A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Elegance (Faith is Not Enough) I want to drink you Slide your soul over the fringes of a crystal champagne glass And taste that sense of truth that is innate to your being It has to be so soothing to know Clerical to be so solidContinue reading “WD 126 “Elegance (Faith is Not Enough)””
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WD 125 “About the Abyss”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. About the Abyss Create a timestamp Or at least an educated guess What went wrong. When things began to crawl instead of run Ether to ether Begotten loss Shoulders bared, inside a chamber where thoughts move slowly We call it “The beach” A palace of considerations Continue reading “WD 125 “About the Abyss””
WD 124 “Six Months”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Six Months You lull me to sleep with the quiet sounds of your late night scrambling I see you most out of the corner of my eye, and I’m already falling asleep after a long day of adventuring. The lights are still on. There are animalsContinue reading “WD 124 “Six Months””
WD 123 “Annihilationism”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Annihilationism I lay me down to sleep In a bed shaped like a coffin It’s undeniable that I need some extra rest Before I sink my teeth in tomorrow’s affairs Keep my box heated It gets cold underground Nightly vapors tend to seep through the cracksContinue reading “WD 123 “Annihilationism””
WD 122 “Abzu”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Abzu Fount of all blessings Allow me to stay dry just a few seconds longer As I sit at the edge in a swimsuit, towel slung over my shoulder and my feet dangling in the Slow current Mark the passage between, lands untold Healing, degeneration AndContinue reading “WD 122 “Abzu””
WD 121 “Hungry Ghost”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hungry Ghost Take me home, at last I waited in the wings, posed with claws outstretched Wings ten cubits tip to tip I knew I was too heavy to carry, so I left my body behind A sad memento of futile thinking, underneath a shallow layerContinue reading “WD 121 “Hungry Ghost””
WD 120 “No Sleep”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. No Sleep Keep your eyes peeled Lest the shadows unfuse from the night dark and come upon you Solid vacancy Midnight keeper of a cage full of black birds They don’t really sing. It’s a natural mating call that we compare to music Just like dayContinue reading “WD 120 “No Sleep””
WD 119 “Beginning of Endings”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beginning of Endings When we fall We fall without a word Asteroids dropping white flecks of paints on the blacktop sky A crematorium that scales beyond the weight of a thousand mortal bodies Because things change and they change quickly The Dinosaurs and the titans knewContinue reading “WD 119 “Beginning of Endings””
WD 118 “I Am Viral”
A poem inspired by the Prince of Night Winds. I Am Viral There’s something in your house, screaming into The drains of your empty pipes Carrying a name through the metal vacancy “Walker, hanger, handler” A vista of decaying grass, civil discomfort Steady onslaught of zombie pernacity Till we associate with that sickness more thanContinue reading “WD 118 “I Am Viral””
WD 117 “Bleached Bones”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Bleached Bones Agoraphobia Keep a calm mind Even when the walls of your house begin to melt into spiders I’m feeling your acid rain, on my bare skin Bleaching the nerves white, blank, ghostly Till the sins of childhood are wrung out like a bloody ragContinue reading “WD 117 “Bleached Bones””
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