Apocalypse XII Excerpt, Cover Art and Chapter 1, Stanzas 3-6
Elect lady spun in pain with child
The stars travail an awesome reach of Draco's trail
Seven-horned Serpent armed with hate
Devour that
child as soon as birthed
Michael pursued with blinding light
A rod to rule and scepter shake
all heavenly
realm and earth
Before the sigma age begun
A planisphere wonder in the Lamb
And far below a testimony of the
lamps
For in their
radiance shone
Shekinah glory an incarnate form
Appareled golden light framed eyes
aflame
Held mystery
of the stars and brazen feet
Stigmatic wound upon the soul
The horn emerged through the palm
The quill that held the hand
There hidden
in its power
Ciphered signature 'longated life
Consignment scripted sealed with
tears
A woman
enfante paradise
Such vision tries the sanctified heart
A searching probe of two-edge sword
Ten days of tribulation to be cast
By blood of
Lamb they overcame
Confessed the purifying word that kept
Slandered imprisoned unto death
Royal seed
loved and enthroned
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