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Jul 2018 · 105
Who Walks
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Somewhere there are those
Who walk the stars
As we may walk the Earth
Our many worlds that shine like
Grains of sand
Upon their shore

All spiral round a deep abyss
A mimicry of nothingness
I wonder what may walk
Beyond that veil of nevermore

How sharper than a serpent's tooth
This optical illusion is
And deep beyond the veil
How brighter than a thousand stars

The deepest darkest mystery
The turning point
The sanctuary
Who walks the narrow way?
Is there a door beyond the door?
Jul 2018 · 338
*
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
*
I am
        the only
one who can
pass judgment on
myself and perhaps I
shall choose to suspend
judgment for the time being

they may judge my shadow
I am an illegible book
with many covers
I am lightning
in the dark
I am the
mind
*
Jul 2018 · 420
All-One-Mind
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Anything you wish to find
Find it in the all-one-mind
Fear and anger, love and laughter
Little circuits weave and bind

Everything we have entwined
Echoes in the all-one-mind
Demons swinging from the rafters
All our chimaeras combined

Rising on a feedback loop
Too recursive to recoup
Ever louder, ever dafter
Too far to recall the troops

In the all-one-mind they say
Nothing ever goes away
Here shall live foreverafter
Every web we weave today
Jul 2018 · 190
Light
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
If the Moon were always bright
On the side which faces Earth
It never would cast any light
On the rest of the Universe

But if the Moon should face the Sun
And shine its light back to the void
Then we would only see it when
Its shadow falls upon the world
Jul 2018 · 159
Default
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
If evil is
The default state
Then good is only
A byproduct
Of evil
Which life
Works
To create
Jul 2018 · 608
Unnamed
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Secret, all the world's a secret
All the world's a whisper game
Sometimes I wonder about all the
Things that people never say

The king who murdered for the crown
The queen who drove him to the deed
The rook who speaks no words and only
To the lonely seems to scream

The bishop's shadow of a doubt
The knight's pusillanimity
The little pawn who'd wear that crown
And wreak her vengeance as the queen

Secret, all the world's a secret
All the world's a whisper game
Whence and whither
Hie thee hither
To the king without a name
Jul 2018 · 847
Journey
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
How she wondered
What they knew
Full of questions
Like a fool

Lady Moon
Lady mirror
Didn't know if
They could hear her

Man of faith
Hand of God
Drew her from the
Chariot

Cold justice like a
Tolling bell
As death came down
For someone else

A lady by the
Starry shore
The dreamy land of
Nevermore

But just as soon
As she'd begun
She stared up once more
At the Sun

Stellar spectre
Fair reward
Chariot
Man of God

Lady Earth
Lady Moon

and the Journey
of the Fool
Jul 2018 · 152
Uncertainty
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
The more I look around
The more I am persuaded
That uncertainty is
The true meaning of life
Jul 2018 · 94
Who Knew
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
I think you knew
Long time ago
They thought you knew
And now they know

Where would means wouldn't
Yes means no
We know who knew
I think you know
Jul 2018 · 109
Forgiveness
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
If I let go of my guilt
Does that harm someone
Can anything ever
Be undone

If I sit here
And torture myself
That only teaches me to torture
Someone else

Better if I
Let it go
Don't do it again
I already know

Wouldn't the world
Be much more fun
If we could forgive
Everyone?
Jul 2018 · 285
Order
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
within  
chaos  *so    
logical   +   neat    
ordered    &    regular    
obsessive    -    compulsive  
knock   5             times
2795 0 2884 19 716
0%       chaos
within
order
Jul 2018 · 639
Return
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
So many demons
Have left             my soul
I   gave        them         away
To   the rest            of the world
I   shared        my shadows
With you                all
And they return
As wonder
As love
Jul 2018 · 180
Angels
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Who are we
Are we demons
Are we angels
Are we gods

No

If we were demons
We would forgive ourselves

If we were angels
We would forgive one another

If we were gods
We would know
Who we are
Jul 2018 · 101
Eye
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Eye
The wheel turns
Around me
I am still
Tranquil
In the
Eye
Jul 2018 · 187
Alive
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
I have met
Monsters
In the shadows
Of my soul

In darkness
Known

Alive
I have never been
Alone

I love
I hold
Them close

And know
There is
No one
Who deserves no
Love
Jul 2018 · 144
?D
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
?D
In 3D
I stand behind a tree
In 2D
The tree is a part of me
In 1D
There is nowhere else to be
In 4D
What else would I see?
Jul 2018 · 124
No Soul
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Only darkness
All around
No sound

Only darkness
Shall remain
No pain

Only darkness
Fills the sky
No eyes

Only darkness
Shall enfold
No soul
Jul 2018 · 233
Curiosity
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Every day we send another million
Letters to the stars
Meaning them for one another
Always so surprised how far

All our light and sound can travel
Our radio and TV
Every day we throw another million
Bottles in the sea

Will the others read our messages
And learn about our ways?
Will they know us in the night?
Will they seek us in the day?

Do they go about their lives
Without curiosity
Never looking in the bottles they find
Floating in the sea?

Or perhaps they have already found
Our pretty little sphere
Maybe they already know
Maybe they're already here

For sometimes we send out letters
Hoping they will find and read
We have shown them the whole world
In a dandelion seed

Even if they never find us
Even if they cannot read
They will understand one thing about us:
Curiosity

Even if we never find them
Listening among the stars
We'll never stop sending messages
For that is who we are.
Jul 2018 · 247
Iron
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Magnetic
You flow in our veins
Molten
You fill our world
Bound
You make strong the chain
Unburned
You have stolen the fire from your star
And laid it at our feet
Jul 2018 · 283
Rainbow
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
She walked right through a rainbow
Sparkling veil of mist and light
And though she was a part of it
All that she saw was white

She walked all the way through the storm
Turned to face it again
And saw the dazzling beauty
That lit up the falling rain
Jul 2018 · 338
Soliloquy
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Some people say we all must know
Exactly who we are
Though all I know is what I am
All reincarnate stars

I cried, I lied, I almost died
Trying to define myself
But I am just the Universe
Talking to itself
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
They twinkle like a glockenspiel
Sparkle in pairs a sky apart
The signs and symbols in the wheel
But one sign has no counterpart

The one who steps down from the North
Where arrows sail and eagles twirl
By ancient power to bring forth
His shadow from the underworld

And lo, although the sky has turned
The shadow waits so close, so far
To reach up when the Sun returns
And take hold of our shining star

Although they each may hold the Moon
Our star shall grace only the one
And still the other every June
Stands reaching for the midnight Sun
Jul 2018 · 262
H☉♆ M₳n¥?
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
H☉♆ m₳n¥ wonδeπ who ☨hεy arε?
H☉♆ m₳n¥ wonδeπ how ₳nδ why¿
Aπε wε a⋮l maδe ☉f thε s₳me s☨ars?
Aπε wε a⋮l paπt ☉f thε s₳me sκy?

H☉♆ m₳n¥ dimεn∮ion∮ aπe thεre?
H☉♆ m₳n¥ theη m₳y we ☨r₳ver∮e?
I∮ ☨hεrε ano☨hεr Eaπt⊩ somεwhere¿
I∮ ☨hεrε ano☨hεr Un↑vεrse¿

W⊩₳t δo ♆e kn☉w ♭ut w⊩a☨ we fεel?
W⊩₳t ⋮iςht pπo♩ect∮ t⊩is s⊩adow s⊩o♆?
H☉♆ d☉ wε kno♆ t⊩at t⊩i∮ is rεal?
H☉♆ d☉ wε kno♆ wε'll e∇eπ kno♆?
Jul 2018 · 223
Totality
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
The Moon may cast a million shadows
On us falls the deepest one
Past the halo our own Earth glow
Casts our shadow on the Sun
Jul 2018 · 3.1k
Dark Was the Night
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
The Peacock and the Necromancer
Dance upon the sky
Their light lives on beyond the stars
The thousand staring eyes

We show them where to find us
From Bridgeport to Camelot
We tell them our dark secrets
And we send them our bright thoughts

We flash our golden feathers
And we sing our pretty words
So they will see us, notice us
So that we can be heard

When every other edifice
And evidence is gone
They walk the dark ahead of us
Where our song shall play on
Jul 2018 · 667
Chain
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
There is an animal inside
Intuitive and powerful
Irrational and dangerous
But animals are beautiful

Sometimes we keep it on a chain
In a vain attempt to control
Discrediting half of the brain
Imprisoning half of the soul

But we've been animals for years
And logic is still new to us
I am not sure we understand
What doing this can do to us

Sometimes the animal grows cold
Refuses to cooperate
It will not do what it is told
It turns to anger and to hate

Sometimes the animal grows numb
If it becomes too deeply bored
Lets go of hope and joy and love
Refusing to dream anymore

Sometimes the animal grows strong
And takes control of the whole brain
Runs rampant, pulling us along
Headlong it drags us by its chain
Jul 2018 · 1.1k
The Observer Effect
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
What would we create if we didn't
Care how others saw our art?
Would we write the exact same poems
Were we not collecting hearts?
Sometimes I really wonder
Whether what I say would be more true
If what I wrote were just for me
And not to share with all of you

We know when we are being watched
And it makes us act different
Instead of simply doing, being
Now we try to represent
This goes not just for humans
But for subatomic particles
I read about it in some kind of
Scientific article

How many eyes are watching me
And altering the way I act?
I hide in a cube in 3D
Somewhere it is a tesseract
Sometimes it's much more fun
To think about this process in reverse
I stare into the starlit sky
And rearrange the Universe
Jul 2018 · 174
Electric
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Dissect a sentence and collect the nectar
Sift the syllables like a prospector
Weave a web of vectors and connectors
Dialectic effecters connect all sectors
Decks of detectors
Refractors and reflectors
Let the next generation necromancer
Reflect inflect project effect
a reverie
a revenant
an indirect electric spectre
Jul 2018 · 273
Message
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Everything sends its own message
Even if we cannot hear
Light and sound and information
Even if it seems unclear

Everything sends its own message
Even if it says nothing
Nothing is a message too
It says "I have nothing to say"

Everything sends its own message
I am no exception
If you think that I have said nothing
That's a misperception

Everything sends its own message
Writ in flesh and blood and fire
Even a lie is information
Tells the world "I am a liar"

Everything sends its own message
And of this you can be sure
Behind every single message
Is at least one messenger

Everything sends its own message
Waves that move from place to place
We are all part of the message
We are made of the same waves
Jul 2018 · 182
< - - - - - - - - - - NO
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
no                          no
     no                no
          no      no
              NO
      ­    no      no
     no                no
no                         no

WAY - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
Jul 2018 · 166
Ghosts
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
This day and age
Much emphasis is placed
On our words
On the things we choose to say
As word by word we edit and erase
As one by one we give our words away

No matter where you look there is an eye
No matter where you turn there is an ear
The Internet remembers what you say
It fills us all with so much hope and fear

It watches us, this thing without a face
A million faces, frightful chimaera
Divides us by our age, our ***, our race
As if that could make the picture clearer

Now that our ghosts are made of ones and aughts
Do we remember who we were before
We gave the aether all our half baked thoughts
The ghosts that we will be remembered for
Jul 2018 · 129
Animal
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
We act as if what's rational
Should always have complete control
But when it comes to survival
How we cling to the animal
Jul 2018 · 155
Curiosity
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Hold it above your head
Walk through the street
No one looks
It's already been seen
But if you hold it
Behind your back
Curiosity
Like you've never seen
Jul 2018 · 96
Human
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
How would you react
If you saw a UFO?
That is how you would react
If you should see my soul

Sometimes I feel so alien
I don't know what I'm doing
The irony is this is what
Makes me so very human
Jul 2018 · 246
v
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
v
do you feel          how I feel
like you're not quite          sure what's real      
do you think          like I think
two metronomes          just out of sync
   do you know         what I know
     can you see         into my soul
shades and shadows          smoke and mirrors
say the          word
I'll make it          clearer...
^
Jul 2018 · 94
Teach
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
What is darkness?
Teach me with your light
What is waking?
Teach me with your night
If we were not afraid
There would be little meaning to the phrase
It's going to be alright
Jul 2018 · 170
Scroll
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
We do not read things anymore
We scroll and scroll and scroll
I wonder what was in those scrolls
And if we'll ever know
v
<>
v
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
I think I saw a diamond
Just a twinkle, just a flash
I do not know, I scrolled right past
Sometimes I think I scroll too fast
v
v
v
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
scroll
scroll
scroll
v
v
v
scroll
scroll
scr­oll
Now it's all been said and told
The scrolls have all been read and rolled
Lo and behold
I did not understand
A single word
Jul 2018 · 344
Star Crossed
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
There was a little weaver long ago
Who wove her warp and weft upon the shore
Upon the other side a love long lost
The river was too deep for her to cross

Upon the seventh day, the seventh Moon
The little weaver stepped back from her loom
She ran to the river to meet her love
Where black and white birds circled up above

She saw him waiting on the other shore
So close to her, and yet so very far
There was no bridge, and she began to cry
She wished upon the stars that she could fly

The circling birds took notice of her prayer
And one by one they came down from the air
Row upon row, the black-white rustling wings
Over the river softly whispering

The moment she believed her blurry eyes
She ran upon light feet into the sky
Higher and ever higher did she ride
Over the bridge and down the other side

At last she and her lost love could be near
On feathered feet she flitted without fear
Across the sky she ran the narrow way
To meet the one she loved for just one day

She floated gently to the starry shore
And there she saw the man who she adored
Her heart was whole, her love no longer lost
Her stars fell from the sky no longer crossed

She ran into his arms and wept with joy
An endless love which time could not destroy
For still we tell the story of their love
Where the world turns on the wing of the dove
Jul 2018 · 151
Alone
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
If I could reach out
Connect to all of you alike
Weave the world into one web
Then I could never run away again

If I could mould you
Into one whole
Where could I go
To be alone
Jul 2018 · 129
I Spy
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Nothing is real but what's before my
Eyes
And all the other points of view are
Lies
They say that there are other worlds but
I
Don't think so, I'm not looking at the
Sky
Jul 2018 · 437
Empire
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
ce Mercredi
après midi
ceux-ci sont les États-Unis

notre pays et sa genèse
c'etais dix-sept cent soixante-seize

rouge sur la rouge pour liberté
et pour la blanc l'égalité
le bleu a dilué le thé
notre version de la vérité

le monde reste mobile
et sur l'empire
le soleil se couche t'il
Jul 2018 · 229
apple
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
tree
light with flowers
hope
heavy with apples
joy
Jun 2018 · 1.7k
The Vulture
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
The vulture is a peaceful bird
She watches, circles patiently
Waiting for life to become death
So she can gather what she needs

The vulture does not maim or slay
And causes neither harm nor strife
She walks in the shadow of death
And so turns death back into life
Jun 2018 · 238
Sail
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
I cannot see beyond the waves
This does not mean I am afraid
For there are deeper storms than these
And I have sailed much darker seas
Jun 2018 · 145
Twice the Number
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
One small step forward
Two steps back
Three steps behind
The man in black

If man is five
And God is seven
Ride a ladder
Up to Heaven

Eleven balances the force
And thirteen rides
On a pale horse

After the lightning
Seventeen
Falls to the sea
Don't say --
Jun 2018 · 163
Uncensored
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
I can say anything I want to say
And you can keep yourself from hearing
But you cannot stop me from speaking

I have a voice
And you can block it out
Cover people's ears with tape
But I can say anything I want to say
Jun 2018 · 203
Life
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
Life has claws
Life has teeth
Life is a conqueror
Life is a thief

Life is blood
Life is joy
Life is wild
Nothing is free
Jun 2018 · 167
Winding Road
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
Life is incredibly confusing and complicated and scary
We are able to go on living because we are
Clever and courageous and strong
It's OK to admit sometimes that life is difficult
Sometimes we don't know what it means
Or if it's worth it to find out
But still we keep trying
Not because life is easy or straightforward or clean
But because there is no sense in not trying
If you are already falling
You might as well try to fly
And sing your own song all the way to the ground
Jun 2018 · 148
Cannibal Hydra
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
O if we could only see
How much we need each other
Would we still spend our precious time
Trying to defeat each other?

The cannibalism won't stop
Till all of us are dead
Humanity is like a hydra
Eating its own head
Jun 2018 · 165
Country
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
You love your country
I'm sure that you do
I'm sure they all loved
Their countries too

You love your country
That's how you explain it
You love your country
And I love my planet
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