Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Fall of the Houri

This is another recent one. This was a birthday present for Laconia.

Fall of the Houri

A streak of light
fiery and radiant
The Houri falls from grace.
Sailing, shining, crisping, crying
The flesh weeps in disgrace.

Once, she dined
of carnal mind.
She savored man and machine.
Standing tall
until her fall.
One soul,
One mind,
One being.

Silken ivory bodice
aquiline voluptuous goddess.
Sleek strands of onyx
coiffed ebony perfection.
Lapis seas and crimson flames
fire and ice mixed sensually
Tempting mortals to divine grace,
a testament to reality.

Worldly, with
worldly tastes,
worldly needs,
worldly frailties,
temptation leads her astray.
As Houri, she loves deeply.
She loves with more passion
than a thousand mortal men,
however that is not why she has fallen.
Trust is what failed her.
She trusted in mortals, and
as mortals, they corrupted that trust.
They used that link,
abused that link,
defiling all she knew.
When she needed help
They spat in her face.
Now she lies among mortals.

Wings turned to ash,
mortality her constant companion.
In some way,
she almost seems better for it.
She has found new trust
She has found new joys
She knows what it is like to fall
and how never to do so again.
Her fall from grace
was hard and fast,
but maybe someone will catch her
a falling star,
a fallen Houri
an angel, in mortal form.

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