Of Luster, Dimmed
This place used to hold a certain magic.
Storefronts animated by the essence of olden days.
Wood & candle.
Sweets
Of Diamonds That Shone
A kiss on parchment frail.
'Till next we meet, somewhere.
Lines carved in wrinkled skin,
Life's tales
In Stasis, In Between
To thrive when surrounded,
Or in isolation.
In the thrum of the built, and the mechanical,
or in the calm
Of Wreath and Yuletide Omens
A sound wakes you.
Or was it only there in the realm between waking and dream?
Drowsy and with sinew
Of Blue Blood and Burning Sanctuaries
Cut me open
Separate the seams that bind
Until I no longer see my Self
—As long as I bleed
Descente: An Obscure Augury
Painted eyes stare into our world.
A window to our soul.
Une âme, bereft of light and joy.
Pour me
We, The Flagellants
We build ourselves a cage to attain that which a broken society tells us we need to want. And in
Our Painted Faces
Paint your faces.
Layer upon layer.
A chosen reality.
To masquerade as the thing we dreamt of being.
Bent and
The Last Ember: A Fealty by Fire Unmade
A second piece written early in the conception of The Last Ember. Meant as a prologue chapter, I wanted to
Exhaust
This remnant has manifested in The Oubliette as a part of something greater.
Of something that lingers.
Something left behind.