LIGHT II

Upon the allaying course of Night,

my solivagant spirit

blooms beneath the radiance

of countless faraway suns, 

their brilliant gold rendered silver

upon the path of Time.

What nepenthe do nocturnal skies

rain, lending the astrolater's

soul a glow that nor Eos nor Chloris

shall ever know, that nor Day

nor Summer shall ever bring forth? 

What rune does the Great Alchemist

chant upon magical herbs

sole He could cull from boundless

stelliferous plains?

Does He tread slower upon a darker,

quieter Earth, looking upon

celestial shrines tracing the eons

in deference to the gods, to Eternity?

A winged moment descends

from a moonbow into my vessel, 

anointed with taintless milky pearl

and deepest violet balm.

Of woven Light I drink, of primal rays

that cast Life's Flame

into my purest being.

© 2016 Lily's Verse

Lilium Candidum

Image: MOONLIT MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE

Source: von-zezschwitz.de

Artist: Georg Emil Libert