{"id":1477,"date":"2017-08-07T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:36:09","slug":"witchcraft-by-roanna-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=1477","title":{"rendered":"Witchcraft by Roanna Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"Reset\" data-reactid=\".b.2.0.0.$736=18235294117646.0\">\n<li class=\"pageli\" data-reactid=\".b.2.0.0.$736=18235294117646.0.$row-2\">\n<div id=\"pf3\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".b.2.0.0.$736=18235294117646.0.$row-2.0\">\n<div class=\"page-inner-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".b.2.0.0.$736=18235294117646.0.$row-2.0.0\">\n<div id=\"pg-3pf3\" class=\"pf pg-3w0 pg-3h0\">\n<div class=\"pc pg-3pc3 pg-3w0 pg-3h0\">\n<p class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y0 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cranach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cranach.jpg 512w, http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cranach-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>I.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y2 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">There is more witchcraft in your words than in the highest of candle-circle ceremonials<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y3 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">More sacredness in your smallest sigh than in the towers and arches of cathedrals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y4 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Where other pyres leave scars, your fireglow kindles comfort and joy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y5 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">There is more gold in your breath, more divinity in the palms of your hands<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y6 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">More absolution in the twist of my hair around your finger<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y7 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Than in a thousand churches in a thousand years.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y8 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">When I look into the divine, it looks back into me.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y9 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">II.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3ya pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We were told that if we ever met past the edge of the clean, sanctioned light,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yb pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We would know only discord.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yc pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Our songs would fall flat and so would we, dance ending before it began.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yd pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We&#8217;d trip on our own feet&#8211;look, down on the ground, right on our faces<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3ye pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Like the first humans in the first Garden.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3yf pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">But in choirs of angels I heard my own voice calling your name before I knew to speak<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y10 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">In pulsing drums and racing hearts and every breath, I heard you answer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y11 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We knew every step.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y12 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We didn&#8217;t fall.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y13 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">III.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y14 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">You took my hand and led me away from the sun.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y15 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">I didn&#8217;t miss it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y16 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Its light was always harsh, always glaring, always sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y17 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">The first time I felt any sun-warmth was on my back as I turned.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y18 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">The dark blessed us both,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y19 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Feather-soft, nectar-sweet, wing-rush free and full-moon joined.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1a pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">When opposing melodies meet, heavens ring with harmonies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1b pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">Rapture sounds best around a bonfire.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1c pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">IV.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1d pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">After the circle,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1e pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">We stood together at a crossroads:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y1f pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">A pair of vampires, when no one would invite us in.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y20 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">You looked at me&#8211;you still held my hand&#8211;and asked, &#8220;which?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h1 pg-3y21 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0\">I smiled and said, &#8220;craft our own.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. There is more witchcraft in your words than in the highest of candle-circle ceremonials More sacredness in your smallest sigh than in the towers and arches of cathedrals. Where other pyres leave scars, your fireglow kindles comfort and joy. 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