By Kshitij Bader
Just as the smouldering black mass within me had begun to subside ,
And just when the iridiscence of the rainbow had begun to caress my barren being ,
Out from the realm of the dark shadow apparated the most enveloping of them all ,
And burnt down the few dew drops that breathed life into me .
You told me that you were going .
Going away to lands beyond my reach ,
And to life beyond my being .
Oh , I've bled a million times ,
Too many journeymen have appeared and disappeared .
Yet this incursion engulfs me into the plains of death ,
Ripping the strands of my already fragile harmony ,
Plunging my being into the void breathing with despair .
Why shall thou drown in sorrow ?
For motion is the essence of life ,
And every living being will always be pulled,
To lands anew where significance embraces her .
But then you aren't another journeyman ,
You are mother creation herself in physical form ,
Your existence breathed life into me ,
And you sprinkled the flame of magic in my embers .
You tuned into my being ,
With the touch of alchemy dissolving my every chasm ,
It wasn't your word ,
It was your very form that gave wings to my madness lying latent .
You knew me from back in time when I hadn't even manifested in physical form ,
And we floated around in the cosmos arms in arms .
Yet even as life had cut my threads from my very existence ,
You believed that faeries were destined to caress you .
You then took birth in varying forms ,
In every instance recognising the gateways that lay in my eyes ,
And viewing the stars that lay beyond it .
You knew that the dissolution had to be unspoken ,
For I hadn't yet reached the realm of its comprehension ,
And every gesture that you undertook ,
Took significance transcending millenia of every action by another .
As you took form into me ,
Breathing yourself in me ,
My cords with myself were cut ,
All that remained was the presence of magic .
Then you started your chant ,
And instantaneously I recognised your call ,
And as we stepped forward to meet on this plane ,
Time began to stand still .
From it's position of stillness ,
It pulled us in directions unaligned ,
Two souls who knew each other the moment they were created ,
Were apart in space and divergent in time .
Yet as time finally owned up to its flaw ,
And the skies brought with them the promise of unison ,
You were pulled away .
Now as your being sets sails ,
I stay rooted in despair ,
Your absence brings forth a return to death ,
Your journey a halt to my waking life .
But despair thou shall not ,
For written your ties were in blood in realms far beyond ,
Two souls who are meant to be one ,
Will indeed return to reunite in the lands of the gods .