Goodnight, False Light
a rumored villain’s backstory
By Davina Zinn McKeePublished 12 days ago • 1 min read
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Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Unsplash
Epiphany glimmers around my ostracism. It’s
curtains for me in their halo of ghost light, and their crisp
lot of flashbulbs in my darkroom halt development. They
illuminate the silver screen, my fiendish portrayal
projected from their third eye’s myopic perception;
spliced phantasmagoria shrouding me in lunacy.
Exalted by the gloaming, I reemerge the brightest star.
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Comments (6)
I like all the camera imagery Davina- it’s a great way to connect to the eclipse idea of light revealed or hidden. I had to look up what phantasmagoria meant, but it fits nicely with the idea of splicing 👏🏾
Ooh so much hidden depth & complexity here. Reminds me of the Thomas theorem ’If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences’ and it sounds as if judgements have been made in the case of the speaker. I love the falseness of the flashlights and silver screen ironically set against the spirituality of a ‘third eye’ - (my favourite line). I was pleased to see her reemerge as the brightest star. I’d love to know what she did and how? But I respect your poetic prerogative not to tell 😉
Fantastic acrostic, Davina. The ending was so satisfying
Davina, I love your acrostic! Even the title alluding to false light tells the reader the protagonist has been wrongly portrayed, so it's satisfying when she emerges as the brightest star.
I love this!!! "I reemerges as the brightest star" is so uplifting and energizing!!! Excellent work!!! I have subscribed to you and I hope to read more from you soon!!!
Oooo, that was such a powerful ending! Loved your Acrostic so much!