Elysion (The Fog Suite)

Elysion has been published in All of Me Vol. IV, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing.

Listen to Elysion by Richard Charles Stevens (The Fog Suite)

Listen to The Fog (Elevn Remix) by John Carpenter

Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
.
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
.
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
.
Creatures of the wildwood crept
To gather tears my body shed
The badge of years sincerely dressed
Beat fiercely in my heaving breast
The breeze caressed the trees with ease
While leaves beneath address bequeathed
The air was steeped of blessèd tone
Expressing hope no less esteemed
Than nested dreams foreseen of old
Compelling theme no less than bold
The madness to my method seemed predestined as the shadows wreathed
And underneath the cottage eaves
A narrow pathway halfway told
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
.
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
.
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Thus I bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As deep in the Elysion I leapt
.
I was kept
As had forever been the way
For She connected every bleeding vein
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
Reflective of the one fine day we met
.
I stepped betwixt the nestled twigs
And all the while my eyes were fixed
Upon the prize of aeons in reprise
We sat upon the bench and kissed each whisper of the longing mist
Prolonging this long preordained arrival
.
The tidal whims of dreamers seen anew
Through eyes of morrows bloomed
A waltz resumed
From ashes scattered
Every moon her lashes batted
Fashioning the fabric of our enigmatic dream
.
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Thus I bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As deep in the Elysion I leapt
.
Hello darkness
The shadows serve you well
Indeed my heaven is the hell that you propose
Hello darkness
Kiss my lips and steal my right to tell
Unto the chime of knell
Forever to disclose
.
Farewell flesh
I bid you the most timely of adieu
Undressed you leave me little left to lose
My brittle bones exposed
No sticks and stones need overthrow
For their committal is my oath to quest anew
.
Hello darkness
Seep into the cracks and fade me black
Will take far more than ranged attacks to make me blue
Deep beneath the husk
No longer torn from dawn through dusk
For I entrust these eyes without a face to you
.
Taste divine decay
As you replace my light with shade
While I retrace my steps to where affright last mused
Try well as I might
I cannot fear
When death’s caress is so sincere
That final breath aside
I die to seek resume
.
Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
.