O, sweet dark harbringer of death,
I welcome you with open arms;
Exhaling my last ragged breath,
Succumbing to your fatal charms.
Lying, mouldering in my grave,
I remember your last caress
Bringing the solitude I crave
After a life lived to excess.
Blessed is death's peace and quiet
When compared to life's shrill riot.
Author notes
Image source: http://media.photobucket.com/image/scythe%20death/Chickaroo2/deathscythe.jpg
A contest entry
- It’s a CREEPY Dark Rounds Contest by Paloszoo by Paloszoo.
1200 points, ended July 11, 42 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Lovely! DOn't you just love this picture? Your poem does it great justice, sweetie! Thanks for entering my contest and showing your work here. It's an honor to read it
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Thank you very much. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. I like that kind of art alot but always find it difficult to write poetry about it. You strained my brain a bit with this one.
Your Old Crow
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Creepy Is good and you hav pulled this off with much creepiness
Love the entire piece cannot choose a favourite part
Wishin you all the best In the contest
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Thanks. I am glad you liked it. I have been wanting to get away from dark tales of murder, mayhem and depression, but I have not been able to do that lately.
Mike
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Nice, rhymes really well. "mouldering in my grave"..that's a heck of an image. Good luck.
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Thank you very much for reading this one. I am glad you enjoyed it. I tried to put alot of imagery into this one and say what I had to say.
Mike
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Interesting .
Your rhyming is very good. To some this is how they see death. It is an interesting point of view. A little too dark for me though. I tend to look at the positive side. It's through shareing and reading others thoughts that a person is able to see other aspects of life and death.
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All my poems rhyme, but i have a diverse array of subjects. Unfortunately, many of the contests that have entered lately have been dark ones. I mostly tend to have a postive outlook too. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Mike
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this is really good. I like how you wrote it. I wish you the best of luck !keep up your good work.
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I am glad you enjoyed this. I have been trying to get away from my darker side lately. However, some of the more interesting contests lately have been dark. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Mike
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Darkly creepy...
Yet, wonderfully written, I really enjoyed reading this amazing poem. Best wishes to you, and keep your muse's pen flowing, Poet!! 
Peace,
xx Cyn xx
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Thank you very much for reading and commenting on my poem. Honestly, when I sat down to write this, I had no idea where it was going. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Mike
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Shoot!
I loved that! "Lying, mouldering in my grave" what a way to describe a corpse's activity. I love the word choice, and the overall effect is wonderful. kudos! -
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I am glad you enjoyed it. I didnt realize it at the time but I think I lifted that line from from an old Union Civil War hymn about John Brown. It must have been in the back of my mind when I wrote it.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Mike
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