Perhiphery of stillness
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\ by @d-pend /
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Perhiphery of stillness
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Periphery mon'chromatic —
verging harshly inward,
imposing new restraints upon the ancient son of hues.

Questioning, sustaining:
fractal spilled diffractions —
past the furthest recourse
for freedoms disassumed.

                                                     In one moment, aching —
— time betrays itself.
                                                                 And I then
                                                      float past
                                                      the holding cell of ages:
                                                 seen from any angle,
periphery of mages
   who colors all eschew.

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In terms of turnèd pages,
creased and sorrow-weathered
            prescribing pale pronouncements
            for priests grown paler still
                        in search of vague distinctions,
                        in hope of great tomorrows
                  my vision grown e'er-darker,
                  my heart slow-ossified.

Periphery of stillness:
make good your vicious promise,
draw close the sanguine yearning
of ev'ry stricken heart.