Abraxas

 June 10

Abraxas

I was waiting for a magic person and then you appeared.  I was dazzled; I was under your spell.  In an attempt to prove myself,  your natural assistant, I sawed me in two.  Then I stepped into the vanishing cabinet and promptly disappeared.  I was not wrong to see the miraculous in you, but I never looked from your visage once you arrived.  The world around me melted at your entrance and I flowed down the drain along with it.  I somehow expected a response from you, but why respond to an empty room?  So, I will plug back into myself and power up.  Power draws power and I will see if I can draw you once again.

Keep a truce on hand for later use

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THE LANDING

Risers and runners lift from where I stand

Here I make my decision

I climb and face the challenges of my life

Each new test returns me to this square

The steps ascend in every direction

No matter how many times I have scaled this set of twelve

I must start anew with even the slightest change of direction

Like facets on a diamonds base

The flights emerge from the tiny base

And hold the world of possibilities

Within their meticulous surface

I look into these precious mirrors

To see who I am and where to go

Though none of this would be possible

Without a place to stand.