elfSPEAK » keeper http://littleredelf.com/elfspeak part magic, part mysticism, sugar & sass, litany and profanity, complete with red and tangly, tasty bits . . . Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:32:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Keeper http://littleredelf.com/elfspeak/2006/08/14/keeper/ http://littleredelf.com/elfspeak/2006/08/14/keeper/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:18:17 +0000 littleREDelf http://littleredelf.wordpress.com/?p=688 I am breathless knowledge and light.
I use my fingers as eyes and keep my hands behind my back,
can you imagine all that I have seen?
I am tall enough to listen to Gods who are distant and removed
I am low enough to swallow mouthfuls of Earth,
tasting the Gods we all have buried.

I am here now and I will come by knowing you.
And yes, then, I wore red cloak and spoke
with a tongue that knew your name.
But I eat only what I am hungry for:
angelfood cake,
tasty, white prophecy.

I regret no words that speak for you,
from them I am created.
I will go only where I am sought after
and with me I bring whispers.
On my feet will travel stories of a thousand couplings.
My ring, your fixed attention please.
I will make you remember all who you have tangled with,
every street where you were kissed.

I will not wait on excuses or under false pretenses.
I hurt for you where moments string out and break
like beaded necklaces.
And in a world of upside-down
where those thoughts fall into
the branches of trees,
I will hunt those droplets out,
I will climb there and collect them for you.
And when it is night, I will swim far into your rainswept dreams
and spill them into your hands.

~ Andrea E. Janda

9:18 AM

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