I heard this tale once, tall and towering, yet somehow true... and for its borrowing i am here to let it out, break the seams, let rushing water overwhelm this infamous drought.
listen all ears hungry for emerald and gold. galatic fairytales parables of old hidden enigmas never been told.
what could this be.
the great feeding the mystery breeding the beautiful shes and the powerful hes all in need.
for they are the broken. they are the maimed.
and out of the heart shaped cavern of hunger. the calvary speaks, "whisper Oh Man of the Desert dusty feet a wellspring of waters tall oak Tree.
bury my bones in the depths of your belly.
count back down from three.
let me grow out of your skin and speak to these roots, say to these anchors like lead - that hollow evenings are about to be fed with cement and there we shall sink deeep deeep covered in the unbreakable. unshakeable.
make us beautiful."
and there He stands. mighty Man of war - the jewel of the desert sparkling against the Saharan sun
He vies for frail affection like a hungry village for the burnt batch of rice. dusty frames have no delight to offer but still He withholds, only to entice.
this King, a jar filled with blood, is Wisdom rushing roaring soaking the alluring Flood.
sparkle. shine. glitter. sweet red wine.
"lets drink from your cup. garnished veneer golden studded handle bubbles and water and red and tears."
this is a pining for light. liquid illumination.
He sets people on fire.
the people's come bounding.
it's the Burning Man in the desert.
His call is resounding.
and the great eagles of the sky peer with their one seeing eye down into the great bowl of sand the seemingly barren barren barren land.
and the great God of the flame is surrounded by rusty and weathered lampstands the shattered and lame.
but they too are burning. burning. burning.
"in His river of fire, we are illuminated."
no one is being consumed. like moses and His bush. forever blazing this is the hour.