Eclipse

by Blair Chen
Art by Yash Godiwala
Issue: Serein (Summer 2016)


Long, long ago
On earth He would roam
Borne of snow
The Pool of Siloam

Where noble men
Innocent with darkness
Cried aloud amen
To light incarnate

There they found sight
and staggered home
The world so bright
Gleaming in chrome

All became shapeless
The passing clay-men
Their faces ageless
Holy men and heathen

Now, in blinding light
Darkness begins to seep
Tiresias was right
Long live the king

A black-and-white photo of two terracotta figures and one terracotta horse in front of foliage.