Guest guest Posted March 20, 2001 Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 the binding of merlyn and nimue “For unto us is born, unto us is given…” -Isaiah 9.6 last night, i who am merlyn, the dreamer of dreams, dreamed the true dream that is the end of all dreams, the dream without end, the dream of new beginnings as i have for ages, i slept within the watery blue cave the alabaster hand of the dark one, my beloved nimue, caressed my icy heart and sent its clear dancing waters further up and further in into a song of waters laughing waters bursting forth as the magick in wintering springs her lips kissed dark and deeply, wet and wildly as mine i, the old white sorcerer took the young dark sorceress not as a wife, not even as a mistress, i took her hand as she took mine, so entwined in an endless binding, a curse and spell, free of the guilt that shrouds castings awaiting to be broken from innocence into suffering we stood before the one, the one who is and is nought he that is neither male nor female, both shiva and shakti, not the noble warrior manjusi nor the priestess kwan yin not she of countless hands nor he who wields the sword both they that are the virgin maria and the messiah king we two, standing hand in hand as not two, but as one stood before the nameless who can only be described the one who is pure opalescence, holy fire, pure water a silent mountain, source of music sacred and profane, a proud, yet humble presence embracing good and evil and received the blessing that is the quest of all creatures each facing each, falling into a dazzle of glistening eyes her right hand in my left hand, my right one in her left mystic mind to mystic mind, sacred heart to sacred heart a blue flame burning within the petals of a blood red rose a flower into ashes, ashes into smoke, smoke in a firebird to a chorale symphony voicing infinite words dancing to Come you lovers all before me with the one who is the one that I, who are many, may proclaim you as the new one, I am I am the one Beloved and in you I am the one that is perfected last night, i who am nimue, the dreamer of dreams, dreamed the true dream that is the end of all dreams, the dream without beginning, the dream of new endings we, who are the first true dreamers, merlyn and nimue, have joined our magick to assure that our dream comes true we each give our dream to each other to so awaken our dream in you _____________ oh, my readers, until we find the one who is the beloved we are all but dream “And Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Beloved but by me.” beloved readers of mine, the beloved has found me, and i she, and we are become the one, loving the beloved in each other we cease being to become the way something is there hidden deep, so very deep within awaiting to be reborn once again and again and again it is not a man child, not a woman child, nor even an infant it is the beloved awaiting a right moment to awaken within you if you love your beloved you will know you are the Beloved i, who am mark, assure you that i know this is true, i know because i am the beloved’s poet. my true beloved, mirabei, told me so i must tell you, merlyn surrenders to nimue, mark to mira & mira to mark, nimue surrenders to merlyn yielding, we become the Beloved’s child, one child, the Beloved’s child we become, yielding endlessly mortal love into divine love, sweet alchemy, divine love into mortal love endlessly ___________________ hail maria, full of grace, thy lord is with thee, we are the blessed fruit of thy infinite womb, jesus…. mark christopher valentine (march 20, 2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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