Have you experienced Dolor

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

Have you ever experienced Dolor? 

In whatever supernatural form it chooses to suddenly appear in 

At any given time or place

Like a shapeshifting dark, swirling configuration of self-deprecation 

Announcing the possible visitations of its kin 

Linked to many forms of sin

Through the emotional 

Physically or spiritually 

The three intricately laid foundation stones which it builds itself up from 

When it first enters your skin

Did it affect the way you found new roads 

Or instead 

Did it whisper to choose lonely highways to navigate your life

To live in the shadows

Like one of the lost tribe of Alos

Has Dolor presented you with one of its exquisitely made

Leather-bound red invisible suitcases   

Like it once did me

Leather-bound invisible suitcases   

To be carried everywhere like priceless jewels

On tired shoulders

Containing handwritten soul contracts to avoid taking chances 

On people 

Places or newer experiences 

And to always seek to abstain

Never to seek unfamiliar lands of hope to help to renew 

Always to be the lost one walking alone in the rain

As pledges once written in silence

Prevents one from embracing your secret God-given name 

To empower us to pull through

Dolor's archaic supernatural form can take any strange irregular shape

And in secret circles is classified as one of the 4 deadly Obstructers

Which can keep you invariably on the run

As it guides all your emotions 

The Physical or spiritual 

like a Machiavellian orchestral conductor 

From which it can transpire; there is no escape

Under the dire threat of the Sword of Antipathy

As it seduces you perpetually and becomes your only lover

Did you know Dolor is simply Fear translated into Latin

So tonight's question is

Will you find the strength and courage to throw its gifts of free suitcases 

If you've recently seen it face

Into the gushing four winds and let the Trinity of Holy Lights

Come steamrolling in

To break up its intricately laid foundation stones

With which it builds itself up from 

When it first enters your skin

Copyright John Duffy