Whom do I praise

For the swirls of black and blue

That permeate through reveries

And dissipate upon falling light

They are an endless quarrel

Behind shut eyes

Madly whirling, inside the womb of my psyche

Sprawling through the darkness

To flaunt its chaotic majesty

Colorful disarray

Births its many allies

Conjuring, legions of rouge and magenta

To fold within the grander mayhem

Scores of violet

Mothered my elation

Wrangling my frontal lobe

And drowning out the screams of my conscience

“Not here”

“Not tonight”

“Quiet yourself”

“Enjoy”

Yet it all crumbles

As planned from the start

So sudden in my eyes

So cold and instant

Washed over in grey

And boxed in by billowing shadow

And so the loving frenzy quiets

As I flock for the calm

And away from motherly wanderlust

Far from the winding curves of treacherous fantasy

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