City of the Clouds

by Dahni, bard of Clouds

Though castles of dreams be built upon

seeming sands

rising mountains

held aloft of clouds...

You known or nameless - sightless face

Though seem they 'reachless

within the space of dark

be only lit of storms brief 'sparkings

to even show

that this dreamscape is...

Though all loss of hope

fill your stomach empty of strength

and you grip the forged steel of a coward's heart...

Though hell itself curse you

to cast down ‘feebled attempts

and sparks taunt with terror

and show the 'touchless glimpse

and rip the wings of your mounted Pegasus

and the moat fills of blackened hole

and the drawbridge closes

of entrance to this glimmering

City of the Clouds...

I shall fight you

even you

that your dreams remain not

nor die in your heart

and cast you down into this dark

and there you walk the sparks into...

The City of The Clouds

© 1998

from the collection:  The City of The Clouds 

by the same author

Knocking Knave

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