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It came from dismal shadows Creeping, sudden, from behind. Fell upon my merry whistle Darkened me at heart and sight. Back with me, one again with the memory Again I behold the ruins. That I left when I was all devoured by wrath. Last night out in the timber A thousand torrent's vehemence Came rushing through my veins Up my throat and filled the eyes, And then that I knew All pain will be undone When I pack my bags And depart for lonely roads And with courageous verve I stride Chop the heads off flowers aside, still wondering How come you never bleed When I stab right into your back. How come you never choke. When I drown you in the sea. Merely hours passed That I had left him to his mountains His colossal idols – one for every spear in me. Slopes so steep, I could not conquer in a lifetime. Now they're all but ruins, Ruins I left behind. And with courageous verve I stride Chop the heads off plants aside, still wondering How come you never bleed When I stab right into your back. How come you never choke. When I drown you in the hot and burning sea. There is always one waiting for me, my beloved I shall be with her again so soon. Craving for her lips, her kiss Her hair in summer winds. The morning dew dripping down her breasts. Shadows and Flames. I have been demure Cries were silent but heart ablaze. Have been one of his shadows Condemned to stray an unlit maze. My feet are numb, soles torn wide open After endless years of clambering. My path is lit and leads me north. And with courageous verve I stride Chop the heads off flowers aside, still wondering How come you never bleed When I stab right into your back, How come you never choke When I drown you in the hot and burning sea?

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Deep it must have been The thorn that spread a veil of constancy Times in stalemate, times of certitude Again and again this wound It's these moments When the comfort of the bygone And the light of long gone days Enchant me with their hollow songs And grasp for me with their stone-cold hands. A new morning Another past coming along Struggling on way too close, way too far Today I do remember The bitter tears of fall we shed on a day like this And both we know that you knew Pain would grow through you But we pretended soils would flourish From the time we turn our backs. Saw your eyes in amber leaves Heard your weeping in repose Drank your tears with the water Followed your footmarks in the moss. It's these moments When the comfort of the bygone And the light of long gone days Enchant me with their hollow songs. Befool me with a sham appeal. And both we know that you knew Pain would grow through you But we pretended soils would flourish From the time we turn our backs.

In awkward times at awkward places … Rogues in glitter robes, with fierce grimaces Sneak around me glowering. I should be running away. But I keep standing here in fires. Sinister choirs of whip-lashing demons With circling vultures in a dreadful allegiance. Singing out of tune in empty words and empty phrases. Heard it all before from a familiar face. And every tone cuts deep as rain in April Every chord they form tears open the wounds But today will be my day When I stand up and be brave Today it is me and my ire Today I stand alone in fires. Was my heart one of a sparrow? Caged in the prospects of disbeliever's eyes Was I lurking in my own shadow? For a minute free of compromise. So many years have passed inside the mussel So many have defiled my realm So many foreign tongues and unknown words So many blether and blether and blether… Awoke. From sorrow sleep. And every tone cuts deep as rain in April And every chord they form tears open the wounds But today will be my day When I stand up and be brave Today it is me and my ire Today I stand alone in fires.

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

Halfway through the wheat, my golden foe With his itching ears in the scorching heat. The weight of summer, torment to my hands Armed with a sickle I am out for his beguiling glance. Thought I heared a mare neighing from the creek Where in every hour spared we anxiously would meet. Drunken whispers noone could hear 'Til the day when hordes of wasps. Poisoned every hour so passed. She was faint as I when she spoke to me. Reluctantly. Words came through Words of leaving here and leaving me. And her eyes grew bigger then Bound in moonlit glittering. She Leaned to me and whispered tears into my ear. Well, I went to see the creek again And many a day I'd stand at its shoreline wondering If it might be heading north Through the timber, passed the lake and our chalet Should have gone with her, should have gone with me. But I stayed when she begged me To come with her, never to separate, never to be alone. And lept silent when I should have sung the song of heart. And remained loyal to the thief. There is a road that I must travel May it be paved or unseen May I be hindered by a thousand stones Still onward I'd crawl down on my knees At sudden swallows took upon the scene Heralding what I could not have foreseen A threat of rain on the dark horizon A strong foreboding of a storm arising. And willows'd roar, midges dazzled Birches sigh from painful lessons Lessons they'd learned in life. That every stem breaks if bent too far. Will I run for a shelter and quiver? Will I run away, be idle and shiver? And thunders pound so hard, pound the drums of warfare Hungry clouds draw closer with reptile teeth as lightning Is it the fear of the inevitable that is keeping me awaiting? I am rigid as of reverence, still and enduring. I must have seen it coming. Oh, my longing's neverending. Time's so pale So come with colors, paint it burning red I fear no more, can see clearly now The morning sun beyond the clouds. And when the dark night seems endless With only a quarter moon left of light I am longing back to times of splendor. Longing far away, away from here and back to you. I swagger back and forth dancing the betrayer's dance For the last of all times, I swear For the last damn time, I swear! I am over and through with all your lectures I know this is the right step to do Over and through with all you lectures I know this is the right thing to do! If I don't leave now I will be lost in the hot burning dungeon They have oh so thoroughly prepared for me to all eternity. Hear her whispering feel my cheek ablaze. And I take the first step of a thousand more to come. There is a road that I must travel May it be paved or unseen May I be hindered by a thousand stones Still onward I'd crawl down on my knees.

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Back at last from yearning slumber When the nightly drama came to a close Hoping that fall will never come Salute the morning sun Inviting us to idleness Hoping that fall will never come The hour calls for secrecy Silently we'd slip out to the lake Hoping that fall will never come And I stumble as of vertigo Can't await the sound of gentle waves Melting with the rhythm of our crave. But today there are only elegies Filling our tainted Elysium Still hoping that fall will never come This place turned to a fraud mirage Deceitful and untrue. Still hoping that fall will never come Embraces solace me They hide my tears in pastel drapery Still hoping that fall will never come And I cry just as you Knowing, this is coming to an end. But still I am hoping that fall will never come. But it came.

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 25, 2025

Imposture! At the peak of my triumphant march Conjuration! Doubt befalls me so close to the end. Cannot move any further Feet are tired from the haste So close to the finale I desperately need to rest Face to face with the very substance of my journey Just need to reach out and grab the gold Take the crown and be king for a lifetime But in the hour that I longed for At the vertex of my crave Just when I thought I had broken free I'm even deeper inside the maze But I don't feel lost anymore Somehow I do not feel astray Somehow I'm not the same as before Maybe I've grown wiser on the way So I write this down for you to know I've been here Tired, torn and stripped down to the core And that I'm not the same as yesterday Somehow I've just grown wiser on the way Thus, I write all this down for you to know I've been here Close enough to almost feel your breath Write this down for you to know I've slept the sleep of restless hours And when I woke, I left with the promise I would be back Fool, Me! Swimming in the burning sea. I have seen the careless me! Thus, I write all this down for you to know I've been here Close enough to almost feel your breath Write this down for you to know I've slept the sleep of restless hours And when I woke, I'm left knowing I would be back