PAUSE

Summer's last rays stroke fuliginous

roots beneath bleached

rock, waver over patches of amber

and violet, sole witnesses

to my silent contemplation, my secret

conversing with soaring

green bastions.

The wind halts, poised between earth

and sky, resolved to immure

luminous laminae in its discarnate

embrace, alas, a benison

contained in that distant kingdom

begetting light.

Mercy's cadences ring across an inky

vault ablaze with stars,

this balm intangible as faith enfolds

wandering souls of trees.

Peace abides in pristine silences clad

in the colours of Angels.

Here, my soul ceases to cower in a dark

corner of my frailness;

untrammelled, it traverses my form,

kindles each atom and breath,

every thought, dream and vision. Here, I

may pause for life,

before I yield to death.

© 2015 Lily's Verse

Lilium Candidum

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