A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Claude Frollo Say what you mean to me My particles are rippling with the burden of anticipation And antiseptic creams that wash out infections You’re covered in them, blistering beasts of unmatched ferocity The sun sets on you when you like And you’re back to letContinue reading “WD 221 “Claude Frollo””
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WD 215 “Parallax TV”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Parallax TV Like a tree armed with needles A sinister synergy of malice and growth Affixed to the cable lining the sky You keep the elements running through your ley lines A sovereign distraction from the chorus of demons There is Nowhere but up No chainsContinue reading “WD 215 “Parallax TV””
WD 193 “A Command”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. A Command Wash me clean with recollections of A time long past, when things And thoughts were simpler Active but quiet, a fermentation point for vibrating particles Of sand, not yet glass Your waves crashing into my sternum like morning light breaking Juliet’s window A curse,Continue reading “WD 193 “A Command””
WD 191 “Tree Song”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Tree Song I’m dying to arrive In the place I’ve been promised An abstraction of the necessary needs of the flower Minus the sunlight, but rich with fresh water I can generate my own sugar like a Real survivor Just the way you left me RootsContinue reading “WD 191 “Tree Song””
WD 170 “Desert Hermit”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Desert Hermit I bit the tail of the beast of burden Prescribed a sedative to keep him from falling into agony And there was no road ahead that I could use to follow But a trail of scattered locust skins -John the Baptizer The astrologers allContinue reading “WD 170 “Desert Hermit””
WD 150 “Excerpt: The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime”
Greetings! I have another ebook releasing tomorrow. This one is a spinoff set in the same world as “The Kingdom’s Disdain” but its also tangental and works as a standalone story to any who have no prior knowledge of the series. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter, enjoy! And if you like it,Continue reading “WD 150 “Excerpt: The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime””
Feast of Lights (Final)
Chapter 4 And behold, Bal’zomest, the Great Dragon, granted the child’s mothers a glorious gift. Each of the women had a vision, revealing unto them all the wondrous things that the boy was destined to do. However, the mothers were afraid, and prayed and beseeched the dragon, “Please, the things we’ve seen are too greatContinue reading “Feast of Lights (Final)”
WD 83 “Universe”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Universe Tell me who you are Advocate on the stand beside all the witnesses and let The times that were, pass Like rain down a mountainside Once you were a child, now you’re a man Once I was a child and I’m still a child SittingContinue reading “WD 83 “Universe””
WD 48 “Ifrit”
A short story. Ifrit Her stumbling foot caught the edge of the cliff, dragging each scaly under-digit across an anti-smooth plateau of concrete. She tumbled under, liquid flooding her eyes, which turned red as she shut them, and there were no fish. Missiles fell from the sky, sharply, like eggs of the ocean. She tookContinue reading “WD 48 “Ifrit””
WD 46 “Letter Found in a Jacket Pocket”
A verse inscribed in fire and light Letter Found in a Jacket Pocket Bad things achieve immortality sometimes, curse Your red dust, wholeness permeates you Turn me Away, invitingly, Queen of Ants Because each time we accepted that we knew nothing, we understood everything. – I don’t want your car keys (Can’t drive) I don’tContinue reading “WD 46 “Letter Found in a Jacket Pocket””
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