108: Original Poetry: Sublime oracle

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Title: sublime oracle
Fandom: Original
Length: 220
Rating: Gen
Prompt: sublime
Inspired by this photo:
Notes: Supernatural elements.
Summary: Part 5 (of 5) Our formerly heartbroken heroine becomes a fae oracle in the woods.


yet scores and scores of years do pass
yet age forsakes the woodland-welcomed lass

as bricks and mortar stand, withstand, then fall
as season change, her bright eyes see it all

for she has drank of sweet, enchanted brew
for, by these sip and drips, her airs renew

thus, arrived, then abided, in the great dwelling,
thus, survived, never died, living on in telling

as comely spectre with hall but no feast
as edifice crumbles, her soul moves east

into the woods, away from manor walls,
into the forest, moss carpet, moon palls

and on she lives, gathering acumen
and insight and wisdom beyond the ken

then whispers of ghosts give way to new tales
then word of oracle to part the veils

when hearts break by amusement carousel
when kisses prove false, when memories tell

when sanity is wrenched like a curtain
when ‘all’s lost’ is the only thing certain
like the click of a letter through a slot
like the snick of fate, they’re drawn to her spot

by automobile, on foot or by train,
by land, sea, or air, across the astral plane

by the ruins of a manor, they go
and into her woods, the battered and slow

she grants what is needed: peace, truth or time,
or an offer to join her court sublime