~ MY INCUBUS

A vision I had

I could not breathe
the air of my nightmare,
face this naked radiance
unscathed.
Here music turned to light,
a tone so sweet
that my Self, dulled by
its familiar harp,
mistook its sound for silence.

Mounting to tiers of
trembling flame,
I found light. Light everywhere.
Circles, wheels,
light on light,
a dance of invisibles.
The flames pulsating, as if
measuring the breath of heaven.
At the last, I fell forward,
caught in widening rings
of implacable bright.