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Dark Light

Digging Deep

27 Nov

Slumber slips on evening’s footfall
as daylight takes to her bed.
You close your eyes on the night.

But Disquiet seizes stillness by the throat,
     snarling yellow teeth bared,
     its claws, like grappling hooks,
     grab you from sleep and you

bolt awake, eye lids a-twitch
     with stinging light and sibilant sounds
     from underground.

Dread, Overwhelm and Terror
stroll in through psyche’s door.
They howl, they hiss; sling
     stinking bones and rotten remains;
     tattoo your shoes with yellow bruises.

You tussle in ceaseless scuffle
with dream lurkers dressed in shadow.
Until a seam appears …
     a glimmer of dark light;
     a first crack in the Portal.

You turn your face toward the dim warmth
of pale sun, clear the bitter taste
of battle from parched lips
     with a kiss of cider ale —
     and step across the veil.

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  1. RUTHIE says

    November 27, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    DAWN-DYANNA — YOU DESCRIBE COSMIC ENERGY IN TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS —
    WITH YOUR BLESSED GIFT OF WORDS —- THE FULLNESS OF YOUR HEART.
    DAWN-DYANNA —YOU STEP ACROSS REMEMBERANCE – AWAKENING SPIRITUAL POWER – BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN – INSEPARABLE IN CONSIOUSNESS………..AND THEN THE FORMLESS – A GLIMPSE OF “DARK LIGHT” – IN UNION WITH THE GODDESS ….. ULTIMATELY DIVINE — YOUR BEAUTIFUL SOUL….

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    • Dawn-Dyanna Dhyanna says

      November 30, 2022 at 3:48 pm

      Thank you so much for your kind and generous words!
      Sending love <3

      Reply
  2. Alyce says

    December 2, 2022 at 9:18 am

    Dawn-Dyanna,
    The images you create and the way you weave your words around and thru them is so incredibly powerful…the tapestry of your creation lingers to be revisited again and again…you have a true gift and thank you for sharing it….

    Alyce

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    • Dawn-Dyanna Dhyanna says

      December 2, 2022 at 10:33 am

      Dear Alyce,
      Thank you ever so much for your very kind words. Coming from a fellow writer, they are especially precious!
      I appreciate you for taking the time to write!
      Love always <3

      Reply

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