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Call of Cthulhu...

Among the stars of this death's head night
Their crystal hard light defined
And reaches beyond this veil
Where hell gathers in the shadows
Necrotic thoughts that twist like worms
In tattooed pentagrams on smoking flesh
Where carved upon this mausoleum
As the dead gather for their passover
And still there is no help at hand
The damned have no rite of passage

The end is so very near

When the moon falls into ruin
And clouds boil in hellish flight
Azrael will point the way down
Through burning gates
The dogs of war will snarl and howl
Still tethered to their leash
Apocalyptic prophecies will speak
In tongues of fiery retribution

This world will fall without grace
The mountains will crumble into dust
The seas will turn to blood and boil
As fiery lakes consume the unwary
The damned and righteous alike
Will wail and beg to the stars
So diamond hard and without soul
Watching impassioned by the calling
That gathers between the ethers
Numbing planets and moons in its wake
For time is fast disappearing

Thunder and lightning fill the skies
As fire falls like a curtain
A blanket inferno that burns into the soul
Where the crucified wail in mocking silence
And the sun becomes a black cloth
The prophecy written in that book of doom
This nether world
Abbadon beckons to the call

The sacred call of Cthulhu

So begineth the death knoll
A tolling of voices damned
Through a blind light
And in nights decline
The beggar and fool alike will burn

With the call of Cthulhu
the call of Cthulhu
the call of Cthulhu...

Author notes

inspired in part by Cradle of Filth's "Cthulhu Dawn" & the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, loremaster extraordinaire...

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  • rrw gold member
    October 22

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    It's some great story telling going on here... and to me seems to be very inspired by H.P. Very specific imagery that also gives off a Revelation's style feel. Specific wording and rhythm really hits this one out of the park for me... I can visualize the burning hell end to all humanity. Here's some of the images that stuck to my brain:


    The dogs of war will snarl and howl
    Still tethered to their leash
    Apocalyptic prophecies will speak
    In tongues of fiery retribution

    The sounds that you incorporate in this really drive the horror home.


  • Shantti silver member
    September 17

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    Wow, this had me in awe all the way through. I love the rythem and context and suspense weaved here. Definately has it's darkside. I love it! Thank you for entering my contest


  • CentrifugalCorpse
    June 23

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    This is strangly close to Cradle Of Filth's "Cthulhu Dawn" (coincidence?)

    Well-penned & amazing imagery.
    Great job.
    Thanks for entering & good luck.


  • branislawa
    December 17, 2007

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    Wow, I am generally not a fan of very dark poetry so I did find this a little creepy, but I must say this was amazing! Your description was so vivid and serious that I could probably take your poem to be fact!


  • PerfectImperfection
    December 17, 2007

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    A very nice addition to the contest! Dark, and creatively so... Nice use of description and imagery throughout. Thank you for the entry!


  • Aodes
    September 21, 2007

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    sounds like the beckoning of a very harsh and hellish prophesy...

    I can only imagined hell gathering to punish the damn. It's very vivid and fiery. But yet I still hope for the words and ideas to be better phrased, to convey more meaning and burning intensity. Something that makes the reader feel the crush of the brimstone upon his soul, rather that merely observing a brilliant inferno.


  • Puking Faerie Dust gold member
    September 20, 2007

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    This was very detailed, I like that. it showed a very vivid picture of humanity/mankind today, and it's dreadful end (which I think will come very soon, and just as painful as you wrote it). Although I don't know what Cthulhu means, I thought this was great. I almost pictured Cradle of Filth singing this (hopefully that's a compliment to you)
    Good luck
    Jeanette*~

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