Aubrey Ashburn

Coils of Light

Aubrey Ashburn


All riven, kith and kin
All given for this, a never-ending riddle
My flesh worn, heart betorn
Mind, by mem'ry, begyved

As I wander, cold and immane
Whither now my mother; my flame?
And along the coils of light
The life I desired?

Anon must we part?
Words like a dart
Red and dire
Eyne that accoyed with their heat
Ooh

O! How I have seen the Dragon's Dogma
Unbound my time, all-Binding, grand design!
Land and skies and seas yearn
Finish the cycle of Eternal Return

When the pullest this boy from the sand
Didst thou see him bearded
With brand and within the coils of light, when our blades took flight
What future didst thou envision?

As I keep this frozen demesne
Whither now my mother, my flame?
And along the coils of light
The life I desire?