Embryo (part 10)

Author: Stephen W. Cote

Once upon a time, a flower

Bloomed through the ruins

Once upon a fantasy, however sweet or sour

All of the nightmares road through

And the pebbles of the streambeds dried

And the sand of the beaches lied to the seas

And the seas prayed for salvation, the cried

Once upon a long lived tale

The world gave up and died

Deafening, the beat of the boot

Of the soldiers of Providence Social

And the "god" wept in fear, his prayers moot

In unison, their single last word crucial

"please ..."

They faded away

Once upon a prayer, in a dark hour

Tolled for the new land

Once upon a day of salvation, and a god's unruly glower

Something rose at the beckon of his hand

"Arise new child"

"Mother and daughter"

"Bring forth new life"

"My Embryo"