. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Song of Simon

Saturday, May 20, 2023

The Song of Simon

 Press before reading. Salute.


(A lone voice sings.)



I am abandoning 

My post today


Leaving


Outpost 4 

And walking through 

Another door


To a new place

To stay


Throwing away

My scrying glass 


Back into 

The grey rivers of 

The Dimitri


No longer afraid

To step


Into the deep blue 

Sea of Dreams


Brave enough


To swim past icebergs 

Of prosecution


For absolution 


Of all who see 

Me


Going beyond 

The Carpathian Mountains


Past burning vortexes and fountains 


Away from lost souls

Who come at me


With lit torches and pitchforks of calamity


Away from 

False gods and goddesses 


Who sow paths of destruction


To find resurrection 


In the bright lights 

Of accession


To be eternally free


I am abandoning 

My post today


Leaving


Outpost 4 

And walking through 

Another door


To a new place

To stay


Throwing away

My scrying glass 


Back into 

The grey rivers of 

The Dimitri


No longer afraid

To step


Into the deep blue 

Sea of Dreams


Brave enough


To swim past icebergs 

Of prosecution


For absolution 


Of all who see 

Me


Going beyond 

The Carpathian Mountains


Past burning vortexes and fountains 


Away from lost souls

Who come at me


With lit torches and pitchforks of calamity


Away from 

False gods and goddesses 


Who sow paths of destruction


To find resurrection 


In the bright lights 

Of accession


To save me


(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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