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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 1999-10-02 01:23 AM

DARKNESS

Darkness is a river,
It carries me away.
Lost in isolation,
I watch my soul slowly decay.
Teased by a subtle numbness,
My brain through silence screams
Across the unconscious border
Of reality and dreams.

Stars in twilight twinkle
Across the witless skies.
The hands of heaven sprinkle
Seeds of hope before blind eyes.
Till the sun, in relished power,
Hides all in the hell of day,
And glory rises in the shadows
Of illusion and disarray.

Ambiguity corrupts the masses,
Subdues our every thought.
Lifeless veins are empty
In corpses that dare not rot.
Driven on by fear, by hopelessness,
And sheltered by the past,
We grip life through dead memories,
Forcing the love to last.

Till sorrow overcomes us
In clouds of obscurity,
Till tomorrow has vanished
With innocence and purity,
Vanity's proclamation
Comes like the clarion of Hate,
All that's left is death,
And still you have to wait.

Emptiness, an aching chasm,
Unadorned to Time,
The pining of the spirit
To an unrecognized chime,
The decrepit embrace of Destiny,
Passion, an uncried tear;
A droplet of water, a river run still,
The darkness that holds me here.

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Michael Anderson

I could not love except where Death
Was mingling his with Beauty's breath -
Or Hymen, Time, and Destiny
Were stalking between her and me.
EAP

Dragoness
Senior Member

since 1999-08-07

Posts 513

1 posted 1999-10-02 03:10 AM

'a droplet of water,a river run still' Fantastic line.Great reading.

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Set you heart free and your mind will follow.

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

2 posted 1999-10-02 12:58 PM

Exquisite Dark Master!!!
Smiles...
Jenny Lee

DreamEvil
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

3 posted 1999-10-02 09:04 PM

Been looking into the depths of my Self have you?

Excellent depiction of what I truly adore.

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Now and forever my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

4 posted 1999-10-02 09:16 PM

No, DE, he was looking into the depths of MY self! Wow, Michael, you have captured this perfectly.

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

"Something sweet, something sort of grandish, sweeps my soul when thou art near..."

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

5 posted 1999-11-25 06:25 PM

I feel the need to reverberate this piece for all the new poets in the Dark Forum

It is such a good example of Dark Poetry.... enjoy

Jenny Lee

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

dhuron
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since 2000-03-19

Posts 476

6 posted 2000-04-19 10:34 PM

I say it again Michael. You are the Dark Forum...great great piece...Me three years ago.

Daniel

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, not the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

7 posted 2000-04-19 11:38 PM

I loved it! I loved it! It was dark, yes, but oh, I can't explain it
"darkness is a river," "hands of heaven" I just loved this! Maybe I'm the only one who saw the hope in the words "glory rising in the shadows" or
"we grip life through dead memories" at least we are alive!!
"Passion, an uncried tear" yes, yes it is, it is that, uncried because passion is almost always held in.

Michael, this is a masterpiece of poetry

Kathleen

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

8 posted 2000-04-20 09:59 AM

Daniel, thanks for resurfacing this one. This one is a personal favorite of mine. Truly my soul on paper I think.

Irish Rose, that you find hope in here makes me smile... It's there, if not readily evident to the naked eye.

Michael

Joel the wolf
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 1333
Angels Camp

9 posted 2000-04-21 01:50 AM

Well hell I'm late for this party.
This is great, I enjoy the second stanza.
Stars in twilight twinkle
Across the witless skies.
The hands of heaven sprinkle
Seeds of hope before blind eyes.
Till the sun, in relished power,
Hides all in the hell of day,
And glory rises in the shadows
Of illusion and disarray.

If ever the night is good this is it.
Joel. thanks Michael

I howl a mornful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

DarkAnjl
Junior Member

since 2000-04-22

Posts 17

10 posted 2000-04-22 05:26 PM

Such beautiful darkness I find in such ordinary words. They come together wondefully!!!!

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