Posted by Teityan on August 04, 1998 at 11:23:25:
... Or may I join in?
Manifesto
I am not a unicorn,
but if you flaunt a veteran spear
and use it to excuse your vacant helmet,
or if the bait of your heart
has been pierced by cruelty or callousness,
then I will flee the sight of you
for the healing sanctuary of my forest,
or impale you, sneering hunter,
on the point of my scorn.
I am not a paper doll,
but if your demands pull all ways at once,
I cannot help being torn asunder,
or if your flame leaps too high,
I will burn and be consumed,
down to a wisp of smoke and a curl of ash,
leaving nothing behind but regrets.
I am not a crystal goblet,
but if you open the height of your hand,
I will fall into a myriad shimmering fragments
in the grave-clasp of the floor.
Yet if instead you find me a careful niche,
I might have the liberty to wait,
or if you hold me with a smile,
you can share my ripening wine
that is replenished with your own.
Judith/Teityan