Filomena Pereira commented on this poem:
The poem below was inspired by Lilith in the spring of 1995. It
came to me at a point when I was 'stuck' trying to start the chapter of
my thesis which covers the literature inspired by Lilith over the past
200 years.
I met the Queen of Shadows and her Demon Lover
while on a walk in the neighborhood. She was wearing her red
hair, but I noticed her lover's eyes. I thought they would be
summering in the Soul and had not expected to find them in the
neighborhood. His eyes called to me in recognition. We had met
once before upon the dance floor. That was long ago before I made
my way into the dark chamber where they dwell. She has no eyes.
She sees not her lover's eyes. I am her eyes. We had danced the
seven portals before I lost my memory in the darkness of the
Well. In the darkness, the chamber danced and only voices filled
the empty space. The three of us danced. The summer passed in
long, dry days. The winter came and I returned home to the old
neighborhood. I had not expected them to visit, but they have
come. Now they will dwell with me this summer and we will dance
once again. My memory will return of those days in the dark
chamber, the route I took there and the route that led me out. I
will remember who she is. I will look into his eyes. I will drink
the darkness of the Well and remember my Life.
