I’ll be there

The ambitious one makes it to dinner last. A call from a dove reaches deaf ears first. The red feathers of a cardinal have no shape or form, merely flap in the wind. They'll return. Everyone is attracted to night a mysterious shade penetrates the light. The stranger will come calling on the fourth of…

The Monster

Don't reach for things you can't have. Fate was decided the day you were born. The monster sharpened his teeth while you suffered through childhood. Waiting patiently in the future, drooling with lust for your life. It knew when you'd fall apart and attacked viciously. It's strong and horrible and you're too tired to fight.…

Poison

"Kill yourself" says the bottle of prussic acid sitting on the table. "Take a sip, take a dive, I can satisfy your need." I want to look away to ignore its voice but it's there. I move closer. "Kill yourself." A step further. "I will help you." My hand reaches out, picks it up. "Go…

Acceptance

Dreams are for fools. Only suckers want love. Friendship means nothing. Family is a joke. Work? No comment. Fantasies provide pleasure and they're all I have. Escape is the only thing I need and want. It may me too late for a lot of things and acceptance is the weight I must bear.

Don’t hide

Kill my soul feel the blood pour from my faith. Devour the need the strength of hunger. Let go of all thought turn around spear my aching heart. Laugh at my pain I suck it all in and breathe with relief. Darkness, misery oblivion all a part of my core I won't hide it anymore.

My Walk

Walk down the path, your road to oblivion. I don't need your direction. I turn my own way, feel the darkness overcome me. I am the fire below the crashing waves, the old, sick songbird who sings for its soul. Beat me almost to death but let me live. I know a new way to…

Black

The mists form. The mouth's skeletal form beckons its celestial finger. The smoke reeks and I can't breathe.  I wish, I scream for solitude, for the orange colored pipe to burn my chest, to carve a way into my lifeless soul. My decaying breath on your helpless face I cringe when I blink. The blood…

Am I back

Am I back to looking at that tunnel, so dark and oddly comforting so sweetly it sings to me in a familiar voice. I want to go back inside completely.  I was protected there.  I was strangely loved.  And I knew the one way out.  It calls for me but should I go? The night…