MANTLE OF THE STARS

 † Gemǽnnesse

within a wickerwork cradle under rainbow-moon

towards passing days in pursuit of the heart

salvation expands under a bloody arch 

reflected reflections within independent enclaves 

tarnish maturity, unquestion futures 

and the miracle of Ruach ha'Kodesh

knows not why horses dance on locust ravaged fields

on hillsides ploughed to the echo of castanets

martyrs yielding  

then to the mountains

where the predator stalks 

(his thestered eye shelters unsung 

regret from the disc of celestial speech)

peers through the rainy dämmerung

towards sanctuaries of unrestored colour

       wades

turns to the sky, gives alms, fruit, flowers, 

sings the great prayer with eyelids kissing, 

heads incline this and every way 

pallid dreams (empty, cleft, littered)       

in these days before forgotten was and privilege ascended 

towards a spiked cyclic face embossed with fate, 

moaning for hierarchy and prophets to deliver 

                               to the one beyond the grave

    who by candle-light mysterious 

(your voice a vein, blue with the wine of words)

       she is a sensitive listener

bleaches under the nightly velvet 

the purple spots of sister eclipse 

the mantle of the stars whittles the mantle down 

to a scanty robe       

       bedazzles

       in awareness sleep lays with us 

we feel warmth, are cared for and cured

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