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Sleepseason by OllyHymnia, literature

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Sleepseason

In spring For just a little while There is a period between thawing and sleep Where I am awake joyous in fresh blooms dancing in newly leaving trees upon grass But when summer comes I grow sleepy Heavy, slow-footed My focus blurs as the grasshoppers hum And the trees grow heavy with fruit As though they, too, sense my tiredness Stumbling in the hallway The house still as though buried The heat shimmering like a blanket I have to lie down again And all season I will sleep Underneath, a gnawing An ache, constant That even the sweet perfume of nostalgia cannot soothe The memories of roller coasters Clam cakes Beach days Reading in the nook Hanging by the knees from familiar, deciduous trees Underlined by hatred, scolding, silence Stolen As though these halcyon days belonged to someone else Sleepy season Dripping eaves As thunderstorms crash Another nap Another turn Another forced march in the meadow to gather blackberries Then home To sleep again

Weak by OllyHymnia, literature

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Weak

Overshadowed Undermining Examining the shards by gaslight You went to pieces to steal my peace Because you were weak You lost your god when your mother left as though good folk don't die each day but because he didn't spare her you denied the divine denied the nature of your decry denied the lies Because you were weak When I left The seas in me quelled The storms subsided And once you knew You had no control anymore You winnowed and winnowed Until finally you were a whisper Because you were weak And because I was weak I believed your lies Believed your best potential Believed in your love for me But now Because I am strong I left you all the way behind

Helios by OllyHymnia, literature

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Helios

Helios by Muse en Lystrala On today, the winter solstice, we are told celebrate the light the sun god is reborn to illuminate us and this is true but we often forget that the sun, a source of life and illumination is also a source of death and destruction a constantly exploding bomb that not only lets us see the beauty before us but as we grow old steals it away with cataracts and glaucoma, casting the world into hazy grey pall reveals the horrors of living It grows our crops, our children tall, our minds healthy and so too does it grow cancers in our skin, our organs, wrinkles on our faces In the morning, we are joyful the sun's rays spelling the end of the night before as afternoon eases itself down the ladder of the sky We prepare for the day's end, going about the last of the tasks and at dusk, we gather ourselves and our children about the hearth to keep watch for the night as our fire burns to stand in for the sun and night comes, sweeping the land in darkness and stars to

The Witch at Samhain by OllyHymnia, literature

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The Witch at Samhain

Tick the clock and lock the gates Check the pantry and flock are safe Autumn leaves are falling down Tuck in the family, safe and sound Winter's nip is in the air Round our faces and in our hair But for now we count the jars the sacks, the grains, the fruits, the stars Samhain comes with fiery hair Dark of eye and cold of air To remind us all of what has passed And to look into the glass To see the future starry bright and the gloom now out of sight But now looms present and gather we To remember - and lament - and laugh - and be.

Leaving Charlottesville by OllyHymnia, literature

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Leaving Charlottesville

This morning I was looking in the mirror To see the body I was And the one I might become The swinging skeletons watch As I fold myself back into bed The screaming cicadas background music to the muddy gush of my brain That smell So smooth, so right, so piercing I don't want to get up I don't want to get up Good news, bad news, fear I know you'd understand if you were here And my mind scribbles words that tumble out of my mouth, misunderstanding everything I've been so slow on the uptake And I'm always worried I've upset someone because I don't know how to be loved And I don't know how to stop trying But look, magnolias Doesn't it make you think of that song? Why do you want to come back here? If one person says it Does that make it true? No But two people said it Then three So maybe If you get to five You can believe it You were born for this The fight The fire The tides Ending to begin again The story of champions But you were made to heal As you were made to hurt Made of Earth

The Glory of the Flower by OllyHymnia, literature

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The Glory of the Flower

It smells like summer in the leaves of grass though Beltane has come and gone and Litha still waits It smells like summer in the leaves so vast in the glory of the flower It smells like summer in the blackberry tangle butterflies flit and the branches don't strangle the crows and the otters are building their nests for it smells like summer in the glory of the flower Alone in the green space, the birds chirp away and the bees fly over the gorse and the apple it smells like summer neath the hawthorn and oak with the glory of the flower

Evermore by OllyHymnia, literature

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Evermore

I never thought I'd see the day When my fantastic dreams were all laid away But now I see that they were simply changing form Evermore Evermore When the sun shows its face The shadows lie not far behind When the moon guides the dark Knowledge lies not far behind I can see that there's a reason for the fall Evermore Evermore Lead me out of the dark Lead me into myself I will shine as a beacon to the world Evermore Evermore! Break your chains and rise up Stow your fear and stand up The world is cruel but we are here to make it whole We are here to make the stars shine Evermore I never thought I'd see the night Galaxies shot through with a million lights But now I see it lives inside my vivid soul Evermore Evermore.

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Leaving Charlottesville by OllyHymnia, literature

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Artist // Professional // Varied

Aug 2
United Kingdom
Deviant for 15 years
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I'm Muse. Thanks for stopping by my page!

I don't always have time to respond to individual comments, so if you've dropped a comment thanking me for faving your art - you're so welcome! Keep up your amazing work!

I'm originally from the tiniest state in the United States, although I tend to flit all over the place in search of adventure, inspiration, and kicks. Right now, I live in London, England. I am primarily a singer, and I also play viola, harp, recordari, percussion, lyre, and piano, and am hoping to pick up cello in the next few years.

When I am not composing world, electronic, or video game music, I'm usually writing books, taking photos or else posing for them, painting, sewing, dancing, making artisan jewelry, or otherwise creating at my arts studio, Crown and Veil. I am the owner, director, and lead composer at Queenship Game Studio, an MWBE-qualified company making games about mental health, social interaction, and relationship building. I direct a classical ensemble called Geek Musica that specializes in the performance of film and video game scores.

Check out my solo music material: soundcloud.com/lightrayglobalmusic

My game studio: http://queenshipgamestudio.itch.io

My ensemble, Geek Musica: soundcloud.com/geekmusica

Favourite Visual Artist

Van Gogh, Botticelli, Renoir

Favourite Movies

LOTR Trilogy, Vanity Fair, Marvel's The Avengers, Silent House, 1922

Favourite TV Shows

The Walking Dead, Deathnote, Hotel Del Luna, The Crown, Big Mouth

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Apocalyptica, Faun, Starset, Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu

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