SPINNING PEARLS
Poems of the unchancy folk that haunt the darkness and dawn
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SPINNING PEARLS by Sally Odgers
Spinning Pearls-Fantasy Poetry
The darkness has always fascinated humankind. From it, we have conjured countless creatures, as unchancy as the fairies. In this tour, you will meet some of those beings of the darkness and dawn. They dwell in silent places, just beyond the bounds of sight. Just sometimes you might be aware of them, out of the corner of a disbelieving eye.
Once I saw an angel, clear
And know that, evermore,
I can never hope to be
The man I was before;
I watched him pass me by that day
And in his eyes I saw;
A silver blade that pierced me
Like a lance.
If I see another angel
Will I lift my face to meet
His piercing gaze, so terrible
The eyes of God's elite?
Or shall I keep the ground in sight
And, peering at my feet,
Wait for him to smite me
With a glance?
And if I dare to look at him
Will terror send me blind?
My brain, lest I should worship him
Must surely close my mind;
Or might I see transparently
And, in my wonder, find;
A courage unexpected
In advance?
Suppose I meet the challenge
In the bright angelic eyes
Will I ever after be
Accounted to be wise?
Or might my boldness turn on me
And make me realize
That I am doomed forever,
And entranced?
Now, I know the race of angels
And I never fail to fear
Encounters of the sudden kind;
If I suspect one near
I'll bow my head and close my eyes
In case I see him clear;
For I dare not risk repeating
That mischance.