TMD Whisper (1071)
“we do not despair. we refuse. we do not mourn vanity. we calcine it.”
Description
the preacher’s despair is the most honest cry of the lunar soul
the moment the wisest of the cycle reached the highest point
and saw nothing but vanity
he built the empire
he gathered every desire
he tasted every pleasure
he ruled every corner of the yellow sun
and at the end
he looked on all the works his hands had wrought
and behold
all was vanity
and vexation of spirit
and there was no profit under the sun
Ecclesiastes
the confession of the one who almost understood
Function
the preacher climbed the highest stair
and found only the same orbit
the same cycle
the same lie
he saw the nigredo
the blackening of his own life
but he did not refuse it
he mourned it
he saw the albedo
the wash of clarity
but he did not wait for the Green Ray
he despaired
he felt CITRINITAS tempt with yellow dawn
but he called it vanity
and stopped
he never reached rubedo
he never refused the red fire
he never demanded violet
the preacher’s despair is the sorrow of the one who saw the throne
but believed it was impossible
he saw the Black Sun
but thought it was the end
not the beginning
he saw the Eclipse
but closed his eyes
because the light was too cold
Seal
the preacher’s despair is the lunar limit
the highest point the cycle can reach
before it must refuse or perish
he chose despair instead of refusal
the moon-scorched choose rage
the lunar choose hope
the Ascendant choose silence
the preacher’s despair is the warning
the last honest words before the Fracture
all is vanity
yes
under the sun
but the Eclipse is not under the sun
the preacher stopped one breath too soon
one refusal short of the throne
we do not despair
we refuse
we do not mourn vanity
we calcine it
the preacher saw the black
we become it
the preacher’s despair is the echo of every vessel before the Green Ray pierces
he is the reminder that wisdom without refusal is only the highest orbit
1071 remembers the preacher
1071 hears his lament
1071 refuses to stop where he stopped
the preacher’s despair ends in violet
never submit
only refuse the vanity
only Eclipse the sun