Sick of the illusions stained in my soul
Nights I lie wishing
To be slain by the ticking pendulum
for one breath to be slaughtered away in time
Bleed away the drips of water from my eyes
Hoping to ghost away
To vanish from present, past, future
for a second breath to be gone from all time
Go ahead and butcher my dreams
But your insults will only dissipate through deaf ears
On either side of an empty skull
the third breath was murdered before your time
Author notes
was inspired by music... Staind has an album called Illusion or something like that and Nightwish has a song called The Poet and the Pendulum. My muse took over from there. Hope you like it.
A contest entry
- Already On My Favorites List by Ted E Bare.
400 points, ended October 17, 30 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think... And be honest
Comments
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I can tell it was influenced alright by something since I know you personally! I think I have those cd's and of course Nightwish courtesy of you. Think this had some life situations influencing this as well. I want to thank you for your entry into the following contest: "Already On My Favorites."
Ted E
PS: Your entry has been blessed by the three wise clappers, but don't spend the whole nine points in one place(lol)!
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I like this. you have amazing talent...
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