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848 · Sep 2023
Illusion
Ciel Noir Sep 2023
some light is reflected
some light shines right through

I am the illusion
of not being you

we see our own soul
and not what really is

we walk in the shadow
of all that exists
841 · Jul 2018
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
840 · Oct 2018
Bluer than Blue
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
Shorter wavelength,
Bluer hue
Shouldn't violet be
Bluer than blue?
We can't see ultraviolet
So instead
We pick up shorter waves
As blue and red
We think of color as a wheel
But color is the way light feels
It looks so real
But in our heads
Bluer than blue is blue and red
806 · Jan 2024
Another Name
Ciel Noir Jan 2024
I know that you are not
"the one"
I know this is not real

It isn't really about you
It's just the way I feel

I tell myself this time is different
this time you are right

But I am chasing the same shadow
through a different night

I never get used to the pain
the pain
the same **** pain

I know you will break the cycle
I know you will break the chain

And tomorrow I will run from you
But it will be the same

The same sorrow
The same pain

Same shadow
Another name
806 · May 2018
Demons
Ciel Noir May 2018
I know you think about it
Every day
I wish that I could chase your
Demons away
But who would I be
Enamored of?
Your shadow is
The one I love

The things you try to  
Sublimate
I find very easy
To relate
Your shadow self
Has such a hold
Over your heart
And both our souls
787 · Aug 2018
Dream
Ciel Noir Aug 2018
If life is a dream,
Then who am I?
Can I be seen?
Do I have eyes?
Can I speak?
Do I ask why?
What strange stars
Light up my sky?

If life is a dream,
Then what is death?
Where do we go?
What comes next?
When I wake
Will I forget?
I'm not ready
To wake up yet
779 · Apr 2019
petals
Ciel Noir Apr 2019
my thoughts are drifting
wandering
dancing like petals on the wind
they climb the sky
and fly wherever
ride the timeline
like a river
776 · Oct 2018
Dragons
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
A dragon deep inside, it's true
I know you are a dragon too
And when we do what dragons do
I feel that savage part of you

All woven up in twisted seam
Waiting in darkness deep, unseen
So civilized, that's how we seem
But we are dragons when we dream
765 · Apr 2019
Imagine That
Ciel Noir Apr 2019
What if you felt no more shame
Imagine that

What if you just loved yourself
The way you are
Imagine that

What if you forgave yourself
Imagine that

I hope you are kind enough
To let yourself
Imagine that
747 · Dec 2018
Measure
Ciel Noir Dec 2018
when you measure yourself

against another
remember

that

Everyone has secrets
746 · Mar 2019
forgive
Ciel Noir Mar 2019
forgive
the way a tree
forgives

it never judged you
to begin with
742 · Oct 2018
Sacré-Noir
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
interdimensionnel
  infini                     éternel
                 ça gravite                               fusionnelle                 
une orbite                                    arc-en-ciel  
tous les ondes                                    rayonnant        
tous les mondes                               scintillant           
                    éternel                     comme espoir       
dans le ciel sacré-noir
738 · Jul 2018
Starry Night
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
☆one☆ starry ★night★
☆falls☆     the way it     ★falls★
☆into☆                                   ★into★
☆life☆       is the mirror of      ★death★
☆+☆                                                    ★+★
☆life☆ rides on the heels of ★death★
☆=☆                                         ★=★
☆not☆ conquered ★not★
★☆yet★☆
★living★ follow ☆dead☆
★+★                                          ☆+☆
★from★  the void they walk    ☆from☆
  ★the★                                                   ☆the☆
★darkness★  marches out into the   ☆light☆
★...★                                                       ☆...☆
★into★     the void they walk     ☆into☆
★the★                                  ☆the☆
★light★ within ☆dark☆
★☆they★☆
☆fall☆wide★open★
☆circle☆ the one ★flower★
☆in☆                                           ★in★
☆the☆ centre of the great wheel ★the★
☆                                                                 ★
☆darkness☆ which is filled with ★light★
☆where☆                                      ★where★
☆death☆ follows on the heels of ★life★
☆=☆                                     ★=★
☆not☆ yet reborn ★not★
☆★yet☆★
★dead★ or ☆alive☆
★+★                                 ☆+☆
★light★    finds its    ☆darkness☆
★falls★  the way it always  ☆falls☆
★back★                                ☆back☆
★to★                                 ☆to☆
★one★ starry ☆night☆
732 · Mar 2021
Fortress
Ciel Noir Mar 2021
I built a fortress for my soul
a place where no one else can go
to keep me safe from everyone
a place where I can be alone

but now that no one else is here
I am alone with all my fear
and in my fortress where I hide
there is a monster
deep inside
732 · Oct 2018
Hourglass
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
tick tock tick tock                                 second hand
just another                                       grain of sand
tick tock tick tock                       seconds pass
which grain                                   of sand
will be                                   the last?
spilling                    falling
like a fountain
sand
turns
    back    
   into a mountain
  all until  the glass is filled
and there is     nothing left to spill
tick tock tick tock                 seconds pass
like a river                               smooth as glass
tick tock tick tock                             second hand
where the water                                meets the sand
718 · Sep 2018
The Dark
Ciel Noir Sep 2018
shades and shadows all around
watching when the Sun goes down
all the darkness of the night
  leads us to  an inner light
                       understanding     who we are                              
            written out      between the stars  
       in the lines     upon our hands
reading patterns in the sand          
  in the crystal            in the yarrow
in the tea leaves             in the Tarot        
   answers in the            form of riddles
      something missing            in the middle              
                         priestesses            and necromancers          
     asking oracles            for answers        
        we believe            we see a spark
  but we are shining in the dark
711 · Aug 2019
Bridge
Ciel Noir Aug 2019
there is a river
deep as the sea
wild as the moonlight
naked and free

rush in the darkness
quick as a wish
just out of my reach
up here on the bridge
707 · Jun 2022
Understood
Ciel Noir Jun 2022
I like being understood by you
It's a rare experience for me
I want to understand you too
But if you wanted to be understood
You would be
703 · Feb 2021
Message
Ciel Noir Feb 2021
there are many messages
that I would like to send to you
I have chosen to say nothing
silence is a message too
701 · Jul 2018
Incarnate
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
Entangled
Tooth and nail and fang and claw
Bloodlust incarnate

Furious
Maelstrom of feather and fur
Silent vulture waits
696 · Aug 2022
Denial
Ciel Noir Aug 2022
these are not my words
these are not my ways

these are not my hands
this is not my face

so ashamed to be
hiding from myself

do not look at me
I am someone else
692 · Oct 2018
Nevermore
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
If we should set the Earth on fire
And build our own funeral pyre
If we should melt the ice and snow
And drown the world
Where will we go?

A firebird on burning wing
The oceans deep no more to sing
The stars to never more be seen
Never more blue
Never more green

No more pandas
No more geckos
No more music
Only echoes
Never more a foal, a calf
Never more a smile, a laugh

There must be something we can do
It's up to me
It's up to you
For we who burn the Earth like churls
Can never buy another world
690 · Jul 2019
Apollo
Ciel Noir Jul 2019
the whole world waited
lost in wonder
curiosity

remember when
the Moon became
a place where we could be

we looked back on
our little world
so beautiful to see

to fly like dragons
in the sky
so powerful
so free
682 · Jul 2022
A Word to the Wise
Ciel Noir Jul 2022
when you submit poems
and they don't go through
‧͙⁺˚・༓. check your drafts .༓・˚⁺‧͙
that's usually where they get sent

otherwise I can't tell you where they went
which is most likely very frustrating for you
664 · Jul 2018
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
660 · Jul 2023
OK
Ciel Noir Jul 2023
OK
I did OK
just OK

that was good enough today
646 · May 2021
Twisted
Ciel Noir May 2021
your soul
is like a vine    
that has                  
twisted                        
itself            
  around
                my heart
                               so many times            
that I can't even
        say how I feel                                    
   anymore                                
and even if            
        I could express
                   my feelings    
       in one
cogent
form      
I have to      
     ask myself
                     what kind of fruit      
                            this union would bring forth
643 · Jun 2018
The Little Snake
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
One time there was a little snake

Who said, why are the mice afraid?

The other snakes said I don't know,

For I have never killed a mouse!

And so the snake said,

I know! I will go and meet them at their house

The mice came to their windows

And they saw the tiny little snake.

It's one of THEM! They shouted.

They thought she was there to **** them all.

For you see, the larger snakes,

For thousands and thousands of years

Had killed millions and millions of mice

Which was the reason for their fear.

The little snake knew none of this.

She never had eaten a mouse

She only ate spiders and bugs

She slithered right up to the house

The mice came out by the dozens

And bit and scratched the little snake

She had just come to say hello

She thought there must be some mistake

They cut her into little pieces

And there came from them a cheer:

Hip hip hooray! We've killed the snake!

Now we won't have to live in fear.

You see, the mice had no idea

Just how many snakes there were

They thought they'd killed the only one

They thought that they had won the war

And so the little mice came out

And danced upon the little grave

Not knowing that the smell of blood

Had drawn a hissing knot of snakes

These larger snakes ate all the mice

And spilled their blood upon the land

The little snake could see no more

But if she could, she'd understand.
643 · Mar 2019
Volcano
Ciel Noir Mar 2019
A volcano may peacefully
Pour out new stone into the sea
A meter at a time

But when it has no outlet
It waits
And waits
For many years
And then all at once
Its fire and lightning fill the whole sky
636 · May 2021
⏴♥⏵
Ciel Noir May 2021
I let you get
so close to me
⏵so close⏴   and yet     ⏴so far⏵

apart

I brought you here
to guard the door
so no one else
could touch my


⏴    heart    ⏵


635 · Jul 2018
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
628 · May 2019
Shining
Ciel Noir May 2019
her eyes are
full   of  fire  bright
shining   golden   flame
her mind wanders  into
the   night  shining
all the same
621 · May 2019
screen
Ciel Noir May 2019
I reach out
fingers pressed against the screen
can you feel the heat?
619 · Mar 2019
darkness
Ciel Noir Mar 2019
darkness                   darkness                     darkness

darkness                       darkness
one
                darkness              bright light                   darkness          
        in  the  center        
    shines on us    
darkness             all             darkness

     darkness                  darkness                       darkness
617 · May 2021
Demon
Ciel Noir May 2021
The truth is hate is not the death of love
Instead it burns love's heart from pink to red
And love becomes a savage primal thing
        Unholy                                             ­     
           Animal                            
                       Alive                  
                             Undead
             The gentle warmth of love becomes a fire        
That turns it to a monster in the light
And burns the tender feathers from its wings
Which cast their demon shadow
On the night
616 · Feb 2023
No Doors Here
Ciel Noir Feb 2023
I cannot let people in
I cannot let you get through
I cannot take down these walls
I do not know what to do

I built these walls for a reason
Looking back it all makes sense
I learned not to share myself
Naive misguided self defense

Now I have outgrown this prison
I don't want to be alone
How can I convince myself
That I am worthy to be known?

This is an act of defiance
Walls can't stop me when I write
No doors here
But words are windows
Screaming out into the night
612 · May 2021
Teeth
Ciel Noir May 2021
bite the hand

that bids us lie

through our teeth


try to take our words away


we will speak
610 · May 2018
Nobody
Ciel Noir May 2018
O my soul
Can flow like smoke
Can form to yours
And make it whole
But if it is not so enclosed
It holds no form

I can be
The one you need
Just promise me
I'll never be
Without you
Without you
I am nobody at all
609 · Sep 2021
Into the Night
Ciel Noir Sep 2021
shining in our eyes
ancient mystery

the silence of the sky
and the slow dance of the sea

learning to ask questions
great eagle taking flight

finding light to guide our way
deep into the night
605 · Sep 2021
Wild Guess
Ciel Noir Sep 2021
one day I will wish
I had told you how I feel
but I think you know
605 · Oct 2018
Galaxy
Ciel Noir Oct 2018
many stars
spilled like seeds across the sky
waiting to become alive
as we are

what am I
staring out into the sky
bright enough to wonder why
only stars
598 · Jul 2018
Hexagon
Ciel Noir Jul 2018
We have seen a great hexagon
On the sixth planet from our Sun

Silent those frozen razor bright rings sparkle crystalline

They say there are a million moons
They say that it rains diamonds
There is still much more
To know


Than what this world has seen
594 · Jul 2018
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
588 · May 2019
Revenge
Ciel Noir May 2019
revenge is
two men in a wooden ship
throwing lit torches
584 · Jun 2018
010
Ciel Noir Jun 2018
010
zero








         became





                  in the beginning





                                          nothing
­




                                                            ­   0




                                                             ­            s p r e a d  o u t


                                    
                         ­                                                                 ­              nowhere
                                           ­        surrounded by
                                           nothing              everything                  until
                     looking in on      one              zero
                 everything               surrounded by                                    it
             looking out on                        
             within                                                           ­                           bent
              seen from
               that can only be                                                              b­ack
                 a vision
                    from outside                                                          ­in
                          seen                                ­                             on
                               can only be                                 itself
                                      a shape that          became
                                                          ­     1
581 · Jun 2023
Be The One
Ciel Noir Jun 2023
sometimes you have to be the one
to reach out your hand in forgiveness
be the one to break the silence
be the one to take that step

though your senses may suggest
that no one dares to be defenseless
no one cares to mend fences
sometimes you have to be the one
577 · Feb 2021
Party
Ciel Noir Feb 2021
will they believe
there was a time
we kissed our friends
to say hello

and shared
bottles and space
and life

now it all seems so long ago

will they believe
the way we danced
together
in another time

that from this distant new world
might as well be
1999
574 · Aug 2018
Oak
Ciel Noir Aug 2018
Oak
does a tree care if you cut it down
to make a house
                a hundred books
                a boat
                a crib
                a trebuchet
                a bow and arrow
if you dig it up to build a street
                                          a church
                                          a home
                                          a mall
                                          a wall
                                          a well
                                          a garden
If you burn it to the ground
                                     for fun
                                   for spite
                              by accident
                         to stop the fire
                      to **** the dryad



all it thinks about is Sun
                             and Earth
                             and dirt
                             and rain
                             and bud
                             and root
                             and wood
                             and leaf
                             and acorn
would that there were
more of these thoughts
568 · May 2021
Desire Path
Ciel Noir May 2021
habits formed across my mind
step by step by step

always looking for the path
looking for the way

back and forth and back and forth
even as I slept

my path is the one I make
day by day by day
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
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