Mistress of the Revels

from Moonlit Missive #8 by In Gowan Ring

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You fall athwart the bare boughs
Crouch before the ashes of the faded year
My Mistress of the Revels
In the throes of the birthing hour
Underneath the broad arches of heaven

But freedom is a double edged knife:
You take me again
Bring me to you in this life

And freedom is a double edged knife:
You return again
Bearing lank linmb’s lavish sacrifice

Vast in the nether-reach
Celestial watercourses unlock
Bound in a billowing sheaf
Overflow in frolic ornament

But freedom is a double edged knife:
I take you again
Bearing lank linmb’s lavish sacrifice

And freedom is a double edged knife:
I return again
Bring you to me in this life

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from Moonlit Missive #8, released August 18, 2016

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