The night time is calling.... winding through the trees
Darkness breath to my ear..... what is haunting me?
The wise owl hoots a way.... round a crooked bend
Something crawls down my spine... as old as wicked sin
The night time is calling.... winding through the trees
Darkness breath to my ear.... what is haunting me?
Like Dracula's cloak... a silence floats... Crawling in the black night air
Mystic rush from my lips.... what is haunting me?
My hand stretched out to test the fear... This should I dare?
Deepest fog clutch my senses.... Such a strange nightly air
The night time is calling..... winding through the trees
Darkness breath to my ear.... what is haunting me?
Each illusion spinning round.... sounds inside sounds
Spinning on for--e---ver mooore
Hallucinations have their place..... not where to haunt the mind
This darkness breath to my ear... what is haunting me?
The night time is calling.... winding through the trees
Darkness breath to my ear what is haunting me?
The wise owl hoots a way.... round a crooked bend
Something crawls down my spine.... as old as wicked sin
The night time is calling.... winding through the trees
Darkness breath to my ear... what is haunting me?
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Posted: Sep 2018
About this poem:
What may haunt us inside or outside of ourselves? This is one that just ‘came to me’- you know, the muse came to visit for a while. The setting is ‘walking through the spooky ole woods alone’ but I think there’s more to the story. What do you think? And this also evolved to become a song.
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I know somewhere there is peace,
I'm waiting for the day,
Along life's path I keep searching,
Hoping to find the way,
It's lonely here alone inside,
My windows allowing in no sun,
Crying as I endure someone else's pain,
The torrent of memories just begun,
THE CRUSHING OF BONE,
THE SHREDDING OF SKIN,
HER HEAD TWISTED COMPLETELY BACKWARDS,
HIS HORRIFYINGLY DEVILISH GRIN!
Scorching steps through my minds' parched scenes,
Sidelong glances at forgotten dreams,
No water here, no food, no one to care,
Forever locked,
Into my,
Alone Inside,
Stare.
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Posted: May 2018
About this poem:
there is a song by british rockers, the police, called "king of pain." my life has been a series of very tragic experiences, for myself and those i care about. i deal with them ok most of the time. but once in awhile i find myself sitting alone, with my eyes closed, staring.
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Come to me all you insulting people.
Come and unleash your vitriol
I must possess something that fires up your hate
And my presence hypes up your excitement
You'll never find anything good on my posts
Nor can you see anything beneficial in my opinions
Like a snake you prey upon me
While your loyal fleet of armies join you for the kill
Ah but I know deep inside of you
You are weak and coiled in pain
Lert me tell you one last time
Your efforts are all wasted in vain.
And I, own the last laugh....
This is dedicated to those that will never see the truth.
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Posted: Nov 2017
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I awake by a long lonely highway with visions of death all around
And my memory goes back to last summer to a town and a girl I had found
Through the mist I can see her now walking...
In a meadow made green by the rain...
And I see the good times that we had there..
And the heartache the misery and pain...
Yes to me that last summer was heaven...
For I thought I had made her my own...
But I woke on a grey rainy morning to find that my lover had flown..
I remember all this very clearly and I think of the fool I have been
And I ask myself was it all worth it...
All this heartache and hurt for a dream?
The white mist is now settling around me..
And I suddenly feel very old..
Soon this sad heart of mine will stop beating..
And no longer I'll notice the cold...
Soon I'll sleep by a long lonely highway..
With visions of peace all around..
Where the Angels are waiting to greet me...
And my kingdom at last I have found...
By a stream near a long lonely highway..
By a meadow a quiet peaceful scene...
In a crumpled up wreck on the floor of a gorge..
The dreamer has dreamed his LAST DREAM.
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Posted: Jun 2016
About this poem:
Inspired by Anthony Perkins role in "Phaedra".
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I see poems written on walls
Colours, rainbows, gardens and waterfalls,
I seek the universe in a grain of sand
And only find a pull that keeps me on the ground...
I see children playing, daydreaming,
Building castles, screaming, laughing,
I seek inside my inner child
And wonder why it went off wild...
I see lovers holding hands,
Kissing, hugging, sharing a band,
A tight rope that unites them
In time of hope, of love or shame.
I see myself walking through life
In endless pain, troubles and strife...
But I'm not dead, just off the rail
And as always, fragile and frail
I see my life going nowhere
Without aims or goals, no sense or dare..
I seek again inside of me
A truth, a voice, a friend.. maybe?
But I'm alone amongst strangers
Who have no time for my angers
I see faces, smiling at me
When all I want was them to see
That I'm alive, like all of them
With their routine and their problem
And if I come across like different
It's just a phase, just a moment..
I seek for God, the one above
To light the path from his alcove
But all I see, are bright yellow
Rays of sunshine through my window...
I see poems written on walls..
Please tell me you see them all...
Please tell me I'm not dreaming
I see life form... but it's fading...
Grant me Goddess the noble heart
And touch thy soul that falls apart
I'm not perfect, I'm just weakened
By carrying heavy burdens..
Grant me Goddess to see the day
For all of us to live at bay
From hatred, violence and crimes
I want colours, poems and rimes..
But all I get and all I see
Is market place and covered mall
Shopping centre full of people
Walking about, searching a deal
A cheaper shirt, a mobile phone
A bargain bag, a pair of jeans...
Money will kill all of our dreams...
Franche... 02/2015
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Posted: Jul 2018
About this poem:
On that day, my son was attending an open day at a University.. and I went walking in town, waiting for him... I sat at a coffee in the heart of a shopping centre... and wrote down my impression of that moment... between advertising on walls, shoppers and sad reality of our "modern" society...
Not too sure in what category this fall in... so I went for dark poetry... free verse...
The dream killer...
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Without you my day is long
It continues with no regard of feelings
Like a cold heart without emotion
In me you will find no feelings of love
They have abandoned this heart like a sinking ship that collided with an unseen iceberg
Large enough to capsize an oversized yat
Leave this vessel
For I have sunk into the ocean
Down I go
Into the deep, dark waters of my life
I will not take you with me
I refuse to
Find dry land to grow
Become the women that you are meant to be
Become a strong women without me
I did you wrong by being out of your lives
I was not worthy of you
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Posted: Jun 2018
About this poem:
We all feel the hurt of loss in our lives, I have felt so much within my short life span.
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Knock knock... it's 'Pain'
undesired and devoid of humane
If you don't know me you will
I'm impossible not to feel
From me nothing can hide
in me all inevitably reside
Often suicides the only mend
like time I'm til the end
Like evil I perpetually lurk
eagerly awaiting next poor jerk
I'm especially significant with love
there I shine at the end of
That's right I'm PAIN
the epitome of VAIN
My relevance nothing can top
shattering lives I'll never Stop
Like life I'm completely unfair
we both conducive to despair
Like a dreaded terminal disease
I'll have you begging "Please"
Never think it's me you'll lack
when least expected "I'll be back"
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Posted: Jun 2012
About this poem:
Just had enough experience to understand
PAIN, so I jotted this down.
added (2) 6/3/18
TWK-3/22/22
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She stood in the shadows screaming
Never saying a word
She looked in the distance wailing
Never seeing a soul
She listened for a long time moaning
Never hearing a sound
Her tales are endless
Tales of anguish
Tales of pain
Tales of sorrow
Tales of shame
Wounds that never seems to heal
Misused and abused not respected but rejected
A woman of much scorn
She was tarnished
She has lost all affection
She hated to be touched
Hated to be embraced
Hated the sight of all men
They tormented her
She was overwhelmed with panic attacks
They gripped her painstakingly
Her cries for help were never heard
She sort refuge in dark and dismal places
She shun every crowded street to trod down lonely places
A safe heaven a comfortable get away for her
Day in and day out she lived in constant fear.....fear of being rapped
Fear of being sodomized
Fear of losing sanity
It bereaved her
Every look every stare accelerated the blood running through her veins and paralyzed her soul
Those looks brought shame and guilt to her she was sure that everyone knew what she had done how terribly bab she was
She was badgered by criticizing thoughts
Was it me?
Did I encourage this?
Did I welcome this awful tradegy?
Was I to be blamed?
God gave me a mouth,why did I not say anything?
People must think I'm slack to have allowed such things to happen
That's why it continues to repeat itself again and again and again
She was angry sad bitter
The hurt the pain and the shame were more than she could bear
Her emotions formed a whirlwind in her head
Death seemed to be a comfort for her, she sought it but it never came
She was burdened and wanted to be set free
She searched tirelessly for a getaway but her back was against the wall freedom was not in sight.
Moments of intimacy were torture to her...passionless
She felt nothing
Thought nothing
Said nothing
She laid there motionless pretending it was all good but in essence she was never really there
She felt violated
She wanted to scream but her voice was all choked up
She wanted to lash out but her hands were all coiled up
She wanted to push them away but she was comatose
They were predators heartless demanding criminals
Who tore through her flesh ruthlessly
Invading her private space and defiling her childhood
They robbed her of her innocence by attacking the very roots of her being
The most precious part of her existence
Self gratification did nothing to ease her pain
Neither did excommunication
Being pregnant was the epitome of her distress
She hated the one who had impregnated her
She wanted to strangle him kill him he was a demon in her eyes for no good and decent person would do such a thing
She was a great mother inspite of her struggles but there were times she couldn't bring herself to embrace the male child
Not that she didn't love him but after all he was a MALE
I saw her and I knew
Her eyes said it all, they're the window to her broken troubled soul
Her crushed spirit and her messed up mind
She was overshadowed with a spirit of heaviness
A damsel in need of healing words warm hugs
Reassuring word and undivided attention
She needed someone to show they
TRULY
Someone to put this ragging tempest to rest
But no one took the time
No one shared her pains
No one saw her tears
No one saw her scars of misery and no one that was anyone belived her story.
So she kept it all bottles up inside fermenting an animosity and distaste for all men
Pinning away in her despair but never giving herself away
A black woman of many pains
Imprisoned in her own Guantanamo Bay
Trapped by shackles she sort to break
Her suffering were boundless they ran deep beyond the ocean floor
High above the starry skies and lengths across the width of the earth
She had dreams
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Posted: May 2018
About this poem:
This is a piece I wrote years aback about the struggles I've had to face and eventually overcome having been a victim of child s*xual abuse.
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Rivers of tears running
On the faded wool
Clutched on my shivering
Pale body, weakening
Ingrained with a malady
With no cure
Yet the reassuring hope
And lovely thought
Of my serene childhood
While's yet refuses to part
On the body that turns to dust
Like twisted limbs of my memories
Trying to reach and remold
The foundation of my youth
And as the counsel is cast
Upon the shores of eternity
While the fortress of my will
Is fading into oblivion
The anguish of DEATH escapes
One more time as I
Witness the birth of a new morn
If only to breath one more day..
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:46 PM CST
About this poem:
I have never felt so close to my destiny and as the battle scores me away, I will not go without a fight.
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Posted: Mar 2017
About this poem:
I originally posted this when I was told life was waving me goodbye only to be told 45 days later that I was going to live long after all.
I can only be thankful and grateful.
Just revisiting my past.
Thanks again for all your peruse.
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Posted: Apr 2018
About this poem:
Just having some fun with the subject of assisted suicide which I believe is legal in Oregon.
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