DISPATCH

Eternity gets filtered through a grave
then the ghosts won't challenge us no more
they say "we always tried to tell the truth"
they say "we caught you gently as you sank"
they say "we held you quietly with love"
they say "repeat me repeat me"

Eternity gets filtered through a grain
now you'll never be alone again
the width of you is to be bravely filled
all it takes is one glimpse of this bowl
all it takes is one glimpse of this stem
this grain, when attended to, creates you
completes you against odds and advice

Eternity gets filtered through an eye
for just one moment I know you again
weeping I shall drench your head in rain
wash away your death with April floods
watch your memory rise brave like a flame
warn you not to drown between your dreams
and that proud space of tellings of your dreams

Eternity gets filtered through a dream
that knows itself whenever it's alone
I'm your ghost as much as you are mine
we're such real timeless packets of each other
(this fact is as solid as my palm)
(this fact is as righteous as our dream)

Eternity gets filtered through a wave
I'm never gonna go downstream again
Time to go haunt history like it haunts you
time for active loathing of this dust
time to tame it 'til it lets you rise
straight through a lifetime's worth of dust I'll take you          
'til you and history see each other rightly in the sun

Eternity gets filtered through a well
watery ghosts of words ring crudely out
at the edge of language and its silent burials
the echoes of a past we tried to tell
clutch their drops so we don't drown again
clutch their drops 'til bodies manifest 

Eternity gets filtered through a pyre
that lights itself whenever ghosts get old
No, I'm not ever gonna starve again
I see your molten life and raise you mine
now you'll never die in view of birds
now you'll never die because of men

Eternity gets filtered through a stain
I'm not gonna fret 'bout stains no more
In my heart a hundred stains of you repeat
I'll hold them close whenever I'm alone
I'll hold them close whenever I am born

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VORTEX SUMMONS

Vortex, shall you have me
Vortex, shall you swarm
into the part of me that's strangely
being tempted as if shy

Vortex, shall you name me
Vortex, shall you hold
onto the part of me that's bygone
like a photo burned with ash

Vortex, shall you know me
Vortex, shall you see
into the mirror that holds youth back
as it tries to tell its tale

Vortex, shall you touch me
Vortex, shall you go
to the place where I have warned you
that the monsters guard against you

Vortex, shall you touch me
Vortex, shall you go
into the realms of me, stormily drained,
that I witch-like curse you for approaching

Vortex, shall you near me
Vortex, shall you dare
even though I told you last time
"if you alter me, you'll pay"

Vortex, shall you haunt me
Vortex, shall you laugh
about the childhoods you haunted
while weeping, aimless, for your own

Vortex, shall you drink me
Vortex, shall you dance
as if there's part of you that's something
beyond my mirror full of fears

Vortex, shall you claim me
Vortex, shall you keep time
even though you've got no ledger
and no will to make a mark

Vortex, shall you forge me
Vortex, shall you weep
holding vigils for your wound's vast tracks
and their splendid scents

Vortex, shall you claim me
Vortex, shall you pretend
to know this consequence of staying
and the pattern of your fire

Vortex, shall you keep me
Vortex, shall you stay
without a stone to carve your will in,
how will you contain what's left?

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These are from a larger set of spiritual incantations and secret instructions I'm compiling. Feel free to use them at your discretion.