An Ode to
Babalon
written together with
Fr. Musigetes
My beloved Queen of Babalon! Your
barbaric stare burns my Eyes!
As I look into your eyes, I see my death. Yet with my dying
breath I know that I have conquered you
Yet I am the fallen One
Dead but live in you
Ah! My death pangs are just the echo of your kisses!
Drive deep your sword my Mistress, until I am no more
Oh burned Sea of Inspiration! So loud with your Serpent tongue!
Yet your tail coils around the universe!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice, for your kisses drop poison in men's
heart!
Your 3 fingers yell to our race!
And the thunder, the storm, the echo, endlessly shouts!
Woe is me, for I am nothing, but still have your honeyed name on
my lips of bitterness.
Iaessa, Iassana, Iaea!
Your name is Silence
Your name is Voice unheard
Fire in my heart, Breath in my mouth, Sparkle of light in my dark
eyes
And my blood a drop in the forest of the blessed
.