Delphic Ferine

cowl pulled over eyes
shamanic utterings levied
sitting lone on rutted throne
the trench of separation
eons deep

no loving kinship mine
for i am not to meet
no interjunctions sought
for i am not to seam
no lover's union spent
for i am not to reach
i am the gods' pariah

tallowed torches flame
drum and rattle roar
the blood of warriors drunk
with bone and stone tossed wide
savage profanes awed
primeval possession of rite
spontaneous cries uncontrolled
the pagans' whorls dance 'fore me

beseached yet disowned
entranced and repelled
i can only see....life's obliquities