Awakening I've been waiting here forever for you like a wanderer in a dream we want to see the next scene but we know that once we're there we may want to wake up sharp intake of breath groping vertically at dispersing ghosts eyes wide, as never before echoing voices in your ears as tears fall blindly into the fading mist That's how you happened Like a slap to my closed eyes You stripped away the covers on my "ignorance" revealed me to be the sorceress I kept hidden in diaries My spell books brimming with herbs and fairy tales Called upon in times of dire need But tell me, what did you get out of it? A million bazaars to sell myself A million fears to hide away A million souls to add to the fire A million years to learn it all A million faces to smile from A million tears to shed in vain the haze like summer a day lost on my memory an hour spoken like cellos the pillow aphrodisiac tracing patterns in needlework the lonely white sheets like paper beckoning in the voices of lavender perfume hands folded, eyes closed snow feathers falling on cheeks and eyelashes a frozen coffin Sleeping Beauty but we never see a thing That's how it started Like a funeral at sunset It built me my birdcage Nestled in the busy streets The passers-by call upon the bird to sing But her voice died back in the Renaissance Tell me, what took you so long? A thousand lies to whisper low A thousand masks to wear at will A thousand sins to sear my soul A thousand caskets lined up in a row A thousand drops of blood to stain my dress A thousand swords for all the rest With stars as our witnesses, We woke from our nightmare Climbed from our cushioned beds to see the world anew And looked back to see Our broken, lonely coffins
This one was inspired by the anime series Shoujo Kakumei Utena, and the character Himemiya Anthy. I also drew inspiration from myself and my sister-star, Iris. Tell me what you think! Go back to the poetry page.