Awakenings

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Last night I stumbled into Aladdin’s cave.

Letting go of fear, guilt and hate

I watched them disappear as wisps of smoke from a golden lamp.

 

Inside the cave the walls were opulent,

Thick, velvety, black and smooth.

They concealed a myriad of glistening jewels,

Encased in the purest gold.

 

There my love and I wove webs of silver thread until morning

When the golden sun rose in an azure sky.

We watched them glimmer and glisten in the new light.

No lethal spiders crawled abroad.

The webs sparkled, objects of crystalline beauty in the purest day.


© Iona Waters

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