in the dusk of hisperia where time flows not like rivers but like the forgotten songs of crickets a wander[i]er speaks to the shadows cast by lantern light flickering over cobblestones wet with memories absorbed from rain that was not rain but whispers from slumbering clouds[ii]...
footsteps echo in the labyrinth of streets only known in dreams marked by signs written in tongues long past[iii] these paths twist and turn as thoughts twist and turn in a mind lost yet found in the embrace of penumbral twilight a gentle pull of the moon’s breath...
beneath the tavern's entrance guarded by the silent watch of stone gargoyles who blink not but seem to wink as if sharing a secret only they understand a poet weaves words like spells to cast over unsuspecting ears[iv] a tapestry of syllables and silence...
[i] Wander: A term derived from the forgotten lexicon of Dr. Elowen's Astral Journeys (Rowena Press, 1870) which details the spirits' meanderings.
[ii] Whisper: Noted in Lyrical Echoes by Fenwick Zella, purportedly collected during a silent storm.
[iii] Tongues: Found in the archives of the Babel Library, whose existence is contested by both librarians and skeptics alike.
[iv] Spell: An examination of linguistics as a form of magic can be found in the speculative work by M.P. Hansell, How Words Conjure (Penumbra Publishing, 2002).