Love Poem: Felling An Empire
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Written by: Jayne Eggins

Felling An Empire

Listlessly ever fixing form
to the macabre,
a mosaic of shadows
laid turquoise wings
into supreme blackness


as a charm,
from the intersession of light
I bore misery as my shield


I was silhouettes
in masquerade,
a mannequin of ash
ever shifted to wake


between one 
trans-morphing
entranced in movement
my disguise failed


a Mueddin beckoning
from the minaret
you, 
called me to prayer


without doubt
the weight
of a darken hand
lifts,
I chant
in endless mercy
 
my grainy 
empire crumbles
as misery’s shield 
dismantles
to dust


I stepped free
as darkened
fingers of night
still,
ever plucked
at dark fibers in spirit


smoothing your finger
around the rim,
erased all  shade
in its retreat


I am now,
the chalice
forged with hands 
that filigreed with faith 
alas now, 


Avalon calls me home