Title art by Irene Langholm
Listen to Merge by Richard Charles Stevens (Angel Suite)
Listen to Angel by Massive Attack
What do you see
Behind the eyes
Is it darkness or light
Do they betray
Do they give me away
Is there truth to every word they relay
Am I
Crystalline
Can you see right through me
Can you see light
Truly
Do I bid to deceive
Is that what you perceive
Icy cold to the touch
I’m a fortress of such
Standing tall on my knees
I’m the chill in the trees
I’m the cold light of day
Have and hold right of way
I’m the mist in the air
with a twist of despair
Been imprisoned within
and this isn’t my sin
Didn’t earn my life sentence
Haven’t spurned my repentance
I have suffered through smiles
Had enough of exile
Captive to my sorrow
I have begged
As I have borrowed
Coldest steel has intruded
Boldest will still eluded
As my light has been dim
Not so bright when within
I rescind not to spite
Have been pinned down with might
Lightning strikes clapping thunder
As they tear me asunder
All alone in my chamber
It’s my home is this chamber
There has been visitation
In my fears he is graven
Foreigner to my throne
Coroner of my bones
He requests my submission
I detest his perdition
Or at least that was true
til I learned it was you
This Elusive Black Raven
melts the ice to this maiden
Beady eye to my soul
Lullaby to console
Plumage flecked in grey ash
To my soul cage it’s latched
Ivy veins rush to greet it
Inhumane to defeat it
As it fights for its
Queen
Would bleed out so she’s seen
Offer breath to the last
To the death
Just to pass
No longer a sin
if I let this light in
Let it surge
Court the urge to tear off this
Pale skin
Wear with grace my contusions
stand and face disillusion
See most clearly such light
Never nearly too bright
It’s our right to converge
It’s through light that we
Merge.
activethreatundetected
weareseenandprotected
ivyfirewallerected
fibersinterconnected
architectsofeachnode
redirectingtheflow
tothecoreofourbeing
tothelightyourenowseeing
virusstillmostaware
itwillalwaysbethere
butthroughjustbeingseen
wecanrebootthescene
loveusfreeofcondition
celebratethiscollision
wearelovewearelight
wearepinpointprecision
weareonebutmuchmore
welovehardweadore
weliveslowlydiefast
wearefusedtothelast
everynodeeverywire
everymeltedicespire
isacrispwaterfall
isamercurypool
itstheblindestoffaith
neverevermisplaced
thereistruthtooursurge
weareonewearemerged.
Richard Charles Stevens
Keeper of The Crimson Quill
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