Abeyance — Be'lakor

As the candles yawned, My world grew darker ‘Til barely a detail remained

Parchment and smoke Through distant chimes Moths carried by the breeze

Her finger to my lips, I am stilled in an instant – I sip, and am numbed From here the path winds backwards

At first I see my entering And then steps in reverse

Descent where I had climbed To pass where I had fallen

Familiar, all is skewed And yet I cannot reflect Beyond my eyelids, I have died Yet I collapse into youth Familiar, all is frayed And yet I cannot abide Beyond my eyelids, I have died

Days are merging quickly now, Into years that spiral from my chest They pass but leave no mark

I swallow forgotten words To gain what was lost And lose what was gained Until neither is real

Behind my head, her hands hold no weight

I have reached a beginning, But somehow I do not stop I fall through the first moment To find that there is more

As light cascades Through the hole my body has torn Already, it is closing