BETWEEN DREAMS

Stray moments of reprieve await me,
purling around rocky caverns the Light
shall never bless.

There, my demons cavort, ruthless
despoilers of innocence, as cancers
corroding my soul.

Thought waves translate me to distant
plains, blossoming swathes I knew
fathomless seasons ago, far from
celebrations of artifice.

Here, the waters reflect a forgotten
world, nurturing and whole. My weary
tears drip into its wavelets, my broken
images the swirling eddies consume.

A flood of tomorrows streams into my
arms, liquescent radiance entwines
with my form, sweet respite from
tableaux of death and decay.

I float into an enamelled sky, invisible
stars feed my veins, reveal spots of
time and space suffused with sunshine
and breath.

Here, stellar winds' murmurs graze the
silence. My white flame dances over a
confluence of paths it trod in ages past,
a joyous melding of light and vessel.

Between dreams, I dare to dream of life.

© 2015 Lily's Verse
Lilium Candidum

Image: thebridgetofreedom.org

Artist: Vladimir Kush