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Dance Me Darkly
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Dance Me Darkly |
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divine chaos Senior Member
since 2006-07-09
Posts 617dancing 'neath the moon 
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In the dead of night my mind revolts thoughts run rampant tripping skipping trickling into the dank closets and cobwebbed corners, dusting off the skeletons, in the deep recesses there, teaching them the jerking twitching dance of the long dead and best buried come closer, here, my hollow friends with your rattling creaking lanky stance with cackling howls and mindless shrieks entertain me with disjointed dance dance me darkly skeletal beau I would miss you were you to go you're no longer fearsome demons only just remaining shells of all my past transgressions that I've hidden rather well from all the world around me and sometimes from myself Tonight, I'm going to use you head to toe, and knobby knees I'm going to pluck you all apart to satisfy my needs dance me darkly skeletal beau I will miss you if you go Your skulls, my ocularis inkpots, each bone a brand new quill your bony pens will scrawl my thoughts and with verse parchment will fill come, my cackling merry mates the night is still but young rattling shrieking howling creaking whirling skeletal dervishes dance until I'm done dance me darkly skeletal beau I might miss you if you go I use you for my pleasure to pen away my pain to wade through seas of secrets that I tried to drown, in vain. My familiar cold companions you've all been here far too long I've kept you with me weakly but I know that I am strong dance me darkly skeletal beau I won't miss you when you go my faithful skeletons at my feet disassembled by my own hand you're reduced to pick-up sticks and still, I stand dance me darkly skeletal beau Death comes for you, it's time to go. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh...  bring this back again come October's end! |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
Wow! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Enjoyed this, particularly the progression of "I will miss you" to "I might miss you" to "I won't miss you". - Owl |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
yep! agree with the above! |
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seraphin Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1004Michigan |
"Dance me darkly" You have shown just how gifted you are. This is one of the best works I've read. Incredible write, incredible you. |
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divine chaos Senior Member
since 2006-07-09
Posts 617dancing 'neath the moon |
thanks, all of ya, for reading and the kind comments *smiles* it's been a rough few months and I've been flirting with the idea of this one for a while, but never could make myself put pen to paper until yesterday when it smacked me in the back of the head and said .. WRITE ME  ~*Sheli*~ By words the mind is winged |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Oh my gosh! When you have a "poem attack" you really have one! I agree with seraphin.. this is one of the best poems I've read. Hope you get attacked again soon!  |
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