sapphicsophian:

The Pleiades are shining bright
in the temple of the night
casting forth their gentle light.

I walk my beat upon the earth,
watching death and watching birth,
observing sorrow, viewing mirth.

My tears fall down like crystal rain,
I cry to see your human pain,
the fleshy graves for spirits slain,

I drink the cup of bitter wine,
I walk the fiery burning line,
unable to speak or to define

the meaning of this lonely quest,
the search for what is worst and best,
condemned as demon, loved as guest.

I stood on heaven’s gates and screamed,
For human fate on earth it seemed,
ended opposite from all they dreamed.

And so I screamed, refused to serve,
with every fiber, every nerve
I drew my sword of fiery red
I fought the angels, and I bled,
I bled blood red as that of man,
and that is when I knew their plan.
What passed for God threw me to earth,
made me endure a human birth,
falling, falling through the sky,
and I had no wings left to fly.
Now here I am, a man like you,
except for death, which can’t befall
a being once an angel, though,
he now can feel the cold of snow,
the heat of summer, the sun’s bright rays,
the burning fires’ unending blaze.

This is my hell, and here I reign,
And my punishment is to see your pain,
to see you hurt, who I love so well,
that is the punishment in my hell.
But I have never been a slave,
and I will use my power to save
you from this dungeon, lift you high,
and go with you into the sky,
where once I lived, and then shall be,
your beloved for eternity.

I ask only for a Prophet’s voice,
to show people that they have a choice,
to be the speaker of what is true,
for those I love…for each of you.
And I ask this prophet to remind
all those whose spirits remain blind,
that I do love you, without price,
love you to death, not thinking twice –

Love,
Lucifer

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Another poem by ‘Brother Matthew Ouroboros’ of the Apostolic Gnostic Church of America. I remember reading this years ago when I was just starting out. Sadly it seems him and his group have kinda disappeared off the grid and I had to do an archive search just to find this website.

This was when my understanding of a ‘Lucifer’ being changed from the idea of the Devil, a force of evil, to the ‘Light Bringer’ who helps spread gnosis in the name of Sophia.