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In, to, the Darkness (i get to repost it again because its by request yuh) |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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Judgement is coming soon all will face it Darkness is here so why not embrace it The pain is one thing I will never know In the darkness I'm doomed to go What does it matter if I cannot feel For in this darkness nothing real On the weak corrupted soul Excessive darkness takes its toll A fires last embers so hard to defend Life is fragile yet is it easy to end Maybe it's better for me anyway I will long for darkness not the day Turning the trip of my insanity It makes its stops but not for me If darkness dosent dig my grave My ending days where madmen rave Will i feel better not having a name Would I feel better if nothingness came While I still live they'll cut me apart And there the darkness running my heart Paranoia bores deep into my soul Darkness enters and fills in the whole But if the pain can be swept away I will long for darkness not the day My mind has broken through the blinding mist I cant even know if I still exist An apparition abruptly appears But I can't see through the bittersweet tears Her wild caged stare makes me realize The mirror reflection caught in her eyes I knew her not but I can feel her love I see in her face what I'm thinking of The woman drifts on but was she there Too much fantasy can be a nightmare I hear a voice say, "I always loved you" Do memories prove experiences true How do I know I'm not losing my mind Is the answer possible to find Confusion forces madness upon men Can I go back if I've never been I've lost hold of my last waning candle And now is gone but for waxed covered handle It looks as if my darkness surrounds me But lo this time the pain has found me There's a trail that leads into the night I knew long ago there'd be no bright light A twisted tree stands in paradise grown My eyes tell me what's not to be known Those barren branches seem productive Simple solutions so seductive A lonely testament to what goes wrong When a dying spirit stands too long I question the times I have forgotten And like the trees fruit inside so rotten Then all is clear the answers revealed What I have held close my shattering shield Full of poison I know I must die So much easier to choose the lie There before me a silhouetted shade Through depths of darkness I see it wade Never i know has such beauty flowed With an air of grace down a damned filled road I find that I am forced to follow In the darkness the path is swallowed But then again I can see the shade And no longer will I be afraid So many places i am led through Familiar faces that I once knew Their mouths gape open and spill one word But in the darkness their voices unheard My heart turns cold I cannot move I demand intentions quickly proved The supernatural need not persuade Into the darkness I follow the shade For a score not another around Silence can be such an unsettling sound Bloody wars fought I never will fight So many wrongs never able to right Dirty child I can see it crying I must pass on as my soul is dying Vision of evil that man has made I would be quite right if not for the shade Seasons change but it is always cold Time must pass I am growing this old Like a lost black sheep behind the shade I knew one day even it would fade In despair the end I grab for its hand My paws are useless but for digging in sand At once I'm human death and its charms I welcome my friend with folded arms End If you got this far thank you |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
WOW, this is a side of you I have never seen before. This poem is absolutely phenominal, you really should try writing some more dark poetry. This is the best poem I have read of yours(Course, I am biased cuz I love dark poetry, heh) Please write more dark poetry, I would love to read it. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I got this far - This is pretty intense, walt.. It's nice to see you show us so many sides of you... You're a man of distinction, my friend..  |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Don't know much Walt , but we all got our bad days , and this one sounds like it could've lasted for quite awhile .Here's to ya , spit it out if it don't taste good . Doc |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is some heavy duty writing, Walt. Very intense. Well done. Denise |
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Compgirl Member
since 2000-02-19
Posts 85USA |
WOW..This was definately worth the length. I have seen this poem in my life. I have let GOD take the darkness and fill it with light. I won't start preaching though..  It is wonderful writting. People seem to write about the light and GOD and such but no one ever really goes to that other side where some people are going to see. You did that well. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Well, I'm certainly glad you reposted it, Walt. I don't recall seeing it the first time and I would have hated to have missed it. This is really an excellent piece of work. Hats off to ya, sir! |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanx to you all!! yuh i write in phases in winter i write love poems in summer i write cold desolate poems in spring its dark and in fall i write uplifting cuz when yuh fall yuh gotta lift yuh self up oman hehehehehe yuh! |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
and this from the man who said he couldn't find words anymore, well Walt, whenever you wrote this it sure makes up for any absence but it's good to see you did FIND your words.. HUGS |
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