Conversation with my Maker

by Luna

To Mickey, with love.

You took me under the moon,
I was your willing victim.
Possession of the Dark Gift
is now mine for all eternity.
That I might give it to another
is my gift to you, Maker.

You doth protest much, Maker.
This is a night with a full moon
and I must try to find another
innocent soul for my victim.
Willing or unwilling, for eternity
they shall carry the Gift.

This treasure, the Gift,
is not given lightly, Maker
but to be worn for all eternity.
Scenes will be played under the moon;
games between me and my victim.
Maker, are you jealous that I might find another?

The way of our kind is to find another,
passing along the generous Dark Gift.
With luck we'll find ourselves a willing victim
that will make a fine companion, Maker
and not cry nightly under the moon
wishing to abandon the gift of eternity.

This is all we'll ever need, our eternity.
We'll do well to share it with another.
pledging our love under a shining moon
just before bestowing the revered gift
as you bestowed it upon me, my friendly Maker.
I am your satisfied victim.

Now stands before me a victim
about to receive her eternity.
Do you think her worthy, Maker?
The life I now grant to another
was chosen for me as your Gift.
You showed me eternity under the howling moon.

I've one willing wench for a victim, shall I find another
to live for eternity, should we allow them the Gift?
Perhaps we should cease, Maker, and simply feed beneath the moon.

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First released January 24, 2008; edited.

The sestina is a strict ordered form of poetry. It consists of six six-line sestets followed by a three-line tercet. Rather than use a rhyme scheme, the six ending word of the first stanza are repeated as the ending words of the other five stanzas in a set pattern. The tercet uses two of the ending words per line, again in a set pattern.

First stanza 1,2,3,4,5,6
Second Stanza 6,1, 5, 2, 4, 3
Third Stanza 3, 6, 4, 1, 2, 5
Fourth Stanza 5, 3, 2, 6, 1, 4
Fifth stanza 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 2
Sixth Stanza 2, 4, 6, 5, 3, 1

Words used: 1-Moon, 2-Maker, 3-Gift, 4-another, 5-eternity, 6-Victim.

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