The night of reckoning

~ paeansunplugged

Day 27 OctPoWriMo

Prompt: Magical/ magic

Form: Terzanelle

As an icy curtain of frost descends down the vale

‘Tis time for him to perform the rites of the living

As an icy curtain of frost descends down the vale

He has in his hand a hesternal torch burning

Bravely he strides into the dark, haunted cavern

‘Tis time for him to perform the rites of the living

The dead and departed never make him feel craven

Obsidian giant moths, flapping coruscating wings, guide his gaze

Bravely he strides into the dark, haunted cavern

Bewitched and entranced he follows them in a daze

Standing now in front of the dank, ornate crypt

Obsidian moths guide, flapping coruscating wings, his gaze

In a messianic frenzy his heart is gripped

Tonight he will reunite with the succubus spirit

He stands now in front of the dank, ornate crypt

Glad to exchange his life for this victory pyrrhic

As an icy curtain of frost descends down the vale

Tonight he will reunite with the succubus spirit

As an icy curtain of frost descends down the vale

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt “Bewitched” October 26, 2020

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #118: frost

What do you see- 53 – 26 October’20

Advertisement

52 thoughts on “The night of reckoning”

  14. Pingback: Sharing responses to Eugi’s weekly prompt “Bewitched” – Art, Photography and Poetry; paeansunpluggedblog; Reena Saxena; The Twisting Tail; Keep it alive; teleportingweena – Eugi's Causerie I

  15. wow however did you manage to write a haunting tale in such a haunting manner! The repetitions, the words I can only guess at their meaning make this a lingering graphic image that chills to the bone, impressive!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. There are not many lines in this verse as there is a lot of repetition but placing them to be meaningful sure took some time! And those words I thought would add to the drama!
      Thanks heaps, sis!

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  17. Pingback: Sharing responses to this week’s challenge, WDYS # 53 from; Jude, Punam and Sangeetha – Keep it alive

  19. It seems you have taken a page from our current dilemma – we seem to have lost the ‘hesternal’ torch and live through a ‘pyrrhic’ time… (both words I had to look up so thank you) – If we could only get some of our leaders to make a sacrifice to the sucumbus spirit… but they seem to self absorbed.

    Apropos for this bewitching season.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  20. Pingback: Frost Warning – One Woman's Quest II
  21. Pingback: Eugi’s Causerie “Bewitched” Roundup – Eugi's Causerie I
  22. Pingback: What do you see # 53 – A roundup – Keep it alive

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.