Will O The Wisp
I walk tonight
and wish to be
the burn in a lantern;
I walk tonight
in the darkness.
In the darkness
with a black moon
on a path you can't see,
in the darkness
following me.
Following me: all
the days and the years
in bright dresses
swallowing Orion,
coming to me.
Coming to me
with the twist of a moon
gone black in the sky,
coming to me with
wishes and bones.
Wishes and bones
are all I am,
and lantern's burn.
Wishes and bones and
fire in darkness.
October 2021
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Note: This isn't a form per se, tho it's something like second cousin once removed to a cascade. I just made it up.
Images: Deadlight, 2010 ©joyannjones
Lantern photo via Sunday Muse Fair Use
