Of Morpheus & Epiales
(2022)
The darkness devours! It is deadly, and in its embrace, the unknown breathes.
It is murky, sordid, a playground for the imagination's cruelest whims.
The night’s eyes see what the daylight cannot fathom,
for the nocturnal veil conceals, wraps every secret in mystical clarity.
The heart, parched with curiosity, reaches out,
longing to bleed, to touch the things that shiver beneath its skin.
When Morpheus opens his gates, souls drift like specters,
wounds contorting into nightmares, memories distorting into haunted visions.
I yearn to wander this forbidden realm consciously, to erase
certain cursed words before they etch themselves into the world.
I wish to rescue sunken ships before they plunge into
the ether’s abyss, that no soul might drown in the infinite, spectral sea.
I long to decipher the cryptic messages of this living self-portrait
called a dream, to twist its meaning, reshape its dark symbology.
How I wish I could rewrite the script of these scenarios, infuse them
with brightness, drench their contemptuous scenes in gold and
wine, and crucify their bitterness.
Were it all a grand artwork, I would exchange faces,
tear away their masks, and dress them in new skins.
I would repaint the colors, replace the dreary with the
divine, but nothing will steal away the breath from my chest
In the end, even the most vivid dreams will slip through my
fingers like a ring, glimmering before it vanishes into shadow.
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