Tag Archives: dark

Free

I saw you the other day after so long a time Your mouth was grim Perpetual sadness in its finely etched line Your eyes still mad A lost soul seeking something that’s forever lost As you gazed on your creations … Continue reading

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Illumination?

Pyramid rising The Sphinx turns Its grave and stony head A hydra snarls Three heads gyrating See former enemies Breaking bread One eye is watching Osiris’ son Flies across this inky night And some trickery And darker magic Fools us … Continue reading

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Moth

Maybe one day We will meet In another time, another life Be not friend, nor even lover Be not husband nor wife Maybe co-workers In a company Or fellow followers of the cloth I wouldn’t need to be This awful … Continue reading

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Thirst

A well run dry No rain for days Township thirst Alcohol fuelled Blistering sun Robs all moisture And life and love From the ground Seeking in dark caverns Beginnings of light Forgotten rivers Deep within walls Townsfolk mingle Telling tales … Continue reading

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Sickness

Sickness pulsates First vague headache Along stretched sinuses And belly turning Inner revolutions Simultaneously Chills across the torso Pin pricking arms And deep tiredness Susserates the form Eyes heavy but somehow Too swollen to close Back and forth Undulating waves … Continue reading

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I Am No-one

I am no-one Nothing to you I slink in shadows The depths create me I am of the dark Out of the corner Of your eye You think you see me For a moment Paused by silence Till I slip … Continue reading

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Never Know

I loved you But did not know the way I had some words But not the art to say The message deep Silent and still within I loved you then But would not yet begin Did you love me? I … Continue reading

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Solitude

A leaf floating down the gutter After heavy rainfall Disappearing into the dark cavern Of the drain A balloon rising briskly So high into the sky Floating onward to eternity With no anchor to still its progress away Alone A … Continue reading

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Modern Day Court

The Boardroom here’s A medieval court The games here played Are of the vicious sort It’s just who you know And who the ‘king’ may blame That will see you rise Or kills your game You future plays With truth … Continue reading

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Game Score

If you would walk Step by step with me For but one day All our differences Brooding wrongs Might ease away If you would walk Down a pathway here For just a mile We may unite Relinquish all our cause … Continue reading

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