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The Ghoul's Touch
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The Ghoul's Touch |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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THE GHOUL'S TOUCH I can hardly hold my eyes open, Yet I'm so far away from sleep. My thoughts riddled in ridicule, Are my dreams really priced so cheap? My hope, a feeble castle of sand, Lying on the shores of misleading. Awaiting bride meets the celestial tide Of solemn Sorrow, bleeding. From baby's breath to white laced death. From wedding march to funeral pyre. Selling heart and soul to pay the toll Of her insatiate desire. Ambition fails, intentions grow stale. Fruition flees into the night. Love, a lost whisper, truth, a white lie, Emotion, a river of spite. Her Medusa eyes still chasing me, Lurk the shadows of recall. Hideously laughing in the rumbling Of every crumbling wall. Paralyzed, thy ghoul's touch Hath branded me once more. Lying arrow straight on the mattress, The serpent slithers ‘cross the floor. I scream out in a voiceless shout, The cry ebbed within my head.. The dreams of wife, of love, of life, Alive, within me, all lie dead. ------------------ Michael Anderson And after-drunkeness of soul Succeeds the glory of the bowl - An idle longing night and day To dream my very life away EAP |
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D.B. Whyte Member
since 1999-10-27
Posts 94Crest Hill, IL, USA |
Wow,wow,wow...Ow! You've hit one out of the proverbial park, M! Well expressed! D.B. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Nice job Michael....as usual...I kinda thought maybe, (by the title), that this was gonna be a poem about some gal that Balladeer fondled?....But, I still wasn't disappointed. |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
Really very good M....But aren't they all!  ....Lurk the shadows of recall.... Excellent! JL |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
Very painful, yet very beautiful...your imagery and all.....please call me this morning - there is no trace of your # around the house this morning if you can guess what that means....I'm leaving soon, so I hope you get this message soon. Anymore, I don't know where to leave messages, as you only get 1/2 of them. I love you. ------------------ ~~ Lift your head high - spread your "words" and fly - - poetFemmeFatale |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Loss of dreams is truly the ghoul's touch.Well done. ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
hehe I was just wondering, am I the "Ghoul" in this story ?? LMAO It's ok, I don't want to know !! haha ------------------ ~~ Lift your head high - spread your "words" and fly - - poetFemmeFatale |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Well, Femme, loving you has been a numbing sensation all to itself(in a very good way) but no, you are not the Ghoul I speak of in this dream. michael |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
So sad Micheal.......wonderful work here, I can really relate. ------------------ Thinking is just what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their predjudices. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Ghouls feed upon the flesh of the living. When you are dead, they no longer care. Take it as a sign of life if she still feeds. ------------------ Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© |
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