chapter 6 immutable of Grey
Widowed of my wonderful, I whirled myself in doubt,
Reduced to tatters of a man, bereft of shining chance
Endlessly I scanned the path; and strewed my pain about
Cued with reckless misery, for curtailed wedding dance.
Knowledge whispered in my ears of my eternal shame,
Loss is your embodiment; unfittedness, your name;
Erase the hopes of bless'd embrace, accept a colder fate
Sever ties of roseate vine, eschew your phantom mate-
Set your house on shattered stone? It falls, and you're too late.
Sorrowful, I cloaked myself in mourning veils of ruth,
Hiked along the faithless path; that stranger to the truth,
Overplayed emotions swept my tamarisk away!
Replacing vibrant colours with immutable of grey;
Echoes of my innocence along the wearied way.
Ashes of this memory all scattered in the dust,
Plied me with indifference, and fed me with disgust
Perhaps my love imagined me, perchance portrayed my lust!
Even my surroundings I surveyed in dark distrust.
And then, on the horizon, rose a wreckless trackless shore;
Refreshed imagination, unlocked a welcome door-
Stumbles on the pathway warned me I should weep no more.
Chapter 7 Omniscient Future
Reduced to tatters of a man, bereft of shining chance
Endlessly I scanned the path; and strewed my pain about
Cued with reckless misery, for curtailed wedding dance.
Knowledge whispered in my ears of my eternal shame,
Loss is your embodiment; unfittedness, your name;
Erase the hopes of bless'd embrace, accept a colder fate
Sever ties of roseate vine, eschew your phantom mate-
Set your house on shattered stone? It falls, and you're too late.
Sorrowful, I cloaked myself in mourning veils of ruth,
Hiked along the faithless path; that stranger to the truth,
Overplayed emotions swept my tamarisk away!
Replacing vibrant colours with immutable of grey;
Echoes of my innocence along the wearied way.
Ashes of this memory all scattered in the dust,
Plied me with indifference, and fed me with disgust
Perhaps my love imagined me, perchance portrayed my lust!
Even my surroundings I surveyed in dark distrust.
And then, on the horizon, rose a wreckless trackless shore;
Refreshed imagination, unlocked a welcome door-
Stumbles on the pathway warned me I should weep no more.
Chapter 7 Omniscient Future