+Steven Curtis Lance
Apr 28, 2004, 02:08 AM
Transcendental Sonnet #603:
Dark Messenger
Beautiful black raven glossy and bright
If black can shine bright then you do with blue
Highlights or lowlights reflecting the night
Too sleek too strong too glorious to be true
I hear you chant a litany of dark
Black wing on black in a voice firm and stark
Against the silence of the midnight hour
Raven unfold me as a sable flower
Black raven rose bloom down deep in my heart
Rise upon the moonlight bloom me apart
Upside-down and wrong-way-round from this day
Midnight at noon black baron of the birds
Dark messenger whose role to play to say
That which dare not be uttered in these words
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+Steven Curtis Lance
from Transcendental Sonnets and Other Observations, Copyright MMIV Silke LLC
+Steven Curtis Lance
Apr 28, 2004, 03:01 AM
It occurs to me that some readers might worry that some dark meta-message is contained within this sonnet; it's really not! Actually, how this sonnet came to be is merely that, at two in the morning, there was a really big raven speaking in his characteristic way right outside my door; soon he was answered and joined by other ravens, they finalized whatever raven-plans they were discussing, and they all flew off together. This isn't so unusual, since I have lots of ravens living here at good ol' haunted Studio Lance. I really enjoy all the birds hereabouts, especially the ravens and the bluejays. I think I could do without the parrots. My town is a wild bird sanctuary, you see.
I'm sorry to denude this sonnet of all mystery! I just wanted to tell how it came to be, so no one would worry that there might be something dark and scary going on. As for this Stygian black? Well, that's just the color of ravens!
All my love to all, and unbreakable solidarity, always.
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Silke Lance
Apr 28, 2004, 04:09 AM
Dark Dark Dark!
I love it! A good Sonnet!
(I Love you Steven...)
Silke~*