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CSKpoet
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since 2002-07-12
Posts 845
Island in Paradise

0 posted 2002-10-10 04:43 PM



Night Wings

Loathing the darkness
of a moonless night,
a black hole in my universe
unblinkingly swallows me whole

my thoughts drum
in cadence of my enemy
serenading me with sinister
songs of doubt and bleak despair

ripping my heart into bloody
fragmented pieces for sacrificial
savoring in obscure darkness

The insanity of night shouting with angry
animosities and vulgar insinuations.
memories with claws and bloodied fangs

How achingly alone...
to lie awake for hours staring,
yet not seeing,
yet....
In a cruel dream as it were...


My captors rushing me
to the precipice of labyrinths
taunting words of
promises not kept
seeking to cruelly throw me
to the ravenous lions

I welcome them as dear children
while my desparate heart
still wildly beats
a tattoo into my chest...

Yet...in the distance,
I hear the meadow lark
sweetly singing of
new morning dawn.

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

© Copyright 2002 Cheryl Stewart Koomoa - All Rights Reserved
WhiteRose
Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon
1 posted 2002-10-10 05:04 PM


Wow, Cher! Just blow me away why don't ya. This is great! The darker side of you. Interesting. Enjoyed.
CSKpoet
Senior Member
since 2002-07-12
Posts 845
Island in Paradise
2 posted 2002-10-10 06:19 PM


hehehe Rose...we all have a dark side and struggles with ourselves and trials and emotions...my life has been harder than my up poetry suggests..I just prefer escaping in an up poem than dwelling in my mire...thanks for your input and always kind words...
hugs, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

Amaranthine
Member
since 2002-10-06
Posts 61
ON Canada
3 posted 2002-10-10 08:17 PM


I was quite swept up by this; it seems to me like you aren't the type to stay down long though.  The last few lines seemed as if you were remembering your way back, or perhaps discovering the real purpose of your Ruby slippers!
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