PRESENCE

Light imbued from sorrow's murky miasma
where slain effigies spewed their vile laments
as cemetery spirits moaning dire regrets.

A candle grows from one's coffers of dreams,
rising as a phoenix between contemplation's ruins.
Eyes find their inner gaze protruding in defiance,
one voice, one mind captures balance
in the smothering chaos.

Soul journeys onyx river from Thebes' silhouette,
ancient scribes given voice for awakening ears,
eon's mysteries curl in epiphany's silvery vines
through consciousness astral vineyard.

Guides summoned from celestial plain,
open veil to ethereal illumined pillars,
scroll of destiny unfurls its messages,
born is seer with karmic intuition.

Single journey to Empyrean archway
begets it anointing upon the spirit.
Dialogue christened with mesmerizing clarity,
realm of now and Netherworld blend in senses,
life born in awareness
there is no grave for the soul.

Walking in constant vigilance
surrounded by unseen host,
presence, an apparition of immortal truths,
felt in the sudden seconds
when reality became undressed
of what dwells beyond the sunlight.