chiseled, cast - slow
to conform
toward parenting or parish-ship
a life sainted set in grey
relief - stead i
took to a muses handling
of edge to sharp to stand alone , all
Rilke and rotund - roses spread on a barren
ground - this failing heir of Herculine
fond not of any sculptor's tool
curtailing nights to walk
in dust - foreshortening faith
to purge the cleansing of any word - from dust i came
so to it - i sit now in full view, not full of grace
or hypocritical refrain
for a sinful souls renewal
dreamt of it, i dream of it - maquette complete
to hand and with
ancient muse to guide both
word and character to stone, i speak
into the marble - a vision of God -
that i intend in this life's ending
to be called - my very own.
bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2011
Herculine Bardin ("the failed heir" reference) - male nor female she/he was classified as both (1838-1868) eventually ending life in suicide.
