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Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
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There were shadows in the narrows of a panorama charmless
Brined in startle fright and harrow
Parched of light and breathing shallow
Armed no shield to slow the arrows
Still she chose to soldier on regardless
.
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
.
With looking glass in palm
Advanced
To seek to calm a failing heart
Needed charm remaining parts
Bleeding psalm
Delay depart
Proceed to faith’s embracing arms
And be seen ably taking part
In reacquainting native arc
To bleed again creative art
.
Crystal glistened on her knuckles
Both her legs felt fit to buckle
Still she felt untroubled by the darkness
.
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
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Only by the empty frame that painted dusk so starless
Still she chose to close her eyes regardless
.
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
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As she reawakened
So much had been taken
Begrudged elevation
With trust long forsaken
Frustration set in
Had remained to this day
And each pain on parade
Further famed the charade
.
Cape of the mystic (repeat)
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Robbed of her dignity
Honour
Identity
Seemed ill-equipped to belong
And a long way from retracing steps to where her quest once led
For she had long since lost the thread of any meant to be
.
Restlessly she leaned on her dependency to reason with the feelings unforeseen as they were seen to teem sequentially
Reeling from each fresh defeat
Within appeared her best retreat
To be the friend indeed
She dared to dream of confidentially
So seldom had she ventured to the stream
Her leaden feet such splendour ne’er esteemed
.
So much had been perceived
Before the vista blistered wretchedly
Her eyes had not deceived
Though sight had drifted unintentionally
Had she blinked and missed it
Life would think her contradicted
Thus predict no seismic shift to gift ascendancy
.
With cryptic clues perused
Seemed nihilistic to review the crude statistics that enlisted doom and gloom
Apocalyptic skies aside
Each dawn anew proved nights survived
Sweet morning dew her flight revived
As she reached higher than the skies
To climb the moon
.
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
Cape of the mystic
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Two widened eyes flamed
One entire life reframed
Within skies unrestrained
Nowise chained to detain
She became
And nothing whatsoever she had weathered was in vain
Nothing whatsoever she had weathered was in vain
.
.
With burden lifted
Something shifted
In her eyes a light persisted
Kissing
Telling
Swelling
E’er revealing
Senses new she tended to through feeling
.
Far exceeding earthly ceiling
Destined now to soar
All that taken vacant in her
Nevermore
Safe beneath her mystic cape
Forevermore
.
Cape of the mystic
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Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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