so clear is the distinction

between spirit and matter

the light burns

Oh, Mercury!

How needed are you

For they’ve spoken so heavily

of your great ability

to reconcile opposing affinities

and right now I’m straddled

between intelligent infinity

and the bounds of corporeality

Lateralus, Lateralus, Lateralus,

Sing to me!

How do I swing on the spiral,

And still be a human?

To bow to divinity,

and still yet be enclosed

in the labyrinth

that divine spark, long forgotten

what is it about adulthood

that sends us into a stupor

sleepwalkers do we become

the walking dead are we all.

but that eternal youth!

oh, goose flesh encases me

and oh, oh, oh,

the more you shine,

the more they wish to encase it

Crucify me,

I care not

for opposites, I suppose, attract

And if me shining diamonds

demands

the darkness to encircle me

then so be it

For I’ll never, ever yield

and know that resurrection is guaranteed

for the archetypes remain true

the oracular wisdom reminds me

that if I shine

even if I’m swallowed whole

Jupiter rescues his celestial family

From that belly

So be it, then

Let the mythologies do what they do best

Use us as pawns

Characters on their stage

Planetary directors

spiritual ventriloquism

Oh, Sol!

Oh, Lune!

How could I ever have forgotten you?

You are the call to adventure

Oh, I will listen!

Why do I cry?

I honor you

Shine, shine, shine

Inner child

That youth like an elder

That Father and Son as one

I open my hands to your stardust

What are these light orbs that descend into my palms?

Do you know how I love you?

My divine mirror, oh heavens.

Why is it that you, oh Sol, are my compass?

Why is it that my heart ALWAYS

Knows all ways?

You are my golden thread!

I am the golden thread!

Why have I forgotten this?

Oh, Eureka! Eureka do I shout!

For I have struck gold!

And it is that spiritual centre

A gilded feather descends gracefully

From the heavens

A keepsake from that dove

And I tuck it behind my ear

God’s holy graces