Bleak Vistae

I transcend all mundane exceeding contemplation weaving apathy to my need Its aspects concealed in vague reptilian shapes adepts in oblique passing without meaning We are saturrated of cold intent and the air feels dead so no-one breathes I sense light blending in broken mirrors I sense world bending around me In this bleary mind I trail my reason like a withered limb a burden to consume Even in this delirium still binding me Frail is the illusion of world bound by flesh Indeed.

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025

I dream for the equable hour and the dream became a river a stream of running lead I felt its timeless flow and its ageless strain to burden me I sat on the grey banks and I watched passing of waves And the stream bore a body pale and quiescent wench a bride came with the tides eyes open unseeing were of same colour as the stream I pondered this solemnly And the earth shook to my thoughts and the river went running red as a mountain falling heavy a hoof struck the ground I turned to see and behold spanning from horizon to zenith of the sky a mare rearing its legs foremost reaching above clouds hinder trampling the earth casting an ancient rhythm and this earth resounds...

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025

I howl my pain dirge of agony Throes strained sense awareness Ague rides my body on down a beaten path Days spill into one Bleary hours melt I yield yet no avail Spasms whip me further torn by a fever ravished without death "Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost while memory holds a seat In this deistracted globe." - Hamlet And in this river I'll drown By this cold river I lay Spitting entreaties in servile breath And in this river I'll be undone I hear the billows through stranger thoughts though stricken I aspire to drown Driven to greet death trailing to the waters edge I heave myself below the waves And cold water fills me Seamless, without end I blend from transience Away from strain in swaying light I flow with the tides to expanse of the ocean floor in languid haze I drift Sonorous through halls echoes the ageless soliloquy of the sea ancient beyond time I travel untold vistae with lifeless eyes

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025