By torchlight
My hands sing for you
They pause on page
Wringing out mysteries of my mind
In the night
My heart grows loud
Blood flows black and stains the sheets
I kneel before the king of beasts
Wings large and sharp
A woman’s face completes the ensemble
Fighting
Grasping in darkness
These riddles elude my every advance
Meeting again with my own ignorance
While her paw taps the marble pedestal