GKR, 28 August, 2014.
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Gwyneth’s Dream
I had a dream about the turning of the season
It began with rain for the unpoetic reason
that it rained.
I found myself in a land of clouds and shadows
With the water all around me I danced barefoot in the shallows
with the ravens.
In a dress of autumn gold I tried to stay above the surface
And there wasn’t any music, and the waterscape was wordless
but I danced.
I felt the cold sting my shoulders
Felt the world sing for harvest
Knew the flowers and the queen of spring would die.
In the heart of the darkness
Love grew strong, hard and heartless
And my friends betrayed my trust and walked away.
I danced away.
Autumn wings made of paper
Short the wick, summer’s taper
Bent me low: in the gale, I could not fly.
Though the storm screamed, “despair” I forgave my betrayers
But it left me raw and outcast in the rain
I kissed the rain.
I kissed the rain and I let the ice flow through me
In the soaked and silent landscape, I felt autumn like a church key
pry me open.
I spun through gold, tasted white and turned to midnight
Felt a heaviness above me hard with bone and graced with firelight
Crowned with candles.
Oh, the long dance toward winter—
Rain to ice fell like splinters,
Sliced the light: rays of darkness heard my cry.
Built me back into ashes
Lit by flame, lightning flashes
And I carved a new sceptre out of pain:
I love the rain.
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