Into the heart of the dark woods, she saunters
where the ravens of Odin watching, ascending
the stairways of shadows hanging over the trees;
In the trail of the terrible mystery, she travels
with the hounds of Artemis howling, descending
The mountains of memories scattered on the grounds;
Where she goes, she knows not
But the fate of a ghost she knows;
Wandering by day, haunting at night
Always a stranger among strangers,
a changeling belonging to naught
Drifting into the maze, she follows.
A Cat in the Mirror 
Your poem is hauntingly beautiful and profoundly romantic, Stephanie! 👏💙✨
The allusion to Artemis is exceptionally fitting, and your rich metaphors create a magnificent world under the starry skies: ”The mountains of memories scattered on the grounds…”
These verses remind me of my dreams – at night, I often have visions of flying above the places dear to my heart, feeling nostalgia and freedom simultaneously.
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Thank you, Veronica 😊 We are a coterie of Artemis, following her in the trail of the eternal quest for the truth of the universe.🌕 We are hunting high and low with a pen as an artifact of capturing the beauty of the things in the world. Maybe that’s why my poems are a combination of pathos and romance, although it is never premeditated. It comes from my instinctual response to the desire of the heart to express my inner self and the satisfaction of Reason that urges me to vent it out. I am glad that you share my sentiments on nostalgia that can only exist in our Elysium of fancy where our spirits fly boundless! ⭐️🦄🧚♀️
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It is always my greatest pleasure to read and comment on your new works, Stephanie!♥️
I have fallen in love with the ambience of your poetry – the way you intertwine Romanticism and the musings of your ethereal soul fascinates me!😌
Hopefully, we will return to the Elysium of our dreams.✨
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Our mutual adorations of the Elysium of our dreams are part of our poetic liturgy 🙂 I am so glad to share mine with you. 🙂 Thank you, Veronica 🙂
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