r/innervoice

Lythrum Salicaria Flowers, watercolor, acrylic, texture paste, size 51 x 39 x 1 inches (130 x 100 x 3 cm)

Been sick for literally a month coughing and so happy to be able to finally get to really enjoy drawing

It's there and it's not

Castle Camelot

Blink and it's gone

No need to be forlorn

Squint and blur focus

And you'll see Avalon

It sits at the edge of sleep

Eternal presence that will keep

Stabled in subconscious deep

Sovereign memories dwell therein

She fled him for a handsome knave

Betrayal rankled across aeon

They return by different name

No longer Arthur and Gwen

With helpless abandon

They revisit ancient flame

A storybook replayed

Old rival in frame

She flees him once more

What is she always searching for?

Lancing old wound

He remains crumpled and frayed

At the brink of a swoon

When the queen's ancient longing

Suppressed till it burns

Resisted returns

Chastened in new gown

Arrayed for his eyes

Her gaze cast down

No need for shame

Never harboured a blame

He welcomes her without thought

Wizardwood draught