Tag Archives: darkness

Meet Me

Meet me there In the hush of twilight Down the park Where shadows linger Under the light Of a lone lamp shining Meet be there Meet me there And hear them whisper The others here That meet in secret Under … Continue reading

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Brittle

Your circuitry is brittle I reach inside you to commune You are splintering my darling Falling deep and wide apart I can hear the beating of your heart Like a drum against my ear I am within you drilling outwards … Continue reading

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The Coming

She is coming Born of ravens Psychopomp descending To the terrain Breath is icy Eyes are fire Bleak and lost Are her domain Ancient creature Youthful beauty Brings despair And scarring flame Few will know her Few can view her … Continue reading

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Damaged

Deep inside you are somehow damaged like a building which finds foundations rotting slowly at the core Your soul is a whirling dervish yet bereft of spiritual solace or a purpose just a wild and feckless thing In your bloodline … Continue reading

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Deception

Building belief On shifting sands Eyes that flicker Won’t meet your gaze You know this in your bones But still you want to dream Deception’s game entices Drawing you down A willing sacrifice Lamb to the slaughter led You’re helping … Continue reading

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Duality

Such as they Such as we Old gods turn On twisted boards Wearing new faces Hiding true souls Such as they Such as we Proper proportion Duality Fear is sister To bravery Darkness seeks to Define the light What is … Continue reading

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Writing Challenge – Conspiracy

There is nothing here for you The broken memories have corroded Like a fire they’ve burned through And all you might have tested Is now just a part of you And I have tried To make sense of this game … Continue reading

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Incremental

The road to despair is incremental It is rarely a steep descent Instead it follows pathways Of bleak and blighted hope Opportunities so close Within grasp and then elusive It builds an edifice so slowly Too late you see yourself … Continue reading

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Dominion

What is your dominion? Your ravaged terrain is bleeding Your soldiers fallen, leaving Like ghosts floating across A broken sky What is your dominion? This grasp for power petty A childhood dream gone sour And at this appointed hour You … Continue reading

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Evening Falls

Evening falls A cloak on a beggar’s shoulders Meagre starlight sprinkled like breadcrumbs on the firmament Eclipsing the last rays of red and purple heraldry of another day forgotten and lost Evening falls A silence rivalling the distant hum of … Continue reading

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