the sight
no more

but

the memory
still

and gifts that are eternal

a primordial drive
that emerged from sin
the teaching of its splendor

the sin was darkness
the sin was fear

the light was she when she was near
she was the will that mended vice
the harbinger of all that is real

a muse of inner pyre

words were not her art
her aspects nourished wisdom
flesh and spirit
ardor and warmth
imperative as paradigm
the primary ideal

and she taught
logic has a failing reign
injustice emanates from us
innocence does not exclude
love and lust will mar and cure
the self will suffer if it holds
the other can't be ever owned
fear is inmost and all men fear
woe will arm and steel
pain will aid remembrance

she taught that chaos leads us

and all were true
and all in grasp
and all were amply given

with loss as only toll