the night sky

[drumoflife]

.... and phantoms cross overhead; countlessly
they show me their truth,
the lie that when uncovered, reveales but more lies,
the complexity of life and the cosmos.

I remember the hard ground on the mountainside
when they lifted me and carried me
to a false land of imprisoned demons
who lured me to walk on their land of lies,
only to find the concrete and city and empty swimming pool
twelve feet below and an acheing back.

I remember the ghosts who came over from stars;
one, a tall, slender lady, her dark hair long and flowing,
her face of jagged bones,
beckoned me nearer...
she held a large mirror
revealing no true reflection,
but the brilliance of chaos and fortune.

as I approached nearer,
she tilted the mirror
slightly so the image there
seared me but briefly.

I remember the dreams of elaborate cities
concealed amongst clouds
and a new way to travel through ions
to wage war without any ground.

I remember the truth of the lights'
high above, hues of violet and aquamarine;
intoxicating, wavering, glittering obscenity
beside obsidian sky.