Prepare the ritual bath,
draw the water from the well.
Prepare yourself
for the yielding battle.
Your Spartan mid-day
and my Kyoto morning have much to share.
For haven't your eyes already met mine?
and haven't you walked into this place,
this space I have prepared?
didn't you yourself unlock the door?
I know you saw me coming
for you have prepared
this very moment,
as have i.
Through threads of time
Twirling in chaotic sleep
of endless starfields,
we walked
into this space
I had dreamed was so solid.
So prepare the ritual bath.
Draw the water from the well.
Wash yourself in its icy clarity;
for the full strength of your light
touching my own
reflect this space we create.
Prepare yourself
for the yielding battle. | 
Ella ~ Arthur Douet
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