Cameron Brio

The Diamon and the Pyre

This poem explores the intersection of personal sorrow and historical martyrdom. It moves from a quiet, naturalistic meditation on a field of barley into a surreal and visceral confrontation with the fate of Joan of Arc. It is a journey from the "prism of lies" to the "tainted truth," seeking a moment of grace amidst the fire.

The Diamon and the Pyre

Beyond the field of barley, where the truth bends and my sorrow begins

a vision of the only tree that truly lived is swarm of light

trapped in prism of lies honing above the very heaven that had drawn with a diamond from your mind

Once red, once blue, can't really decide if I must go with you

to watch a dance of lust below the mountain, beneath the light

that you promised to Joan of arc the one you took back with her heart

full of love, full of regrets written in blood dripping from

her wooden cross burning on her chest as she rose above the tainted truth dangling in the mouth of the badgers

dressed in white, telling lies, even long before she took her plight

Beyond the field of barley,
where the truth bends and 
my sorrow begins
a vision of the only tree
that truly lived
is swarm of light
trapped in prism of lies 
honing above 
the very heaven that had
drawn with a diamond from your mind
Once red, once blue, 
can't really decide
if I must go with you
to watch a dance of lust
below the mountain,
beneath the light
that you promised to Joan of arc
the one you took back with her heart
full of love, full of regrets
written in blood dripping from
her wooden cross burning on her chest
as she rose above the tainted truth
dangling in the mouth of the badgers
dressed in white, telling lies,
even long before she took her plight
By Cameron Brio - May 2026