Aestheteka
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| subject: Dark & Esoteric Poetry - 'While he can" & &qu |
posted: Apr 26, 06 4:35 am  |
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[u:2cba3e2734][b:2cba3e2734]While He Can [/b:2cba3e2734][/u:2cba3e2734]
A man wakes in the night, in his bed, sweaty, hot and flustered.
His heart thumps loudly against his ribs and his head throbs.
His palms are clammy and there is no breeze
Nothing to cool or refresh.
The door to the room is closed but there is another door, a new door, slightly ajar
From behind, light streaks through and entices
The man strains to extricate himself but finds his legs wrapped and trapped in the sodden sheets
He can hear sounds coming from behind the new door
The sound of clashing and screaming, the litany of war and violent struggle
The man can hear others breathing in his bed chamber
And that noise contrasts with the urge to lunge, naked and wanting into the awaiting strife
A familiar sign comes to his mind, one of his own devising
But he dismisses it as self-fulfilling
The man lays back in the damp confines of slumber and sleeps with troubled dreams
While he can.
[u:2cba3e2734][b:2cba3e2734]Waiting[/b:2cba3e2734][/u:2cba3e2734]
We await the end, knowing.
To have been and seen
the Glory that was and could be again
too far, now, from our grasp
having turned ourselves from the light and spurned that radiant violence.
To have questioned one unique in his opinion
To have questioned for the sake of our souls - forever lost
Worthless drapes encased in frames less than mortal.
To look up and see what could have been, in his mind
Not real, but an infectious ideal
A dream coveted by the monster that sloths its way through seven and ten
To question again. Regrets?
Perhaps a longing for what could never have been.
But, still, what does he want with the souls?
We lost but I fear for the winners and what awaits...
I have several poems and several short stories (one novella length) along with a few free screenlays of mine at my site: http://www.aestheteka.com/dark_fiction.htm
Your feedback on my work would be appreciated |
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