Part III · The Des Moines / Post-Military Era (2000–2015)
The image-inspired prophecy: sight undoing, sight undone.
The image inspired prophecy, one obscuring the sun.
Holding the mirror of her dreams in the palm of her hand,
Reflecting a kingdom—a castle built from sand—and
Demolished by a flood from a crack in black skies
That torrent of tears poured from her hazel eyes.
My heart did bear to hearken there,
Ere that baleful glare dare to darken.
Her soul so fair bid my love to flare,
And share with her my love of life.
I felt my mind yield to her shadow,
Transparent against that dark field.
But my spirit, yet free, did see she
Ceased to be sealed in such secrecy,
And knelt before her own, whereupon the two
Became one, and spawned a new sun.
A heart and mind united, two souls
Bonded and grounded in truth.
More than merely momentarily momentous,
More than a brief passing of passion,
A pithy, yet perfectly planned pair of promises
Were made from moral mortal mortar.
Realizing the future: the image-inspiring prophecy.
That suggestion of heaven, the image inspired prophecy.
Composed 2000 · part of the Poems collection · authorship documented on the Provenance page.