Choice at Limbo’s Waymark

 

Two eyes: one bright, the other dark.

a heart pumping madly,

then growing stone cold.

 

but not stopping,

just changing

in curious cycles

in response to feelings

within and without.

 

will the savage prevail

or rather the paladin

 

can the whitest

of angels answer

or will the asp

strike before the

question is asked

 

betwixt and between

hither and yon

is a dangerous place

 

where gremlinesque forms

float on demon wings

 

propelling chancred bodies

that leak bile

through ice blue veins.

 

Subject: our frequent decisions on whether to do good or evil and the sources of those influences. Published in NOTA Oct. 25^th 2005.