The Meeting of God and Man

 (A lone voice whispers)

I met a God once after 

Following the immortal white beam 

of the Wolf moon

Guiding me to

Crossing into the holy threshold 

Beyond the legendary 

Open silver gates  

Into the strange 

Casual and haphazard lands of lucid dreams

I saw a man clad in wolf mane 

Bending low and kissing some called Persephone 

This I instantly knew for the strange warm winds 

Carrying a multitude of voices that never stopped whispering 

Told me so

I watched her shiver from the soft nape of her neck 

To her hard hips

After he left the taste of sweet red grapes on her soft lips   

I saw him once more 

You know

In the middle of Eighty-Four

When he appeared and whispered in my ear  

Saying 

I remember you

So know this 

In days that will come to pass 

Long after your kind has left the timeless playground

And has had been forgotten like the names of the Sumerian kings of old

I will remember that sweet kiss I once gave to

Persephone

And let you once again enter and live forever in my home 

From Sheol

A visceral realm 

A soft sandy shore within the reach of all that is flesh and bone 

For my new towns and  cities midnight visitors

Said the Dreamgod 

Who will always remain 

because love and imagination 

Chaos and hate 

Live forever

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

Image shared under fair usage policy via Pinterest.