GOTHIC CASTLE Options

[Cybele]

Gothic castle

By the wan light of sister moon
these grassy, shells of rooms,
are draped with brooding shadows.
Inside these ancient castle walls
hovering spirits whisper sibilant
songs through crumbling stones.

In the chapel anguished voices
chant requiems in eerie tones
for victims of the dread Black Death.

In the great hall, dancing ghosts,
like slowly swirling smoke,
sway trancelike to the music
of harp and lute: the scene
illumined by the flickering flames
of tar-tipped torchlight.

Incorporeal sounds press
loud upon my ear; disjointed
fragments of mediaeval airs.
Long dead knights and ladies
converse in hushed whispers
of murder and conspiracy.

Confluences of gathering
souls, declaim aloud - dark deeds
of treachery and villainy.
Outside the ramparts, thundering hooves
of wall-eyed horses conjure up
scenes of bloody, mortal combat.

My breathing labours, panic fills my chest.
A paralysing terror grips my mind, urging escape –

WAKE UP!   Before it is too late.

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[Cleo_Serapis]

Thank you for entry into "Odin's Opposition"!

Best of luck in the battle!

~Mosaic Musings Staff