Sunday, March 6, 2016

The Witch of St. Cloud

At the apse end of time

all things altered...

fitly framed to form the lie

the eastern gate...

where shadow wall

eclips'd the rising light...

it fell, and fell was it...

upon the ground

as slithering as any snake...

it mote not be

 for just a wink...

eternity's blink...

perhap the sun might die

but no...

that happened once

and now was not to be...

thus, scampering melting

fretted on its way...

as fast as it could.

Nice ploy...

the avoidance

pooling in it's place...

gasping once again

from the son's face

sinking in ignominy...

hopeless in the sand

cardinals of fear

and doubt

following... 

obscurity...

the pope itself

faltering...

it's wick cut down...

blown out

and that old ghost

were gone...

no more...

her hand of slight...

her pool of dark light

replaced by Glory

all her black dresses

ripp'd away...

her red crowns

rolling in the sand...

her secrets known

as every wart

she kept in hand

 hideously controll'd...

and all was out

for now

and evermore...

the witch is dead.


Written by Bruce James Clyde 2016

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