Elixir

As she  closed her eyes

She soared to the heavens

Like a midnights’ dream

And It altered everything forever

Something in her perished and

Something else came alive

Could it still have been a dream?

That she conjured up in blazing fever

She is petrified one moment

Exhilaration takes over the next

It stirs and surges through her

And she asks herself - Am I insane?

The ghosts in her head wake up

Dance around triumphantly

And relentlessly torment her being

The once clear mind now held captive in quagmire

Fear and confusion mucks her thoughts

Monologues in her head continue to frighten

And she teeters aimlessly with no end in sight

Did she  give you the power to destroy her?

Amidst all this pandemonium

In the deepest, darkest, most naked corner of her soul

There’s a sweet melody, like the energising elixir of universe

A fairy tale lie, more than love, a muse.

Vincy Joseph