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Incantation Against Lilith
Veiled in velvet, is she here?
Leave off, leave off:
You shall not enter,
you shall not emerge.
It is neither yours nor your share.
Return...Return:
The sea is swelling;
its waves are calling.
I hold to the holy portion—
I am held in the holiness of the King.
Source: Poetry (March 2012).
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Religion, God & the Divine, Judaism, Mythology & Folklore, Fairy-tales & Legends
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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