. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Riders of the Grey Smoke

Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Riders of the Grey Smoke


 

In a dark dream

Lost in the Midnight Garden


I looked for you

Within its semi-darkness


I walked through the softly blowing winds 

Of The Lands of the Ether and Blue


And called out loudly to you 

Praying you'd answer 


To help me get through


But in that dark dream

Lost in the Midnight Garden


It stayed so silent

That only the swirling grey smoke whispered

In a gentle voice


Go back, traveller

For there is no rescue


For no familiar voices

You know 

Are here to answer


Only us

The Riders of the Grey Smoke


Known as Asphodel Meadows

Necromancers


Who gives you this choice


Or you could stay 

And be transmuted into this grey smoke like us



To serve a new queen 

To eternally rejoice


What says you 

The walker 


From beyond


The Lands 

Of The Ether and Blue


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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