The Shadow Reading Girl.

Michi Braun

by Michi Braun

Story


Candles flicker, fierce little flames caressing rubber plant branches growing tall

Watch me watching light and how it vividly paints pictures on my bedroom wall

Black peacock riding proudly on a greyscale roomcorner silverwave sea

Opalescent reflections rainbowglowing on wallpaperpatterns – boy, look up and see

How the green leaf born pink orchid mantis is sending her prophecy prayers from the ceiling down to me



Lampshade silhouette circles float like newly discovered planets above my sleepy head

Soft moving shapes dance all over my tired body, they join me gently while getting ready for bed

There’s a whole new world inside this space that comes alive for my nightvisionary cateyes only

Each evening I visit my secret candlelight land, and in it’s hidden galleries I never feel lonely



Indoor shade shape jungles unfold, undercover creatures under covers only move when no one pays attention

Whispers slowly grow silent, no more screaming daytime secrets left to mention

Darkness reigns, but the eternal empress of light defies all black midnight inside fright

And the shadow reader unpacks her 7 mystery magnifying glasses to reveal a future bright with all her third eye might.



The praying mantis (mantis religiosa) get their name from the greek “mantis”, literally: “one who divines, a seer, prophet”, related to “menos” meaning “mind, purpose, spirit”, root “men-“, meaning “to think”.
The root “men-” also influences many other words related to thought and memory like e.g. mnemonic, music, museum.




© Michi Braun 2024-05-07

Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Spirituality
Moods
Emotional, Inspiring, Mysterious
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