There he stood,
As solid as any mountain & no less
Stubborn to move.
Chiseled features suddenly as impenetrable as stone and
The weatherbeaten body a wall designed to keep out the elements
And much more besides.
I was only a curious traveller,
A quiet but hopeful pilgrim in search of
Sanctuary that no place in my godless wanderings could offer.
By any means, he was no god.
No saving grace, nor even sufficient shelter to keep my visions dry.
But something in his obstination enchanted, bewitched
And enticed,
Akin to the lure of a dark & lonely mountain standing stiffly
Among the lush landscape of colour & life.
I ought to have
If life in times doth lend unto hardship
And Lady Luck turns blind an eye to thee,
Should thy smile & faith e'er seem to slip,
Mine love is there in thy uncertainty.
In darkest hour when hope doth take flight
Be not still, nor struggle alone in vain.
In like, come fear in face of mine own plight,
Let thy love be bless'd balm to soothe any pain.
Thus, when light maketh his grave at Earth's end,
Love we shall find beneath an ever fixed cloak.
For even in dark, the stars light do lend,
And the moon as our guide, lights way unto hope.
For if man is to face all pains alone,
True strength & love no one has ever known.
I can't dance anymore.
Cannot skim the polished path unpartnered,
Nor suddenly possess unknown grace or humble beauty
Without you.
Were we so bedazzled by the brilliant lights we held one another in?
And when I turned off the sparkling glimmers i your eyes,
Were you surprised at the flawed mortal remaining
Instead of the ethereal angel you worshipped before?
Ah, our entwined steps, our delicate dance,
Oh God, how beautiful, so beautiful we were
Together at the first step.
Joy, love, laughter, peace,
All given lively girth in our forms.
But all this is failing now,
Fallen in the presence of an unknown devil
In red.
Now you thi
So move you,
You sanitized, digitalised pilgrim.
Exhange your hundred-dollar vanities for
Priceless nirvana & happiness, desired in any time or place.
Flee incessant ringing, a boxed-in world
And leave imprinted footsteps on the paths your mind has always walked.
Open your eyes, your heart & mind,
See the golden light anew in a foreign shade,
But speak in universal kind.
Tint this skin to every flesh you see around,
Tune thy ear in to a global, pulsing sound,
And revel in God's creations, admire his materful art.
You left long ago,
In a lingering whisp of smoke the
Flickering,dancing flame blown out from my days.
The red-hot passionate glances you used to give
And burning emotions too, are gone now,
Faded away like dying embers in fiery life.
But still they glow,
Their soft light a mark in a dark & starless past.
A reminder to any who touch that they
Still burn with memories,
Still hurt in their muted blaze
And still leave scars of scorched uncertainty.
Questions traced on my skin forever
Of what sparks the past was
And what light the future might've held.
A roaring fire that could've warmed our hearts,
But has now left only charred m
A walking timebomb.
The Human Mistake.
Too real a product in a
World all too fake.
Her documents proclaim her "physically acceptable",
Considered "standard" in exterior design.
Yet the programmed personality has gone far astray,
A huge malfunction lies deep in her mind.
She soon became something of a corporate joke,
"An embarrassment!" her producers cried.
A mistake was unheard of,unacceptable
To her Creators' perfectionist pride.
Thoughts too deep for so small a head,
Unreprogrammable with broken a heart.
She cannot,Will not,be repaired,
The flawed design holds no room for a spare part.
Unseen go the cracks
Beginning fatal
Foolish,ignorant,blind,
It's amazing
That I never even saw this was changing.
I seek his help,
I seek to be free,
Can't even run from this
Because I know you'll find me.
I can't see
Can't hear
Can't feel you there beside me,
I can't breathe
I won't eat
I'm dying inside slowly.
Stalking me in darkness,
Preying on my flesh,
Wasting until nothing more is left.
Panic grows....
OH GOD NO!
Fear shows....
GET OUT OF ME,GO!
Emotion flows....
NOT AGAIN NO!
Eyes close...
Please don't leave me here alone...
"Do you know where you're going?" they asked of
The Traveller,standing forlorn in the night,
As she turned her red eyes glowing,
Defeated voice telling of her plight.
"A traveller I am not,
Yet a wanderer I may be,
For a traveller knows their purpose
And there remains no pupose for me.
I walk my road in silence as I stumble far & wide,
But the pain I earn for walking
Compares not to the anguish inside.
Behind me lies no home,
No love awaits my return
for Life has become the painful lesson
I somehow cannot learn.
Without company I shall wander
This long,unyielding way,
Till perhaps my pain is eased
By another to share the day
Oh,when has my eye this much beauty seen
Upon a summers noon while all is still,
For ne'er so at peace have i yet been,
Than in your arms & see sun's death at will.
Whilst light maketh his grave at mountain's end,
Dark night is born to gentle Earth smiling,
And doth to loving pairs her service rend,
Cloaks their love,times together spent whiling.
And stars,like Spanish dancers,twirl above
On black ballroom floor,skimming polished sky,
These two lovers in all this splendour lie,
As though Earth herself celebrates their love.
Immortalising so mortal a thing
as timeless love,repeated unending.
She sits there,
A limp,lifeless ragdoll of wasted hope
While the puppet strings,once clung to,now
Severed along with her weary charade.
Hollow eyes stare out blankly,
Gazing with unseeing orbs at her playworld.
The vessel of beauty love has become
A frail & pathetic figure,
Wasted,Life's forgotten toy cast aside.
A master's assistance can make her seem
To dance through life effortlessly,
But she can never forget the
Rags she is inside.
Slipping back,
Those cruel,familiar tendrils wrap around me,
Masking my screams as they pull me down.
I waste in a cespit of my own emotions,
I drown in my own tears,
My own fear killsme.
Paranoia plagues
Like a relentless shadow,forever dogging my footsteps,
Whispering pain in my ears.
This depression is a thief to my soul.
It robs the joy from my heart as it
Litters my mind with new terrors.
In the end,it will take my life,
The silent killer,
My silent death.
The place was lined by excessively polished floors,
Gleaming golden linoleum,so spotlessly radiant
Paved the endlessly twisting routes.
Blank walls,devoid of emotion,
Were reasuringly professional for all their stark medical blanche.
Within rooms that couldn't possibly harbour ill,
Fate dealt the cards to his poker game and
Chuckled to himself,amused at a place that smugly dared
Challenge god's rule book.
The only visible horror seemed to lie in the waiting room,
Where some deranged artist's interpretation of "cheerful"
Grew on the wall like a festering sore.
Here stood 3 familiar faces,near unrecognisable in strain
Father,Mothe
She came treading her path with weary feet,
Ceaseless,fatigued & rough from her travels
To yet another Paradise lost.
Vestal beauty had been toughened,her masked cheer
Not quite capable of hiding the hateful Past's scars,
Talismans as much as they were souvenirs.
Experience she wore lightly,draped casually in thoughtless style,
Yet weighed down by countless rings of past fatalities,
Dulled through time but shining still in her mind's eye.
Upon her back she carried a bag of tattered memories,
Torn hopes,patched-up dreams from a pockmarked past.
So heavy a burden shouldered for so long,
She never realised that somewhere,she dropped
Do not forget me if I go away,
Should sorrow,drown me in a silent sea,
If life should fail to convince in my stay,
Your loving hand my lifeline I pray will be.
If the darkness & corruption should claim
Me,protect me & try to understand
My fears. Safe in your arms I will remain,
Remind me of a future you have planned.
In life I've never wanted here to be,
Yet to heal the scars & realise my dreams,
Now I'm afraid of the gift you've given me,
Only you sew up my breaking seams
Ay lintu,it's all changed it seems,
Given new wings to fly,you are the dream.
Dance of Romance by Embrace-the-Flames, literature
Literature
Dance of Romance
Under the glistening moon
Emotions kept at bay
Was it too soon
To ask to stay
Heartbeats rising
In the heat of the night
An answer so surprising
It's just out of sight
In the midnight hour
It's the flower
Of romance
Let's dance
Bodies entwined
In destined passion
Bodies moving
In rhythmic fashion
Sweet petals falling
Over velvet skin
Breath upon your neck
As we begin
Lost in a trance
It's the dance of romance
Under silken sheets we lay
Your head upon my chest
My breath taken away
From a final kiss
Into your eyes I stare
Searching for a sign
Asking if I dare
To make you mine
In the midnight hour
It's the flower
Your breath and mine combine to make a vapor
So fleeting, yet so precious, like the tear
Rolling down your cheek, checking every pore
To prepare them for the time when we must part.
I wonder every night and try to prove
To myself you are real, and if ever
I shall wake from this dream to find we are apart,
Someone will have to operate,
To discover my heart has evaporated, along with the breath and the tear.
I find myself yet in your arms, melting into vapor,
And I realise as we rise into the air, we are one, on this bright copper eve.
Thoughts without words
And actions without verbs
Betrayed by those I trusted
Because of her I lusted
Scorned by the spy
Our love she denies
As the dagger slides into place
And the blood she slowly tastes
Look into my eyes
And tell me what you see
All the anger and hatred
Coming alive inside of me
I die but not gone forever
My wrath is beyond comprehension
No mercy shall they have
Upon my resurrection
Resurrected
By your fear
Disconnected
I am your nightmare
The blood covers a sinister face
Love gone without a single trace
Regret cannot save her
All that is gone was pure
I will bring them to their knees
And deny them w
Present your fate
It is your last mistake
The fallen of our world
Becomes us
Our monstrosity
Is our prophecy
Sanity is gone
You've been too far
Share the dreams you are given
And in the end leave it behind
The fear in you is living
It's time to lie
Send an invitation
This is your invigoration
Bailed to find
Another to lie to
Your answers remain ignored
This is your ultimate dischord
Behind your enemy
Lies your saviour
Repent unto me
You're dying
You're dying
AGAIN
Share the dreams you are given
And in the end leave it behind
The fear in your is living
It's time to lie
The time to relive is upon us
Why not decide t
Cut me to the bone
For here lies the Universal joke,
Left here to writhe alone &
Demented actions to provoke.
I sit here clawing at my skin
To rid myself of of the disease.
Desperate to unleash the horrors within
My soul & the evils to release.
Oh God,it's killing me inside!
Eating me alive & feeding.
Sucking out my life,devouring my pride
Destroying as it goes,feasting & breeding.
Runningrunningrunningrunning,
Fightingfightingfightingfighting,
screamingscreamingscreamingscreaming,
Cryingcryingcryingcrying....
Jesus get them out of me!
Merciless whispers & taunting thoughts
Straining inside,coming alive
Laughing & mocking
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Hello everyone!
I admit ti... I've been a terrible deviant. My neglegence of my poetry & contribution to this site is utterly inexcusable, plus downright shocking!
in my defence, I can only say it's been a HELL of a past year! My absence can be put down to my pre-matric exams, a dodgy old home computer & a considerable personal crisis in the form of some psychological rape & a revelation or 2 I wish I could've reached sooner...
Ah well. Life goes on hey...
It most certainly does (",)
But I'm back & flying high in more ways than one, & ready to be part of this awesome community again!! Keep an eye out for some new poetry, plus some journa
Whew,what a day it was!
What a day.
For those who had the F@*#ING AMAZING priveledge of going to the Colab concert in durbs yesterday,i'm sure you can relate. It was a fantastic day & night. The bands blasted, the drinks flowed & the moshers well & truly moshed.
It started for us at 11am. We headed to ABSA stadium to get our places in the Golden circle & meet up with everyone. Interestingly enough,I sustained my first & what would prove to be most painful injury before i'd even come near the pit : My thumb getting slammed in the car door,lol (Thank you Clive ;))
The morning was pretty chilled,mostly the local S.A. bands playing. Most of t
Well it's matric this year... been such a mission! Made School's League for touch rugby, & in a drama show. Add my job to it & you can understand why I've been neglecting DA!
hey kid! i'm in durbs and so is
my dearest Steve... turns out everyone knew about this little surprise except me. he's passed out on the couch now, i'm gonna go check he hasn't died.
Cheers!
Hello Luv.
Haha, you're kidding right?! Aww... bless it! That's sweet, you & you're dearest steve can get inebriated & high together in the comfort of your own home! I'm happy for you luv, you deserve a good holiday... it's been so stressful! Haha, teell him that I say he better give you the decent ass you deserve.... or he'll answer to me! lol