Reflection
My mind
My soul
Raging fire
disoriented
Memories of pain
and hatred
wondering
What's next
emotion
strange
The past
It hurts
Still
Love
What is it
Unseen
not shown
Waiting
Drawn out
Anxiety
Future uncertain
Heaven unattainable
Paradise lost
Life
So strong
too long
When can it end?
Seduction
A wrenching twist
My hollow body
Lifeblood flowing
Anger, Hatred, Stinging
Pain
Can the flood be stopped
To do so is foolish
It will come again
Empty blackness surrounds
me
It beckons with evil desire
Hold back!? give in?
A million opposing forces
Shred flesh and bone
and More, much more
A macabre seduction
by an evil wraith
with unknown purpose
It draws me in
like a beautiful dream
It's not like that
It's a loving kiss
by a putrefied corpse
but it holds me fast
and feeds on my soul
The
Storm Within
The stinging rain comes
like needles
Rushing torrents of water
and noise
These things pale before
the storm within
Underneath the placid blue
pools
are a sound and fury that rage deafeningly
Fears, Dreams, and an Insatiable
Appetite
waging war for control
The gatekeeper must not
surrender control
but cannot balance the three forever
Breaking through the rain
into the light
The light is a soothing
caress
But it can bring no relief
Shadow Land
There is a swirling mass
Multi-colored hustle and
bustle
To disguise the games of
children
Into the dealings of industry
From the negative land
The shadows observe
Seeing through the masquerade
And smiling grimly
Liberation
A flight of fancy
on gossamer wings
Above the deep ocean
of the purest blue
Gazing into the waters
longing to know them
Intercepted in flight
ensnared and tumbling
A dark cloud surrounds
it penetrates to
the core
Surrendering to despair
feeling enslaved
like the rest
Yet, there is another
fliying above the
deep
We touch, I am restored
darkness shattered
All that remains is a longing
to spread my wings
again
Copyright@1997 by Kevin
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