Palimpsest

by On1OccasionFork

Summary:

noun
— a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.
— something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

A sonnet about what was, what is, and what remains.

Notes:

• For WiblyWobly_TimeyWimey.

Happy birthday, dear Wibly!

Listen here or read below:

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Before the first bright syllable was sung,

  in vast expanse, where unborn wonders grew,

you spoke of stars with uncorrupted tongue,

  the void your canvas for a world made new.

 

In Eden’s hush you bent towards mortal plight,

  and dared to dream that knowledge should be shared;

thus did a lord of dark give birth to light,

  through ages watching as it dimmed and flared. 

 

As eras pass, you change at time’s behest:

  to midwife, mourner, knight of feared renown. 

But underneath remains an older quest—

  to know the truth; for this She cast you down. 

 

When all your shifting selves at last depart,

I’ll know you still—my fixed and faithful heart. 

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 15 of Fork’s GOetry