It Begins

Approaching The Cup

It begins
To mix poisons. To trade apples for
silk.
No. Pour water. Wrap the baby in
rags.
The blurred remember. Forgery hoping
detection.
Ink red dawns. A tower leapt from.
The fall without wings. The siege of
meadows.
A tomb. Names.
Patrons of destiny, in this dream
only a traitor can save the kingdom.