As I walk in the shadows
I become part of them
People fear me for my unnatural nature
yet one woman embraced me for who I am
As I keep walking down the alley of shadows
I remember that fateful night that changed my life
I was hunting as I always did during the early morning hours
when no one would hear the screams
I followed a woman with long dark red hair almost black
only illuminated by the street lamps that she passed by...
I hungered and stalked her until she took a shortcut home
unfortunately for her, that shortcut was secluded
She looked like a good catch
and my lurid perverse thoughts took hold
I couldn't stand it much longer
the hunt was coming to a close
I stopped in front of her, waiting patiently for my prey
She stopped and yelped,
and rather than run, which would appease the predator in me
she stared back with very intense green eyes...
The wind blew softly around her dress and my cape
and stilled so that I heard her voice when
she spoke softly:
"Come to me, you look like you could use the warmth of a good woman"
I stared back with incredulity, was she for real?
I glided forward towards her memerizing eyes
She embraced me and her scent filled my nostrils
She whispered "Take your fill, my love"
I couldn't deny my hunger
yet I was puzzled by her willingness to help
when I held her life in my hands
She offered her neck with a graceful gesture
I struck and siphoned off her blood into my body
As I drank and drank
something entered me that was so pure and good
that my mind was brought to tears of joy
my conscience had returned
I released the red haired woman
She fell limply to the ground, not moving
She stared up blankly, and I realized she was dead
I cradled her head in my lap and closed her eyes,
and for the first time in 200 years, I wept for my beautiful victim
Coming out of my memories, I heard a scream
I ran with inhuman speed and caught up with a woman fighting for her life
with one of the creatures that I was, nosferatu, a vampire,
I wretched the creature off of the woman,
sparing a glance at her to make sure that she was ok
I threw the vampire against the wall and held him there
before he was able to move
With one swift thrust, I grabbed his heart
Pulled the dead organ from his body
He screamed and his body turned to ash
I turned and held the organ, ready to throw it away
The woman looked at me in horror and ran
She looked vaguely like my red-haired lady
and the memories threatened to resurface again...
I leapt and ran...
sometimes having a conscience sucked...
but late at night, when no one was around
and my solitude is complete
I howl for my beloved
the red-haired lady that forgave me
when no one else would....
Author notes
I know this is more story form than poetry, but it was dark and I wanted to tell something that was dark and sad, this seemed appropriate...
Blackened Love
A contest entry
- The Birthday Girl is ME and I want Dark Poetry!!! by DarkChildsKiss.
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what a great title. The poem doesn't do it jutice. You should work on layout!
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Thanks for entering my contest, and good luck! This shows obvious effort!
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This is very beautiful. i love it so much there is and creepy feeling to it and i love it soo much great great job! i love it. good luck!
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Thank you for fixing that slight problem. Now.. the poem. It's a very good piece of writing and I truly enjoyed reading it. Vampires have always facinated me, and I love how you created this one to seem to care about his latest victim. This poem shows love in a very subtle way, but it is there. Thank you for entering, best of luck!
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I love vampires.. and this was really great.. but... I was just checking back through everything.. and I realized you didn't read my rules.. (or you didn't care enough to listen to me) so here it is, the Magical dissapearing act! fix it up and re-enter if you want.. READ MY RULES.
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Wow..... You did a great job... Good luck in the contest!
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i like this. its dark and emotional. plus i have a thing for vampires. lol. good luck
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i liked it. very interesting. makes me think of angel... though that's not how he got his soul back. very cool!
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You're right. Who cares that it is more of a story. It is STILL appropriate. I like it. It is very dark. Great imagery. You did a wonderful job writing this!
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nice story
so you are now getting into story poems huh. I liked it alot and i felt the whole story one line after the other brig the story together. well done sweets
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