Merlyn's Last Dream

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.....the greatest commandment is to love the beloved....

 

 

 

 

 

Merlyn’s Dream

 

Nimue, you have cast a dark charm upon me

i need to know just this one thing before i sleep

the secret of the charm you have cast upon me

 

i am victim to your sweet magick, my beloved

 

i need to know the secret words you have set

as a flaming seal upon my wounded heart, nimue

i need to know the enchantment that you weave

within the mists of Avalon that beckons me home

 

my beloved, i am victim to your sweet magick

 

i need to know what potion that fills the holy grail

burns parched lips while quenching a thirsty soul

i need to know the sweet liquor that you ferment

out of the dawn’s dew and the sap of wildflowers

 

to your dark charms, my beloved, i am victim

 

i need to know the incantation of your wand

that stirs my mind to mad lust and crazy love

i need to know from which grove it was hewn

which tree surrendered its heart into your hands

 

i am victim to your sweet magick my beloved

 

but before I lay my head upon your shoulder

to dream me into you, you into me, once more

before I remove my bent hat and break my staff

to be spell bound by and to Nimue the spell binder

 

i need to know the secret of your dark charm

for i am determined that before i fall to dream

to cast your charm upon all manner of things

so that even the sky will burn as i burn for you

 

the secret of the charm you have cast upon me

i need to know just this one thing before i sleep

Merlyn, will cast your charm upon you, Nimue

 

and all creation will dream of Merlyn’s last dream

because it will be in love as I am in love with you

 

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oh, my beloved reader, the Beloved has many names

the Beloved has faces as myriad as stars in the heavens

 

have you not yet fallen in love with the Beloved, as I?

 

mark christopher valentine

(march 8, 2001)