Metaphysical motifs

Reverberations echo
on memory's backstreets.
Frozen by the music, the melody repeats.

Oracular notations
decree in cryptic code.
Captured by the symbols: the enigmatic mode.

Metaphysical motifs
disembody the real.
Shackled by the specters: the intangible seal.

Habitual conventions
dominate protocol.
Indentured by bondage, the practices appall.

Swirling painted pictures
veil foreboding presage.
Entrapped by the mural, the canvas is a cage.