threading words like pale pink diamonds
roseate through old demesnes
will the bearers of this message
sink or swim or just explain
will they vanish disappear
love the ghosts from nameless years
in the story find reprieve
in the richness of its seams
tidewater of the fading stars
does it mirror where you are
human hearts across the bar;
antiquated though it seems
just now waking from their dreams
bright enameled on each page
from a quite mercurial stage
from a realm none else could mine
looping shadows over time
quests forgotten lore renewed
emblematic of the few last- lost- curios...
chiming bells, an attitude
caught that moment in the light
anecdote or wrong set right
Edens green the long goodbye
will the princess even cry
there the countess, there the lie
there the vow that must not die
families of heraldic sin
ice floes at the story's end
when the sweethearts must depart
farther than the story's arc.
mary angela douglas 23 december 2019
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