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Screams of Silence
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Screams of Silence |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
Begone ye screams of silence, harbingers of pain Cloaked in isolation, you mock in harsh disdain My soul is torn asunder, I curse you God of Hell As you pierced my tortured soul, what horrors I befell You spoke of quiet solitude, to tempt me to your lair Then lanced me in my troubled heart, to depths of dark despair Nemesis, I beg of thee, rise up in righteous ire Protect be from Tisiphone, from Hell's eternal fire With all my voice I scream to you, protect me from the night Alas, in forlorn desperation, I journey to the light Banished to mind's coventry, I heed the demon's call Beckoned by the silent screams, I enter Dante's Hall Drawn into the vortex, I hope and pray to find Total absolution, illusions of the mind? Drowning in disharmony, upon a tranquil sea Adrift upon the River Styx, am blind but yet I see Bowing to Mephistopheles, as Faust I sell my soul Unto the Fallen Angels, at last I cede control On bended knee I enter, the world of waking dreams Final absolution, farewell to silent screams. |
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Angela K. Dyson New Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 5Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Wildly intense!!! I just don't know what else to say -- I LOVE this!!! ... The references to Dr. Faustus -- Perfection! |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
An incredibly powerful poem, not to mention a magnificent use of the English language. A pleasure watching you work, sir. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Tim this is truly wonderful work... Glad you're here, and hope you can give us more good stuff to read..  |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Wonderfully crafted piece of Darkness, a triumph for the Night. ------------------ I am not responsible for how you choose to interpret what I say. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Your poetry is always wonderful. This is magnificent!  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
The silence screams loudly. Wonderful. ------------------ Sunshine Words will always express our feelings true. KRJ |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
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MissNTrope Junior Member
since 1999-07-29
Posts 43 |
...Methinks we have a master poet among us...  |
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elvira Senior Member
since 1999-07-06
Posts 936California |
masterfully done indeed...sounds like a classic to me...eloquently expressed, Tim...bravo...encore!!! |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Such command of the written word! Excellent! ------------------ "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." *Mark Twain* |
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Sue Member
since 1999-08-04
Posts 383France |
I am at a loss for words. Powerful? Terrifying? Brilliant? All those, and more. |
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