Transcendence Digital Stories
Mirror Mirror
I dreamt I found that famous mirror, peered within, and asked Strange words that echoed Snow White’s fearsome Queen But later, all my self-exalting queries were at last All answered in a different sort of glass And so, I questioned boldly in my dream: “Mirror Mirror on the wall Who’s the fairest ever seen? Who’s the end-all prototype, the Face about whom folks will write in dreams?” “Who’s more lovely than a swan of White, or Sunset in the West? Who’s the greatest Paragon of
Strides of Silence
Hello darkness, my old friend, / I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping / Left its seeds while I was sleeping… - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, opening lines of “The Sound of Silence” Strides of silence in silent night Rouse my soul from restless slumber, Draw me darkly through blackest light To moon-swept miles without number. “I am a runner!” shouts my soul In stormful sleep, in shredding shade. Gift or burden, I am not whole Until I pierce nocturn


