Fate, you're
relentless
A Pandora's
box
Your Grace
is licentious
And fraught with
paradox
Yet, divine
discontent
How can I
refuse you?
I sing
your lament
Because I
must choose to
Ought I try
to resist?
Seek my mind's solutions
Attempting
to twist
Through dark
convolutions?
What mysterious
depths
Will you
use me to plumb?
Step by blindfolded
step
Toward pandemonium
Into the Labyrinth
Where Chiron
awaits
In the cave
of the ninth
Realm he
initiates
Oh, Lachesis! your thread
Is so thin,
so invisible
In this maze
that I tread
Will I see the crucible?
In my dream
I was told
That I had
but one task:
A candle
to hold
"Tend the
Flame" you asked...
Fate, you're relentless
Destiny,
I surrender
The Heart's Fire is endless
Though it
burns me to cinder
© 12/19/97
Liesl Lee