Fear
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Beacon of Hope
A single flame In misted glass Stood before A vast sea of dark This marauding darkness Was a black beastSearching for flesh On which it could feast But that meagre flame Became a valiant dagger Piercing the beast And killing its power And the little flame danced In the fading nightAs it watched the beast… Continue reading
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Locked Inside
I built a cageFrom the strongest steelTo lock away memoriesTo pretend they weren’t real I accepted the secrecyOf hidden painRather than endureThe agony of change I suffered in silenceIn this bath of hot oilMy insides meltingFrom this toxic toil So I built a new cageFrom a kinder steelAnd I locked away my shameSo that I… Continue reading
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Premonition
A lament It lurks in your mindA secret thoughtThat years of depressionHas brought to the fore Like an itch under the skinTingling in your feetLike a tarantula on the backAlways just out of reach It’s a dreadful premonitionThat nothing mattersThat all joy is fragileAnd always shatters Continue reading
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Left Behind
A lament EverydayI start undergroundHearing the footstepsOf everyone else pound I must get up earlyTo try to catch upSo that I am notLeft in the dust Some days I make itOn others I fallSometimes I am assaulted By nasty things that crawl But whatever the circumstanceOr how hard I chaseI always start at a disadvantageIn… Continue reading
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The Black Beast
Concealed in the darkHidden amongst painA treacherous beast cowersFrom the light of day A fiendish foePretending to be a friendIts words of warningHave nefarious ends Among the rippling windsIn the twilight hoursFace the fearAnd confront its power In its coreIs a golden lightThat this black beastHad tried to hide Continue reading
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Ravenous Ravine
Gaping ravines Creak and groan Ache for a taste Of my wasting bones Barren pits of Knife-like stones Echo old cries Of fear and woe I hear familiar voices From my past That I should never Have taken this path But I will climb Where rivers once flowed For I know what is At the… Continue reading
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Don’t Wake the Monster
Don’t wake the monster That sleeps in his mind It broods in its fortress Of a thousand whispered lies With bared teeth, it snarls Accusing with its claws It thrashes in hysterics Screaming at his flaws The struggle is brutal To put it back in its box On the darkest days The fight never stops… Continue reading
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Self Sabotage
A caustic emotion Muddies the water Like a belch of octopus ink Before it is slaughtered A desperate squirt In vain protection Leaves the animal In disorientation And in this swirl Of black catastrophe The octopus becomes Its worst enemy And so it swims Right into the trap As jaws thud closed With a thunderous… Continue reading
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Awakening Beasts
Sleeping beasts Stirring from rest Their heavy-set jawsLaden with dread Their fearsome roars Shake the earth Cause dormant memories To begin to emerge Fearsome dragons Towering giants Attack siege walls With shouts of defiance The ground trembles As emotions awake And the fortress of the mind Is exposed to their rage Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 