The lamp
a brick

The burning pit 
flaming forge 
of life. 

Stray as an echo 
lures and spurs

To speak 
with the ocean 

Larks unfurl
raise the dead

Darkening ruptures
do battle 
with my life. 

Sacred and torn
like Biblical corn

Rigged a mutiny
incredulous -
brutally.

Cinder's pig,
devil's fig 

Arose presumably 
bent on it -
dutifully.

For freedoms 
strife,

Intelligence 
haunting
the afterlife.