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Move over
do not take so much room
within my head
for soon
I will be dead
give me my space
within my head
for what I am
and what will be
do not take away my toys
let me play on my own
for a while see
I have
to be what I am
and thinking of what words to say
to love you to.
True story.      P@ul.    ***
~Christi Michaels~

Dark Shadows of My Soul
Memories finally revealed,
Yet always known.

Arches set deep within stone
Labored creake of hinges
Massive wooden doors
My breath, heavy just moments before,
quiets upon the entering.
Dark Shadows of My Soul

Three steps down,
Entering the majestic room.
Domed ceilings. Stucco stained
with colors from long, long ago.
I walk towards windows.
Tall, deep n' narrow overlooking My Realm below.
A knowing. A deep seated
rememberance of a life once lived.
Dark Shadows of My Soul

Secrets, locked away in gilded boxes..
Vessels holding unspoken truths
Trap doors leading to dungeons
concealed beneath intricately woven rugs.
Taste of the air. ****** breads,
roasting meat.
Acrid smoke wafting from Soddy hearths
Dark Shadows of My Soul

Raven ringlets cascading.
A waterfall down my open back.
Pearl woven braids
adorn the crown of my head.
My ******* constrained.  
Rising...cresting  
With each breath.
Brocade and lace lay gently
across my hands, kissing my fingers
My neck long, regal. I hold posture of a Princess.  
My full skirts sweep and polish
these stone floors from time till eternity

Will begin the journey.
Delve into this sordid past.
Facing, long at last  
Deamons. Lies of Old
Embracing now
Dark Shadows of One's Soul



Copyright © 2014 Christi Michaels. All Rights Reserved.
#ilovedoinglines
Quote from Barnabas Collins,
the Motion Picture: Dark Shadows.
Starring: Johnny Depp, 2012 originating from the
T.V. series Dark Shadows (1966-1971)
  Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old vampire from Collinsport, Maine. Having bridged the centuries, he has been both an adversary and an ally to his extended family members over the course of several generations.
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I loved Ireland. Felt one within the Castles. This peice, though originally a challenge, fulfilled the " Dark Shadows of My Soul"
For a second the world was silenced and freedom mourned.
In memory of the Charlie Hebdo  journalists who will sadly write no more. Today is the saddest of days.
 Jan 2015 Ryan Jakes
betterdays
My body
Your playground
Our delight

I do not speak
This truth often enough
I play with the words

I forget you need these words
They are your strong trees,
Sun and rain and soil

I  forget the tall strong branches
that shelter us...all

Are made of small things
that still need, sustenance
to grow.

I do not decline to speak this truth,
not from harshness or forgetfulness.

But simply because,
it is before me always
Like breath or hope
It is in the air and always deep within the essence of my being

I have hope that this my life
That these my better days
Sing the truth in alleuhja chorus's
For the world to see and dance to...

but yet we all need,
these truths whispered often into a waiting ear....

You my my oak,
You are my one true love,
My joy, my hope,
my friend.



Your body
My playground
Our delight.
 Jan 2015 Ryan Jakes
M Eastman
Sometimes I write landscapes
sometimes I paint abstract thought
sometimes emotions split
the iron I have wrought
 Jan 2015 Ryan Jakes
Nellie 55
For a change I'd fight for it. Never went the way i visioned it. My dad raised me to be independent, but he also showed his cold side. I begin to beg along with the dark where I tend to hide, I don't think I have that ounce so I am going to try to be confident.
Is this part of a life lesson? Or do I just miss a rout out? No one said it was easy, but would some one please for this last time guide me. I fell so out of luck, Been like this for a good while.
The sun would rise, still tears falling down from my eyes. what do I do now. things in my head just scream out loud. Music let me find what I need, replace the bad in my instrument. Help me avoid the bleed, then cure my attempt.
For a change I am going to have sleep as an offense, then use my lyrics as my defense. Please try me I will refuse the trash but accept defeat if it happens. Give me a smile then i can wink. Just tell me how it'll be okay because i clearly don't know what to think. All these tears begin to fade. soon it froze on my face and then Melts to my skin and won't break. I want to do good, I want to do everything i can to at least be a part of something that matters to me. For the time being all these problems shall go away, or at least guide me to my true strength to finish the rep.
N.A.H
 Jan 2015 Ryan Jakes
Piglet
Everybody that comes here day in day out and bears their souls, often with no response, yet still they come, because in some quiet way it helps. You know who's awesome?
All of us.
So there!
 Jan 2015 Ryan Jakes
Piglet
Watching swings in the wind
swaying, ghostly
sadly empty
chains creak with no laughter to drown the sound
it carries like screams
of all the children
who pleaded
to never
ever
grow
up.
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