic

Dove's Journey

My Love, you were a happy child. 
Innocence suckling nature's bosom. 
Sweet squeals launch a carefree pixie. 
Perfection is embodied in a babe's spirit. 

Gleeful energy, drawing a hunter's eye. 
Fangs salivate upon the porcelain doll. 
Bolt launched from the beast's quiver. 
A wooden needle protrudes from the heart. 

Invisible fetter from sliver to stone. 
Enslaved Dove forced to perform. 
Animal slakes his ghastly hunger. 
The inevitable consumption of purity. 

Survival requires Dove to closet truth. 
Stalkers feast on the ravaged puppet. 
Crimson stains on the pearly dress. 
Courageous, she emerges tattered. 

Enter Raven, passionate plea extended. 
Dove discovers shelter from a storm. 
Love, gifting her a moment of respite. 
One season free of salacious teeth. 

Raven must depart for distant lands. 
Dove reels, as lustful huntsmen clamour. 
Turmoil ensues, a nipping of heels. 
She escapes, and freedom now beckons. 

Mate is found, nest firmly built. 
Safe with family, yet unease rings. 
Images of Raven wrestle her calm. 
Abandoned heart, an empty echo. 

Autumn leaves curry frosty soil. 
Nest soon she finds empty. 
Sunset reveals Raven's shadow. 
Dream or reality, she reaches. 

The vision of beauty, a long-lost melody. 
Tears rendered, love never forsaken. 
Sated spirit peacefully basking. 
                                 Dove embraces her Raven.                                                   

 

Raven's Journey

Raven's Journey

My Love, you were a happy child.

The lone toddler of a hopeful couple.

Smiles, laughter, bathing in the abode.

Perfection is embodied in a babe's spirit.

Fragile, the nest teeters in a spring gale. 

His delinquent father was lost to shackles. 

Mother drops her crimson cleaver.

A wooden needle protrudes from his heart.

Rejected waif tossed to a filthy curb.

Civic stooge vends forsook nestling.

Desertion destroys the imp's frail psyche.

The inevitability of purity consumed.

Over one hundred nests did he dwell.

Persona spirals into abject depravity.

The mirror reflects an iniquitous beast.

Courageous, he emerges tattered.

Enter Dove, passionate plea extended.

Raven discovers shelter from a storm.

Love gifting him a moment of respite.

One season free of salacious teeth.

Broken, he deserts a weeping Dove.

Shattered, tumbling into the abyss.

Ebony crockery shards need sweeping. 

He escapes, freedom now beckons.

The maternal hand returns a loving touch.

Mountain journey must he travail.

Familial nest uneasily occupied.

Abandoned heart, an empty echo.

November blanket of ivory white.

Eternally searching for innamorata lost.

Cyber signature sparks ineffable hope.

Dream or reality, he reaches.

A vision of beauty, a long-lost melody. 

Joy untold, holding dear a lost muse. 

Exhalation, love within the nest.

Raven embraces his Dove.

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

Psyche Prevails

Psyche Prevails

Standing upon the cusp of tomorrow

You see Zeus nibble an ebony sky

Golden chains adorn his fiery neck

Held out a gilded basket of riches

 

Standing upon the cusp of tomorrow

You see Eros tumble from a metal steed

Pricked by his mystic arrow he swoons

Charmingly he casts an amatory gaze 

Standing upon the cusp of tomorrow

You see Psyche bathe in a locus amoenus

Unwittingly she is nicked by Eros's bolt

Magic weaves the venery of a lover lost

Reeling into the chasm of tomorrow

You witness Venus holding a cup of bile

 Aglaura and Cidippe devilishly scheme

Forlorn the piqued lovers tied to strings

Reeling into the chasm of tomorrow

You witness Eros in unabated slumber

Enchanted he is by the will of spheres

Knowing not his mind he wanders lost

Reeling in the chasm of tomorrow

You witness the damnation of Psyche

Tribulations afoot lovers are forestalled

Decades of tragedy she must now endure

Surviving the riptide of tomorrow

You beseech aid from motherly Ceres

Weigh she must the lover's hearts

White glove falls upon a stone floor

Surviving the riptide of tomorrow

You beseech the idle Eros to awake

Bestirred he flees in bewilderment

Agony in witness to a shattered vase

Surviving the riptide of tomorrow

You beseech Charon to accept payment

Dreams unfettered Psyche gives chase

Entreaty to Ceres the glove returned

Lovers embrace the dawn of tomorrow 

You cheer Ceres's release of provocation

Hermes convokes the Gods to rejoice 

Resplendent is the gala in praise of love

Lovers embrace the dawn of tomorrow

You cheer Eros his defiance of Venus

Quiver tossed aside he interlaces Psyche

Resplendent is the gala in praise of love

Lovers embrace the dawn of tomorrow

You cheer Psyche resilient determined

Arms outstretched she consumes her Eros

Resplendent is the gala in praise of love