All Hallow’s Eve
but hollow be their name-
an untimely resurrection,
an unvited insurrection.
when times and deeds
no longer of consequence
come to tease
just one more wicked dance-
whipped up wild
on the wisps of the wind
crawling on the skin
across the mind and within-
But what good is it going through a graveyard
if I’m not here to leave roses
or pay respects in a card?
It’s just splinters and shrapnel,
but now I have been balm for the scars-
I arrest these respassers
consign them to the dark,
toss them to the air
to burn supernovas with the stars
and spark a truthlight into that dark.
I read my tarot, tea leaves, and palm
my strength is my shield;
harmony counters harm.
Yes, I may remember
but all that remains
is now ashes and ember;
the now is my hour,
resilience is my power.
For I am a Queen
and my mind is my queendom
I reign over my own life
and my peace is my freedom.
