A Mystery Night


 Watercolors on handmade paper


The moon shines full and ample. The nectarous fire rages on around which sit entranced dryads, undines, satyrs and nereids chanting hymns. Like sacrificants of  chimerical desires and medusan egos, they invoke humility and love into the spirit of all Creation. The great Poseidon soughs in the background. Its spume and spray make the hissing fire sputter. Plumes of smoke rise to mingle with the luminous darkness. A car whirrs and comes to a halt. Whoo...Whoo...Who...a flutter and a flight. Only the stars are silent tonight.

Louder and wider the chant grows, activating the gold filaments of dreams. Leaping flames light up zealous eyes and set the sleeping shadows in motion. The flapping wings of an insomniac crow passes overhead, slathered in night. To this small gathering of Gaian beings it is a good omen. The frenzy of the worship reaches a crescendo with a combustion of dance even as feeding the ravenous fire slabs of butter, yew bark and sheathed grains of barley continues. "Hello, is there anybody there?" Someone knocks on the moonlit gate. But, the voice is lost to the symphonic silence of the ancient ruins.




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Unknown said…
Very mysterious indeed.
May 13, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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