The Spider's Kiss

i venture the realm of an unknown space
challenges captivate my curiosity
a prism 
conceived
by a dew droplet 
and a sunbeam
leads the way
to my pulley of change
it lures and draws me up
up
up 
through the 
lanes of its age'd road
tugging, tingling, towering
over
greatness
the wonderment of the web

the bliss and beauty
the friendly 
festering aroma of rotting flesh
though only a tiny sprite
i venture the danger of the mystifying dreamland

too many slow sticky paths 
insignificant options lead to the center
the complication the confusion
the simplicity the sadism 
in her soul
i see her tear as it rolls down 
a tender strand and falls to its tomb
as the peculiar pet of mine
the little sprite
roams the ring 
discovering loss and a point lacking a return to the past
a snare with no escape
a devilish night lacking a sunrise
for as she trips
her stuttering steps startle the web's keeper
a grasp for dear life is in order
enclosed in an impossible hiding place

no sanctuary for her here
tender little sprite
why

widened eyes as her hunter
allows its presence known

an open mouth
an empty scream
a broken wing
a fallen fantasy

she holds me captive,
supper awaits
when darkness awakes
the spider's kiss
upon the stroke of a moonbeam's caress

for i am the keeper
as i am the captive
for i am the spider
as i am the sprite
for i am the sun's ray 
as i am the moonbeam
for i am the breath 
as i am the rusty blood   
as i am the dream
for i am the soul 
as well as the shit

for i am the web
as you are the web
as you are the web
we are the web
the spider
the sprite
the web


Suo Mynona
8-18-97