poking the nose out of the skull hole
sniffing, sniffing
drawing information from the night air
the avatar issues forth on its ineffable mission
sent to do by proxy
for which the master longs
but to which He cannot lower Himself
therefore the servant hunger
awakens, arises to feed.
alighting on the back of innocence
white feathers ripped free by the angry hands
of a vengeful wind
the dove bursts into motes
spraying its blue gnostic lifeblood against
the hide of the hunter
and its teeth gape wide to suck the cloud down.
it swirls above the sidewalk
knifeblade wings unfurled
the walker continues unawares, ignorant and blind
oh how the watcher wishes for a body
but it feels the Master's eye upon it
and, instead of striking,
wheels for home.
Author notes
Another thing pulled from my journal. This is about my closest "bodiless friend," Blood-in-the-Fog. Definitely a Voices/Crazy-option piece.
A contest entry
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Comments
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This is a really cool poem. I could feel the anger and pain in this piece. I enjoyed the read!!! Thank you for entering my contest
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This was really good.
A lovely dark write. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for entering and best of luck to you in my contest.
Vampy -
This is a wonderful dark and lovely
story.....
sometimes less is best when un-ravelling
dark tales.....it allows the reader
to fill in the darkness ....
and you the writer....to pull them in...
not using all the words...
readers will instinctively fill in the
blanks....which is very creepy
and disturbing.
the old adage : less is best
truly applies to great dark writes.
I think you have a fabulous foundation
for a truly wicked and delightful
dark story!
flamesdragoness
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