"The
rapture to which we succumb, is Death"
In
the shadow voice
I speak your name,
Azrael..
through the darkness of the humid night,
it resonates
in cathedral carillions,
tolling, like some great, deep bell
heard for miles afar,
lulled on the swell of the wind,
this symphony,
mighty in sorrow
carried on huge, dark and silent wings,
obliterating all light,
extinguishing every flame
that strives to survive your immense unfurling.
Your name, an attribute, a mortal gift,
a blessing passed through many lips
and given meaning in their prayers.
A word
becomes an invocation
simply by the emotion
imbued in its speaking.
Azrael....
The sirens sing your name
in ways that bring the angels
and the demons to their knees.
They cannot help that they have fallen.
Your name stills the heart,
silences their breath,
culls the flame of longing from their loins.
Azrael.....
the name is Love
and ever fleeting in that kiss,
that eternity could be so quick,
so demonstrative in but a moment
where time does not exist
and forever
becomes the blink of an eye,
yet so much longer
than these days.
We speak your name,
and like them, fall,
weak-kneed into your cold, cold arms
just waiting for that kiss,
however fleeting it may seem,
it is longer than our days
and fuller than our nights
and so much stronger than our dreams profess,
and so much sweeter when Life is willing
to surrender to this song.
Copyright
by Leilah Wendell
If
you want to read more of my poetry,
please read "Eros
in Exile" online .
News
Forthcoming!
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Open
Letter
With
a New Year comes PEACE!
I like Peace. It is a rare an undefined creature that has not been in
our midst in so long I'd forgotten what it feels like to have IT. If,
indeed, I ever did. I just have a feeling that 2008 will be a wonderful
year for us all. It is a year of reconciliation, newfound hope, inner
strength, inner peace and a spiritual maturity so lacking in the world
we live in day to day.
Here's
hope that all of you can drink from that same wellsping and enjoy Life,
knowing that Death comes sweetly and gently to those who appreciate
what Life CAN offer, if we only give it half a chance.
A
Necromancer's Prayer
Ad tu, deditio meus cor, meus amina, meus credo.
ea id cum fides ille cado in tuus potens ala
ea id cum amor ille offero calix de meus cor-
bibo profundis de meus vita ille licet cognosco altitudos
de flumen de oblivio et memoria.
ea id sine timor et cum desiderium verus
ille osculum tuus tranquillus, frigus oris
prudens ille hic memoria volo esse meus ultimas.
(English Translation)
To thee, I surrender, my heart, my soul, my trust.
It is with Faith that I fall into your mighty wings.
It is with love that I offer up the chalice of my heart,
Drink deep of my life that I might know the depths
of the river of Forgetfulness and Memory.
It is without fear and with true desire
that I kiss your still, cold lips
knowing that this memory shall be my last
Copyright
by Leilah Wendell
Favorites
Leilah's
Short List of Relevant Films
Recommended
Films Dealing with the Personification of Death
*Death
Takes a Holiday 1930's (Fredrick March)
The Seventh Seal 1940's (Ingmar Bergman)
Films
That Portray a Personified Death, Although Not Necessarily Relevant
to the Overall Theme
The
Adventues of Baron Munchhausen 1980's
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1980's
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 1990's
Love and Death 1970's
*Metropolis 1920's
The Soultaker 1980's
Other
Recommended Films that May be of Interest to the Readers of The Azrael
Material
*Lady
Hawk 1980's (Rutger Hauer)
Poltergeist #1 1978
Wings of Desire 1980's (Wim Wenders)
The Loved One 1950's
Phantasm #1 1970's
Fear No Evil 1980's
The Lifeforce Experiment 1990's (Donald Sutherland)
Lifeforce 1990's
Flatliners 1990's (Keifer Sutherland)
The Mummy 1930's (Boris Karloff)
Army of Darkness 1990's
Portrait of Jenny 1940's
The Oval Portrait 1968
Dellamore, Delamorte (aka- Cemetery Man) 1990's
Bullet-Proof Heart 1990's
Other
Extraneous Films that May be of Interest
(Not Necessarily Recommended, but several glasses of wine might help!)
Nekromantik
1980's
Nekromantik 2, 1990's
*Children Shouldn't Play With
Dead Things 1970's
Return of the Living Dead (parts 1 & 2) 1980's
Ed & His Dead Mother 1990's (black humour)
My Boyfriend's Back 1990's
Final Destination 2000
The Prophecy Series 2000
Films
We Do Not recommend
Meet
Joe Black 1990's (Brad Pitt-iful)
Love Me Deadly 1970's (Lyle Waggoner..yup, Carol Burnett's old sidekick)
Kissed 1990's (Puh-lease! Don't insult my intelligence)
Dogma (I never knew angels cursed so fucking much!)
*Leilah's
personal Favourites
(Sorry, only one per catagory!)
Leilah's
Short List of Songs about
The Angel of Death
"The
Angel of Death"- Hank Williams
"Black Angel"- The Cult
"Don't Fear the Reaper"- B.O.C.
"Song For Azrael"- Trio Nocturna
"Heavy Halos"- Trio Nocturna (lyrics by Leilah Wendell)
"The Shaking of the Sheets"- Steeleye Span
"Azrael"- Crimson Glory
"Angel of Death"- The Nice
"Azrael"- Alucarda
"The Darkest Shadow"- Dark Arts
"Nekronyte"- Alucarda (lyrics by Leilah Wendell)
"The Killing Moon"- Echo & The Bunnymen
"The Kiss of Death"- Lords of the New Church
"Coal Black Smith"- Current 93
"The Reaper"- Rick Wakeman
"Charon"- King Diamond
"The Blue Gates of Death"- Current 93
"The House of No Return"- Mighty Sphincter
"Monologue"- Coil
"Stretched on Your Grave" - Dead Can Dance
"Angel of Death"- Count Raven
more
to come!!
