Tag Archives: shadow
entwine
She said,
draw me
into your life
entwine me
in your love.
And I thought,
lust
fathers
the world.
Years later
when I would think of her
I would remember
that I lusted
after the mere form
of her shadow.
– matt at shadow of iris
entwine
midnight blue billows
Midnight blue billows rock the deep waters
while moonlight tinged caps of silver foam
smack the lonely shadow of a broken ship
that limps its way toward distant shores.
– matt at shadow of iris
midnight blue billows
shadow visit
Faintly glowing
this shadow from my dreams
now in my room
dancing across my walls
and out the window
waltzing
across the yard
and down the drive way
into the street
pausing for a moment
under a street lamp
to take a bow
then disappearing
into the shade.
– matt at shadow of iris
shadow visit
enveloped in shadows
Enveloped in shadows
seeping into the earth
strong pungent smells
yesterday devouring me
even as tomorrow
springs out;
my heart floats
high above
casting diffuse rays
of dim blue.
– matt at shadow of iris
enveloped in shadows
lunar
The beast long dormant
in that dark alcove
of your heart
is roused
and I find myself
turning into jelly –
Spilling out onto the floor,
a mess in the dim light;
your smell lingering on
as I grovel in the dirt
and sniff
and follow.
Ferocity, a steel web
that rakes me into the dirt
the me I thought I knew
not me at all.
Shadows bend
towards the approaching night
a complex dance
between the fading light of day
and the encroaching dark of night;
the moon rises
and casts new shadows
over flowers lost
in shades of gray.
Finally, I find you
confined
restrained
rusted, heavy chains
weigh you down
in a single square
of thought.
Kneel down
forgive me my sins
for by the time
the new day dawns
once again –
I will have set you free.
– matt at shadow of iris
lunar
poem: the magician’s shadow
Study the remains
of native religious literature
and find forgotten potentials;
take the fragments
and bring them together
you’ll find
a shadow on the wall.
Wine will spill
and trickle off the table
as the wind blows
and vines shiver;
the roses will be aglow
and cast a glimmer
on your blade ready to strike
the unseen enemy,
the shadow on the wall
Credit taken,
never given;
maxed out,
a dull club
that pounds you daily;
all this you sweep aside,
a new image forming,
it’s that shadow on the wall
A flicker on the screen
says the truth it out there;
a fax streams through
the message in an old script,
not occult, just forgotten
you’re beginning to get it;
the shadow on the wall
Hermes by your window
tapping gently;
Thoth clearing his throat
to get your attention
you’re knee deep in it now
and there’s no going back;
the spirits of old
have come out to play
and they dance around you
that’s your shadow on the wall.
Spells, enchantments, formulas,
words of power,
they’ll bind you, if you let them,
so put them all aside
find your way,
an eternal way;
from an intuition
let there be a revelation;
a path revealed;
the transmitter and transmitted
becoming one.
The shadow on the wall
now bright and orange
is the inner dimensions
of your truth;
only your truth
is the truth
now writ large
your shadow on the wall.
