Chronic

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The Chronicles of Narnia
Tells us of Mr. Beaver's honest question:
Is Aslan safe?
To which the answer was a resounding
'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.
He's the King, I tell you.

When Lucy Pevensie met Mr.Tumnus at the Lamppost The little pensive girl was told it marked 
The beginning of Narnia
Chronicles of a vast, unfolding adventure
Of turkish delights, and alegories
That escape the imagination
Find their expression in the subtle sweetness
Of a trap. 

Chronic pain of tarnished innocence
Swells thru the thickest snow
Freezing life to numbness.
Until Aslan breaks the frigid suffering
With his roar that cuts thru the darkest forests
He isn't safe
But he's good.

Chronicles of incessant wanderings
Find their respite in that ever so tall Lamppost
Ushering the way back
When we all need to leave.



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