I won!

Wow. My poem won one of Elise's Alchemy Poetry challenge necklaces. I now own the necklace, "Perdurabo: King of the Morning". I think the last time I won anything was a science fair in high school, and I KNOW the prize wasn't as cool. It's not the Hugo, or the Nebula, but it's VERY lovely. Wow.

I thought perhaps it was possible, because Tracy called from Eye of Horus and told Martin that one of us should be at the finale tonight.

(For those who don't know, Frater Perdurabo was Aleister Crowley's name in the Golden Dawn.)


Perdurabo

I will persevere
through my mother's scorn
through my teacher's rod
through my mentor's folly

I will endure failed marriages
I will endure myriad lovers
I will endure poverty and loss

I broke all ten commandments
I achieved all ten grades
I published countless books

I lived. I died. Still I endure.
Magick is that which lasts.