The sun is sinking low behind the hills
along th'horizon, spilling light upon
the edge before it's swallowed 'neath the Earth
for Luna to replace within the Sky
with weaker light to trouble human sight.
But Saunterer assures this matters not,
for always doth he pack a lantern in
his wagon, else he'd suffer many nights
of blindness, fumbling for his horses' reins
and seeking long a place to camp and rest. 10
These words he gives, however, fall upon
the Spouse's deafen'd ears, as all she hears
is beating heart by which she counts the hours
whilst staring at the bloody stone within
her clutch and dreading moment may it turn
from vibrant red to white as desert sand.
The Saunterer can see the worry on
her face, and so he tries to shift her thoughts
to any subject other than demise,
for there's no way for him to speed along 20
their progress, for he'd run the real risk
of tiring out the horses ere they come
upon their destination and return.
"Thou recognize there's people following
behind your company just out of sight?"
he says to try to sway her worried mind.
"I notic'd first their presence when we pull'd
thy man up from the cave. It seems a group
of women clad cerulean do trail
behind your ev'ry step; I thought they'd press 30
beyond the town at morn, but it would seem
they're int'rested in stalking thee and him;
they've even split apart to follow us
whilst others linger in the town to watch
thy man. I only hope they don't contract
the sickness going round by staying there."
The Spouse responds with nod and now explains
what Author said to her when first they met
before she turn'd away and found his cart.
He takes this information in and frowns 40
with scowls and scoffs, engag'd in raising voice:
"I would assume that thou wouldst think it odd,
these people think that they're allow'd to write
your lives as though to entertain a crowd
by making play of tribulation's strife!
It sickens me to think how low some stoop
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As Ever Like the Sun & Moon at War
PoetryA troubled Pilgrim sets upon a road in search by sun and storm of paradise; a vain Pariah's banish'd from his home to render justice by the moonlit night: two individuals who share a flesh, each unalike in methods and beliefs, yet fated consequence...
