Metempsychosis

[Guest Xradion]

*Part III of "The Lone Dove"*

 

…And I feel the searing silver

Pierce through my chest, and

I fall to the floor, no longer

Able to stand my ground.

 

And I feel faint, my breath

Becomes heavy, and all I see

Are blurred shades of red

As something seeps through

My skin, and I draw my last

Gasp of air.

 

And suddenly, I am a

Squirrel surrounded by

Snowy sylvan scenery.

 

As I scurry past

A pristine crystalline ravine

I am seen by a snow owl,

Who swoops down for

A bit to eat.

 

And I soar through the air,

Never asking who but always

Wondering why we must die

At the hands of others.

 

I gaze down upon

The bosky ground, and

I frown as I see

A hunter, aiming at me.

 

And once again I feel the

Cold kiss of death before

My soul flies free to inhabit

Another body.

 

And I am transformed into a bear

And the hunter is transmogrified

Into a gun with eagle eyes

And a trigger finger.

 

But this gun, I have seen before,

Propped up against an old liquor store

With a dead dove lying by the

Front door, next to a willow tree.

 

And I know I was once

That dove, but now, I get

Grizzly as I tear the gun

To pieces, and it fires

Once again, but I am not afraid,

For this time, I am too strong,

And I do not fall.

 

 

 

 

Xradion,

The Horny Druid,

Scholar of the Ancient Arts,

Holder of the Eye of Odin.

 

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream."

-Wallace Stevens

 

"When at home, do as the Homans do." –Xradion

 

Edited by: Xradion at: 5/3/02 2:22:15 pm

[Gyrfalcon]

Whoo.

 

*Gyrfalcon applauds* An excellent three-part poem, Xradion.

[reverie]

Well Gry, beat to the punch in the Part III, but I agree it is an excellent Poem cycle.

 

Part I

Lone Dove

 

Part II

As I Walk Through the Valley

 

 

Again, In part III the experience of death is illustrated, but with instant karmic effects... Actually reminds me of a scene in a Peers Anthony books... Where a squirrel saves the life of a man who had perviously granted the squirrl his last request in his last life... Only this poem evolves more rapidly... hmm, there's something, I wonder if it's allowed to describe a karmic poem in terms of evolution... heh.

 

Well anyway bravo Xradion, bravo...

 

 

 

 

rev...

Edited December 27, 2004 by reverie