A Room in The Abbey.

My journey to Glastsonbury came as a surprise not only to myself but also to Gallahad and Angel. Not too long after leaving The Cave of the Enchantress a messenger caught up with us and handed me a scroll.

Intrigued, I opened it. I could not contain my joy as I read the words, 'an invitation to claim a room at the Leumarian Abbey, Glatsonbury'. I smiled so much my mouth ached. Thanking the messenger, I turned to Gallahad and ordered gleefully, "a change of plans Gallahad, we're going to Glatsonbury'!

"Glatsonbury"! What happenned to finding the Gypsy Camp"? Asked Gallahad. "We will still visit the Gypsy Camp but for now we go to Glatsonbury and I wish to hear no more about it"!

Gallahad is a donkey of distinction, dare I say a gentleman, who knows when to keep quiet so he decided to read my mind rather than ask any more questions. He also has an uncanny sense of direction and before I knew it we were on our way. "Not too long, not too long and you're nearly home", whispered Angel from my bag.

Morgaine rode quietly upon Gallahads back thinking, remembering. She had never been to the Abbey in Glatsonbury even though it was situated quite close to her beloved Avalon.

Avalon was like her second home, she had been moved there as a child to learn the ways of the Goddess and become the next teacher and keeper of those ways.

When the mists enveloped Avalon for the final time, Morgaine knew there was no return to 'paradise'. Tears welled in her eyes as she remembered the happinness, sadness and the deceit that closed the mists of Avalon for all time. She, who was the pawn in the game, manipulated by others, felt like the mists had also closed around her heart forever. How could she ever trust again?

If all that was not enough Arthur had died and the Saxons invaded, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. Camelot, the once bustling, happy town was ruined. Morgaine escaped to the hills
and claimed an abandoned farm which she named Camelot, here, she could live in peace. A few villages and their families had followed her believing she could keep them safe, these she hired to work the farm.

The Saxons moved on and up to conquer, the villagers and Morgaine settled in to life and work on the farm, yet Morgaine was still restless. One of the villages told Morgaine about a journey called the Silk Road, she had also heard it from a travellor before the Saxons came, it was then Morgaine determined to take the Silk Road Journey, herself - it was what she needed.

Morgaine left her Camelot the next afternoon confident the villages would not let her down, after all, it was their home too. So here she is travelling to Glatsonbury, about as close as she'll ever get to Avalon.

Shadows of her...

Shadows of her...

She expresses it in her poetry
You can see it in her tears,
It comes out as blood down her wrists,
the sadness and rage built up through the years.

It's expressed in her movement,
It comes out in her despair,
you can see it when she's all alone,
How no one really cares.

It comes out as bullying,
You can see it when they sneer,
It's expressed in their punches,
They hurt her because they fear.

You can see it as she falls,
Broken and bleeding into the sea,
It comes out; her life blood,
A bleak decision made by what she could never be.

~Dark Fool
-Emily