{"id":769,"date":"2019-12-20T19:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymind.com\/melanie\/?p=769"},"modified":"2019-12-20T19:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:24:30","slug":"phantasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/melanie\/phantasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantasia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Phantasia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(Latin definition: imagination ; Greek: apparition)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Melanie Anne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw a shadow in my house
And then it disappeared.
But in that moment, manifest,
Was that which I most feared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reaching deep within the folds
That house my spectral mind,
The shadow cast a ghastly light,
On self-awareness, blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And suddenly before myself,
I played the role I lived.
As to this captive audience,
My inner self was sieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My real motivations now,
Stepped forth to center stage:
The false pretense of kind concern,
The hidden selfish rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This horrid confrontation play,
Scorched blisters on my soul,
The ashes are my true estate,
My spirit dark as coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And smothered by the smoldering,
A Phoenix without wings.
It formed an embryonic id:
Most innocent of beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flightless, as it lays there writhing,
Beneath the angry sky,
Yet through rejuvenation,
It cannot hope to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A miracle, a manacle,
A never-forming shape.
My life behind; my life ahead
The common noble ape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At risk of all eternity,
In fear of none at all,
I saw the shadow reappear,
And heard its plaintiff call:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe choice is yours; the choice is ours
To change or stay the same.\u201d
Hearing now between its words,
I knew its Holy name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familiar spirit, that was it,
A near and distant elf,
A sprite I seldom see full on:
My inner shadow self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our lives are long, our time is short,
The end is always nigh.
May you be blessed, as I was blessed,
To live before you die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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