Crack my face with veins of lightning
sparked by spirits bleeding thunder;
dark skies stormy fractal reciting
my destiny's mortal path asunder.
Man made graveyards, broken flesh
line my expressions, skin aging features
too tired and beaten, unable to refresh.
My soul reaching life's deadly creatures.
Battered in gusting winds of deaths decay,
they crawl from wars blood muddied slime,
blow through poverty's alley breezeway
and bury hearts in anguished sublime.
Howling the cities decadent streets
in zephyr's haunting fog misty breeze.
Taking the weakened hearts it beats
making the tired drop to their knees.
Thunderbolts flash in bolts of fire
filling vacuity with evils morbid rain.
Drowning spirits in daunting lost desire,
striking empty tombstone minds
with agonies pain.
Author notes
Prompt is photo:
1. http://media.photobucket.com/image/dark/Apirun/dark01.jpg?o=80
In a list
A contest entry
- Take Me to the Dark Side by Paloszoo.
700 points, ended November 13, 2008, 25 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Wickedly dark the way I like them! Nice! Thanks for entering my contest. I'm honored to have you share your work here. Good luck!
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Nice take! Love the imagery, eerie and chilling air it has. A very strong piece, superbly penned. All the best in the contest
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Creepy!!! Great write! Enjoyed this.
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creepy! good write, dad! have a great Halloween
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Great job, but I was wondering weather you meant to say "Thunderbolts flash in bolts of fire" because thunder is the rumbling sound, and it is the lightning that creates the light..but it could have been your intention...i was just curious...amazing wording though, flows flawlessly with the picture
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I think that thunder is sound and thunder bolts are the lightning,
was trying to use something other than lightning since I used that in the first stanza thunder rumbles thunderbolts flash , I think.
Thank you for the kind words, I am pleased you enjoyed the read
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