Burden of truth
marries you
to the burden of proof
the silence announces the arrival
trembling cinder tones
annotate the dissension
emanating from indiscernible distance
friends of Rome seeking
the coin for Charon
abate your chatter child
cease your prattle child
you are in the forge
we are drawing out the sword
Anneal
Grind
Harden
Temper
Assemble
Completion
burden of proof
binds you
to the burden of truth
now go and reap
Vengeance
the clash of steel
bent to will
shaped to slay
announce, a rival
survival, and a hard wind
will carry you child
the struggle will
deliver you
unto legend
Litter the field
with coins for Charon
the devil is in the details
and the details are your devil
image courtesy of Photographer: H. James Hoff. Model: Ruca.
Powerful invocation
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Thanks C💕
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still humming in my bones
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Okay. WOW.
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Thank you!🙏
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This will keep me pondering for a good while
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Thanks Aurora 🙏.
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Thank you! 😉
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You and I, share the same complexity in words and creating an invocation of something magick and powerfully visual. Brilliant as always my friend. 🙂
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Much appreciated my friend 🙏
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when i read your work, i find myself trying to imagine the circumstances of your life and how they all coalesced to give life to your expression. i have a curiosity and fascination about you in a way that i normally don’t consider upon reading any given poet’s work. the imagery and emotion you invoke are fascinating, to say the least. and i love your vocabulary. it always reminds me that i need to expand mine upon reading your words. i encounter more unknown words in your writing than anywhere else, i’m fairly certain.
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A humbling compliment. I would counter by saying your vocabulary easily rivals mine. Your intelligence shines through in all of your work. As for how i arrived to my current style of expression, too many sci-fi fantasy novels, punk rock and heavy metal albums and a little bit of hard living 😉
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“now go and reap
Vengeance”
A command. As if revenge and the will for it weren’t something deeply personal, spiritual even. And “reap Vengeance” is a big hint. As you said, “the devil is in the details.” I also really feel the phrase “trembling cinder tones”.
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Thank you so much Amaya🙏
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Bam. that ending.
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Thank you Vanessa 💚
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