Cave, Or Cathedral

Each piece of glass aligned; an orb
increased in size and heat. I had to

hold the golden pole until I crushed
through the marble hallway into

some dank chasm shadowed by capes
of anxiety and clothed sleekly in the

new room's mists. Twelve jewels were locked
into a front of doors that shivered loose

from their posts and reconfigured strangely
into the jeweled ram's head effete with lamps.