Another Artistic Thread - POEMS

[Tavernology]

Nicely done, DragonSon & Arcane. Very dark, and very good, Arcane.

[Mr_007]

My is zorro and free world of hand all bads!

[Magic_Midget]

right.....*confuzzled*

[DragonSon]

Here's my submition for a short story...

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Part One

It's always dark around here. The light of decency and basic human morals never seep through the deeper levels of this city. Nothing around here decent human beings would want anything to do with; Sex, debauchery, gambling, sloth, greed. Everything that would make a Priest cringe in disgust. Everything...and I like it. For this is where I thrive.

I step out of the dark doorway from my dank one-room apartment;if you can call this hellhole an apartment. My dark, sweeping trenchcoat and thin, dark raybans hide a figure ravaged by time. My steel-tip boots echoe through the alleys and dead-ends, startling rats and various other street vermin. I pull a vanilla envelope from my inner pocket and stare at the wax seal. Two scythes below the crucifix, the symbol of my kind; Death. I break the seal for my next assignment. Out onto the alley ground falls a picture and a brief bio on my next--victim.

He looks like a cross between the Cript Keeper and Jesse James; feeble,frail, yet beneath that thin exterior lies the heart of a thief and a murderer. His name--James Crandolf. Sins--Murder, extortion...nothing out of the ordinary. Apparently he's locked up in the State Penn., which shouldn't be any problem to get into, seeing as I am Death, and hence, cannot die. As I stuff the information back into the envelope, I enter the city's streets and hale a cab....
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To be continued.....

-DragonSon-

[DragonSon]

Oh, damn. I forgot that Lee had made a Short Story thread, I'll post it there, too.

[Tavernology]

Pretty good. Sounds like my kinda place so far...

[Jedi Gemstone]

hey guys, I haven't got anything new other than this verse I came up with, Spike Milligan gave me the idea for it but here goes -

'Oh I see'
You say with a grin
When really you don't
Your blind
You saying it really
To hush my voice
Quieten my thoughts
And silence my mind.

Its a bit stupid I know but meh.

[Magic_Midget]

ditto tavernology!
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November Rain by Lee

Unforgotten past
Weaving a path of loneliness,
Through the loom of time.

Sanctified moments,
Crossed bitterness and hate,
Crucifying a bleeding heart.

Tearful disdain,
Wrought with sin,
A silver thread knotting with pain.

Uncovered melancholy,
Branded anew with sorrow,
Could there ever be a better....

Tommorow?

[Jedi Gemstone]

Nice poem Arcane, me and Tavernology done this piece together-

So Called Friend

[jedi gemstone]
You criticise me
And deny I exsist
I'm not your friend
Not even the air of mist
Not even the slightest movement in the wind
Just a hollow nothing
Breathing over and over again
Your pain bears upon me
Like a raindrop to a bitter tear
You are the only downfall withered in my life
Like a shivered cold leaf to the sea
Yet I still think you like me
I cant get it in my head
You hate me and dread me instead

[tavernology]
I breathe, I watch, I wait.
Waiting for something, anything, from you.
A kind word, a smile, a look,
Even a glance in my general direction.
As I walk along the hallway,
I think to myself:
Like water to a fish,
I am all around you,
I breathe for you,
Yet you never notice me.
The wind blows, it chills me to the bone.
I am not hollow.
I am not nothing.
I deserve more than this.
I shed a single, solitary tear,
As I realise this is my fate,
This is my destiny:
Anonymity.

[jedi gemstone]
What did I do
That made you hurt so bad
So we began to grow apart
A new person, a new story
A new chapter of your pointless life
One that has no meaning, or no end
It just rots alone in a dusty shelf
I don't comprhend, all my life
But at least I make an effort
Where as you who is scared and afraid
Ignores and just differs
I walk alone,
Thinking again

[tavernology]
Like water to a fish,
You are there, but I cannot notice you,
For I have no need to do so.
To me, you are not real,
So why should I care
About how I make you feel?
Why should I care whether or not you exist?
Like god to an atheist,
To me, you are not there.
I need proof that you exist,
And even if you showed it to me,
I couldn’t care.
I am too wrapped up in my life,
With all it’s intricacies
To notice you.
You never displayed any interest to me,
So why should I notice the difference
Of if you are there or not?
Why should I care about one such as you,
When nobody seems to care about one such as me?

enjoy

[DragonSon]

Anytime you're ready Lee, I'm ready to start working on something with you.

[izchan]

: Heart felt

It comes to mind what is and not
are that which has not been defined
who can say what is right from wrong
when we are the blind man of death
seek the answers of the world
yet refuse to accept it entirely
always seeking a way to break the rules
in which have been for eternity
so here we are child of god
saying that god is but a story
that man is their own master and destiny
where man is the top of the hierachy
oh such vanity
would not see the end day coming
only then would man comprehand
that life is but a journey
a journey to understand
a path to know humility
a road to heaven
or a higway to hells fury
choose now, my fellow friends
for that is our destiny

Enjoy,

[Jedi Gemstone]

Heres a new poem I've been working on-

Loves Oblivion

Lights twinkling
Curse into oblivion
As I fall in to the surrounding darkness
I don't know what to do
With you on my mind
All I want to do is go back
Go back to the past
Go back to those days
Go back to the happiness
Before it all went away

Traveling back now I remember us
You smiling like you always did
Us holding hands in the park
Us, us , us
What happened to us?
Cast into neglect
Along with the light

Without you
I'm standing in the dark
A luminous place
In the light I created
Of what was left in my life
Your picture just there

Your crisp ice eyes
Were I would carefully tread
Seeing your soul

Brown waving hair
Smooth and gentle
I used to play with it
When we was us

I crumple to the floor and stare
I can't get us out of my head
What happened?
Where did we go wrong?
could you tell me where we stand?

Trying to get your entracing vision
Away from me
I shut my eyes your there
I can't escape you

Tender smile
Pearly white teeth
I'm being pulled under again
Bathed in our memories
Lavishing my skin

Reality comes to me and my vision fades
Cast into torture
A sky made out of a dreary fantasy
Rain tips from aloft
What to do now
I just don't know

My dreams have been invaded
Dwindled and faded
Like the stars I wish to be
Cast into the midnight sky
Bringing hope
Bringing smiles
Not bringing depression
Upon my life

I sit alone in our empty house
Its been hollow with lies
Since you walked out
All my friends think I'm satisifed....
They can't see my soul
What would they know?

An everlasting rainfall
A knock on the door
Sad and faded
I wish it would be you

My heart knows not
Which way to turn
Down the path loves a land mine
Tread carefully back to you
I sit alone, not daring to move
In the dark.

hope you guy like it

[Tavernology]

Very good, Jedi.

Anyhow, here's one of the ones I put up at DragonSon's forum thingy:

Impulses

I am no longer in control.
Darkness & Death reign supreme
Within my mind.
They have always been there,
And ever shall.
The Rage grows,
Uncontainable, Uncontrollable.
I cannot control the Rage
Within my mind.
I cannot control the Darkness within my soul.
I close my eyes to try.
My eyes open, the Rage consumes me.
I can smell their fear,
The fear of my victims-to-be.
It sweetens the Blood.
I can hear the screams,
I can feel the snapping of bones.
The snap of a neck in my hands,
The crunch of ribs upon my knee,
I can taste the blood,
I can see the carnage that I make,
I can feel the blood spray across my face.
I smile as a feral animal,
Closing in for the kill,
Their jugulars between my teeth.
I enjoy the destruction that I reap.
I pause. I take a deep breath.
I close my eyes, surrounded by the bodies of the slain.
I open my eyes once again.
I look at my blood-soaked hands.
The blood fades, the vision recedes.
Normality resumes it's course.
The world is whole once more.
The rage has subsided.
I am in control once more.
Everyone is still alive,
None the wiser about how close they came to sweet oblivion.
I contained the uncontainable.
For Now...


Person who spots the homicidal manaic wins a cookie!

[Magic_Midget]

i've been so busy that i forgot the partnership thing...sorry..i'll try to come up with something. But here's a subtle, romantic piece that I made using various photographs plus some words slapped on it.
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[Tavernology]

Very cool, but parts of it are kinda hard to read.

[Magic_Midget]

i always have a problem with that...i think sometimes because people's monitors look different than mine. Thanks for reading though!

[White Raven]

IN PROGRESS

Echoes of unfilfilled lust
Unrelinquished choices
Left in nothing but dust
Frosted windows and fading spring
Failing light
And ashes left in a ring
It's being together in separation
Wanting to express
It all, just to you, my One
And never to let it degress

Had to stop because my Mom made me get off computer...

[EnDurA]

Untitled

When i dream i see you like you used to be
You were mine and mine alone
None spoiled our happiness

But it all seems so different
We've changed, but for better or worse?
I find myself looking at a shadow,
A vague memory of the past
All you are now is a dream

What has happened to you?
What has happened to us?
Will we ever be the same?
But perhaps change is good
But how can something so good taste so sour?

[izchan]

I miss the poem with art thing ... ... it takes more than talent for that, it requires heart ...

Bravo ...

none today, maybe tommorow ...

enjoy.

[Magic_Midget]

Thanks izchan...glad u feel that way!

[Jedi Gemstone]

Arcane, that picture is like breathtaking and that poem is sooooo cute.
Endura and Tavernology good poems guys keep em coming, I always like a good read.
White Rvane can't wait to see the rest of that poem.
Well as for me I ran out of darkness, I aint had many great ideas really that I haven't posted.

[DragonSon]

Here's one I did a few months ago, I don't know if I had posted the poem here, though.

[Tavernology]

DragonSon, that one is very good. You can actually read it, and see the picture well, too. Very nicely done.

[Jedi Gemstone]

Great poem DragonSon.
I've been out of ideas I need some inspiration, well later guys.

[Magic_Midget]

I agree with tavernology!
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...Come Out and Play...? by Lee

Lost in a nonchalant sky
Open to the empty world
I, living in a lie
Victimized by this girl.

So afraid of waking
From harsh reality
Paralyzed inside, but shaking
My hollow eyes weary.

Didn't intend to live in fear
Helpless in my little room
Waiting as my death drew near
Only to have it pass this tomb.

Nights turn into days
But in here, constant darkness
Disillusioned by sorrow that won't fade
An the ever longing bitterness.

"Won't you come out and play?"

That voice echoing down the glass hall
My ears bleed as it bounces off the wall.

I want to run away from her
Or let death take me for sure.

Slipping on broken glass
Falling in a heapless pile
My face turned upward to the young lass
A lifeless face with a smile.

"You lose."

[Tavernology]

Shadows

In this shadowy void,
Darkness & Death rage for supremacy.
An eternal struggle to be embraced,
Unwinnable, Unending, Unbreakable.
Half in love with easeful Death,
Not truly wanting oblivion's sweet embrace,
Not truly wanting nothing,
Not truly wanting anything.
Suddenly the light shines,
Obliterating all doubt.
None of it matters,
Nobody cares about anything.
So I give up, I absolve myself of it all.
I no longer care.
I am free once more,
I am myself again;
Hollow, Empty, Dark, and Meaningless.
I am happier this way.

Silent Xrytizah.

[EnDurA]

Originally posted by [Arcane]
I agree with tavernology!

arcane, you're starting to sound like mr007, are you ok?

[Tavernology]

His sentence makes sense. Read my prior post, if you think it doesn't.

In the meantime, another couple from me...

Desires

Cold & dim,
Shadows of the rising darkness,
Heating my blackest desires,
Rising aroma of dark love.

Silent Xrytizah


Softness

He desires soft love,
Heart hammers.
She will harshly laugh,
Ending man.

Silent Xrytizah


Reality:
You become rampantly desired;
Faceless and longing,
Love's fate sealed by a laugh.

Silent Xrytizah

[EnDurA]

just the "I agree!" bit made me think of 007

[Magic_Midget]

lol....i do agree so much too EnDurA!

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Wheel of Agony by Lee

Not a fleeting moment goes by
When your gnarled face passes through my mind
Your cynical voice playing games in my head
And the feeling of hatred when you're near.

Not a passing day goes by
When I thought we were together
Love was blissful, lasting forever
Pleading it all back now, you just said goodbye.

Not a starlit night passes by
As I stare out the window of shooting stars
The thoughts of you haunting me for afar
Wishing these nightmares would die.

Not a lifetime went when you're still here
Haunting my very conscience with vile hatred
But someday the chain will be broken
And I will make my passing into the next life.

[Pixelcraft]

A poem about what goes on in my head during the average day in school
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What is the arctangent?
What is the life?
Am I the only one here?
What is the arccosine?
What is the soul?
Am I the only one with life in a water tower of blue paint?
What is the arcsine?
What?
Are people ignorant or just careless?
What?
I am not here?
What is the sigmoid of a bleeding brain. ?What:

Flowered infinity is.......?

And the little bird who says hi has disapperead.

Calm down, relax, oh, your brain is not ok!

Or is your brain ok, but your mind astrew what. ???
Will you take you old life and skill with you?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah yes, but it will never turn to dust as long as you still love it.

[Magic_Midget]

questions to life's problems...excellent poem of the mind pixel!
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Headlights by Lee

Nothing was meant to be
The sulking pain that I see
A mentality reared towards depression
Devoting my life to self-degradation.

Of all the paths that lead in
Only two led out, heaven or hell
I could feel death at times so near
The shadows lurking in the walls I fear
But my hope rised everytime the church bells
Rang the tune of angel's cries.

Now silence pervades my dark room
As fears run in circles on impending doom
My eyes see are only a dying headlight
Fading into internal darkness and out of sight.

[Tavernology]

Very nice, Arcane.

[DragonSon]

Damn my inspiration-less ass...

[Magic_Midget]

Usually, you get something to inspire you by reading other's poems, watching a movie, or listening to music. I guess that means I'll post another one.
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Dead Like Me by Lee

Death's presence was near today,
Breathing down my neck, a sly grin,
My soul he wanted to take away,
When my blood met knife and skin.

Uncurled, a laughter filled with delight,
And the blood, slowly draining from me,
My eyes, fading...unable to withold the light,
Visions of fire and brimstone I only see.

Leading me through the maze of lost souls,
Their doomlike gaze as they walk aimlessly,
Frozen, the tears from their heart, so cold,
Too bad we're just passing through purgatory.

Into the fire I envisioned, Death led me,
Agony rose with the smell of decay,
Bearing in mind, the place of insanity,
With the demons handy at bay.

Thrown into the pit of bodies, charred,
Eyeless sockets and sully grin,
My new home, my freedom eternally barred,
Just because of a knife slitting deep into my skin.

[Magic_Midget]

Nocturnal Tears by Lee
You, sending me away
From the light of day
To the end of darkness deep
Carrying the nocturnal tears I weep.

My fragile heart cries
A piece of me dies
Tearing me apart
Stabbing my heart.

Bright stars do fade,
Left with emotional decay,
A bottomless pit of despair,
I don't think no one cares.

As I lay in my bed,
I think of the shit you have said,
Gaze at the stars, I weep,
An hour longer, I now sleep.

[Pixelcraft]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by [Arcane]
[B]questions to life's problems...excellent poem of the mind pixel!

lol thanks!

[Tavernology]

Freedom

This world presses in,
I want to escape.
The way is blocked.
Obstacles I must overcome.
Boundaries I must cross.
Freedom awaits.
The freedom I have chased,
Chased for so long,
Far too long, but I cannot stop.
Especially when I am so close,
So close I can all but taste it.
The taste of freedom lingers,
Like the aftertaste of a lover’s kiss.
I cannot stop now. I am too close.
Freedom shall be mine,
I shall be free of the shackles,
The shackles that you impose on me.
And I shall be free at last.
I will be freed of my prison,
Free of your rules,
Free of your influence,
Free of your interfering,
Freed from you.
You have no Power over me.
I will be a Free Man.



Silent Xrytizah.

In case nobody noticed, I need to move outta home...

[Tavernology]

Honor

Here lies an honorable man,
In a world with no honor.
I once held my honor high
Higher than life, love, or death.
But this world has none.
So what was the point?
There was none.
There never shall be.
I abandoned my ideals.
I abandoned my ideas.
I abandoned myself.
Then you came.
Once blocked by honor.
Once blocked by friendship.
Once blocked by the past.
None of that matters anymore.
I once held my honor close.
Close to my heart,
To the exclusion of many things.
Now that spot is hollowed out.
Should I hold you there instead?
You say the words I long to hear,
But you do not mean them.
You say you do. You may believe this.
But I know that you do not.
What have I done to deserve this?
I do not know. I wish I did.
If I did, I would do it a thousand times;
More if need be.
Just so that you would feel the same.
But I know that you do not.
Once this would have bothered me,
Excluded you from my heart,
But I no longer care.
I shall let this play continue,
To the end of this act,
It shall suffice for now.
I need something. I know not what.
You are here. That shall suffice for now.
In a world with no honor.



Silent Xrytizah.

[izchan]

:Silent

Silently I sit by the corner
looking as life passes by
moving from future to past
never bothered to ask
if I ever wanted to be
where I am today

Silently accepting
that which I am not part of
being the characther my script requires
a puppet in the grand design
doing and undoing that which I dont understand
an idiot with an unused brain

So I sit by these unheard cries
singing my silent death
pacing into the path of no return
time takes a way the pain I endure
and places my existing on a slab
with my name slowly fading away
eventually ignored and forgotten
just another thread
in the pattern of the living

am silent and recuperating within the borders of my room. Sick and slow in everything now, hope to talk to you guys later. OK?

enjoy.