There have been nights when the darkness was not dark enough to exhume my soul but I prayed it away because life was too consuming. When the fingers of Death pried me open to remove the oyster of my soul, I did not feel the…
Category: Poetry Prompts
Too clean
fresh white lots of light someone famous slept here Or thats what they said if thats the case how old is this bed? Here lies the body of another one gone sent to the edges where the riches meet the lawn who might sleep here…
People like Judas
(a poem including a line by Neil Gaiman) “One of you will betray me,” Messiah said. He’s right. Books were safer than other people anyway. Sometimes, it’s what Judas did to his master that makes me wallow in solitude instead of walking a lonely bridge…
Hymn to Lucifer
Duality was oft known In a state that may change— For the light—thou have shown With words and motion— we re-arrange For what was written Mirrored reversed A soul—to awaken Where spirits conversed For there is only one God that’s true One by…
Iron Orion
Heavens formed of brass Earth of iron below As his belts stars do pass The words which now follow: Immortal gods centered in the cavity Powers formed and some less known For their shield of invincibility As words that have prolonged their lives…
Show Me the Way – Hour Seventeen
When I’m feeling lost and broken and nothing is going right I turn my eyes upon you and find comfort in your light You’ve always been there for me when I’ve needed you more You are my greatest asset when the wolf is at my…
Books! #thepoetrymarathon #prompthourseventeen
“Books were safer than other people anyway.” Neil Gaiman So I buried myself in my books, Learning, early on, That people were sometimes poison And could damage the soul. My books became my friends In a world confused by rules Even now I find…
To my son
To my son, I hope that you are happy And that you are always able to know what that is Stay out of trouble if you can But go into it if you must Know that I don’t care who you love As long as…
Nobody likes to be Chained
I swear, what was written tastes better than apple served by the hands of a lover. I know men who mistook their stupidity for cleverness. I am against nothing but a man who doesn’t feel the end of this poem as the end of a…
To Boldly Go
To Boldly go to excitedly explore To view the stars I do implore To Engage and Make it so To meet worlds all they have To race among those stars above To Trek galaxies far and near To gladly know this universe To Captain the…