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Donald Durham Oct 2010
The darkness fills from top to bottom
an undisturbed wicked spiral
farther from what's inspiration
I continue to slide

Darkness nags from all around
etching pain on my skin
peeling away at what I used to be
I was happy

My palms upturned, beg forgiveness
let my penance be destruction
this decay is sinking
swallow me

Is this darkness obvious
are my eyes dyed black
where went that inspiration
I am transparent

Sway, from side to side
dizzy from intoxication
****** from fornication
breath....
in,out,in,and out
panic drives this man
sit on the edge of the middle
wish to be more like them
them.....
them.....

Darkness increasing
soul is fleeing
this inspiration rapes me
breeds me
breeds in me
consumes me
amuses me to no end

but still i am only me
CANT YOU SEE
WONT YOU SEE
i live only for the darkness
the sorrow
the horror and gore
a make believe world
catching the phrase
paraphrasing the past

i am only darkness
i am lonely darkness
i am a shadow of was
a memory of where
a glimpse of who
a dash of what

Count my sins, darkness
on your bitter fingers and toes
give rhythm to my woes
give forgiveness for the excursions
i have made to the darkness

Betray my lighting effect
expose my soul
deny the trust I held in dark
on a box i stand, a one man show

darkness is my inspiration
donald durham 2010
Ring Out, Wild Bells

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkenss of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
MonkeyZazu Nov 2013
I'm lost in the jungle. It's so dense and vast.
Makes me wonder if I'll ever get out.
I keep moving forward, trying to escape.
It's no use though. The darkenss misleads me.
Continuously in circles I wander.

It's so hard to move. The vines engulf me.  
Tangled in them I struggle.
If only I had a blade, a machete of some sort.
Something to free me, detach me,
let me flow through this jungle as the river does.    
  
Constricted, alone with my discomfort,
I deal with the vines myself. Embrace them, natural and bare.
It's hard. Feels almost impossible.  
But on my own, by myself, of my own will, I sever them.  
A subtle gratitude is felt. A sense of accomplishment expereinced.

Glimmers of light sparkle through the canopy. A path emerges.
It was obscured in the shadows of the vines.
On this path the jungle feels so different.
Observing the trees and creatures,
There's a calmness, a peaceful harmony.
  
The path leads to a peak. At that summit I gaze the treetops.
Shining radience touches everything. Many paths lead to this peak.    
Seeing the jungle as it really is, I ponder. A realization is had.
No matter where in the jungle I am, the sun is always shining.
Whether I can see it or not, a pathway out is always there.

Within the jungle I was lost.
Above the jungle I am found.
This poem goes out to anyone experiencing depression. Hopefully you can break free from the mental obstacles(vines) of that mindset and find the way out.
Lame Poet Oct 2013
I hide within a shroud, but that allows me to be loud.
Within the fog of a cloud, I wring the walls, cause you to drown.

The lightning springs forth from my shadow--
The sound vibrates; you think your window's gonna shatter.

The cause of much calamity, you wonder when I'll stop;
I swallow up the ground as I push every single drop.

A blanket but relentless: I leave you defenseless.
I surround you
I surround you
I surround you
I surround you
sound you
sound you
sound you
sound you
sound
sound
sound
sound--
It compounds.

The cause of many nightmares--
Suburban children run scared;
But in the landscapes of the tribal,
I harken the arrival of a season of survival--
Postdiluvian Bible.

Ultimate roar of dominance; celestial umbra continent--
I am the nothingness you hear; the darkenss in the sneer--
I am the archetypal boast; I am the quintessential ghost--
I am the presence innate; I am your questions of fate.

I resound here
I resound here
I resound here
I resound here
sound here
sound here
sound here
sound here
sound
sound
sound
sound--
All around.

I waste my own existence to exist as a motif--
Pathetic base of happenstance, model your power and your grief.

Tenderly I wane
as the armor of the gods is torn to shreds
and the sunlight shines through
the tattered bits.
Tenderly drops drain
into the ground. You stop the tossing in your bed
your dreams imbibe what I imbued
and my voice marries the whispers of the winds.




-LP
Sidney Jan 2015
Something very special is happening to the world right now.  I will do my best to describe it.
Not only are we nearing the peak of suffering, darkenss, and evil in the world, we are also
nearing a complete unfolding of the purest, truest, beauty, peace, and love that is greater
than humanity has ever experienced.  This is truely a cathartic time.  Savor it, treasure it, and learn from it.

On a personal level, since January 1st, 2015, I feel like my soul is on the brink of simulatenously bursting with
joy and love as well as sobbing in old hurts.  Sometimes when the pain and love in our hearts reaches a critical
level, a major emotional release is made and that is called a catharsis.  I have been riding along one giant,
prolonged catharsis since Jan 1st.  It is somewhat like a fantastic ****** that never ends.  How bad can that be?

The best part of my life right now is not knowing what will happen next; whom I will meet tomorrow; and what
crazy, amazing situation I will find myself in.  I have this unshakeable and deep feeling that 2015 will be a pivotal
year in my life.  It is like passing through the eye of a needle, and on the other side is the unventured, the unknowable,
the great mystery.  This is both a terror and also completley thrilling.  I sense that 2015 will be a year to remember
for humanity.  Whatever happens, will have some measurable mark on all of us.

So what do I do with this?

Enjoy it. :-)
Kobbe Feb 2013
The darkenss which surrounds us is ridiculous.
I am not the best articulater, but with favor I can paint a picture with a thousand words to leave you froze in a pose that leaves me thinking these words are somin that you didn't know. Knowing that you pretended that you knew.

We were so close to find out what true love was all about. The thought of some one knowing your thoughts aught to have struck fear in you, but a million, "its alrights" will never right the wrong you made that day you turned around and gave my love away, it was all a game to play, and honestly it wasn't even a sad day because I was ready to fly away. You never intended to follow anyway

Peer pressure's not an issue, when ur consioussness
is your only influence to soar through life, like a bird in the sky, with no reason to ask why, the hell, is this my life?!
Time will tell without fail how you really felt. But I felt what you were looking for, someone to say its alright, tonight, together we'll take flight, and all the world, in all its might can't fight the love we're feeling. But u gave it up, to the guy that made you smile for a while cos he knew just what you were thinking, thinking no meaning, feening the temptation of being the sensation and meaning.

There's no more home for u to rest in.
Not I or ur one night, care for you at night.
We spread our wings and take flight.
With no regret, just a lesson learned, it became his turn.
A lonely girl without the capacity to love herself.
Never felt true love, only words that felt like a hug. Comforting but never enough,
contrary to what you want, hate is never entering my heart. I loved you from the start, I see you start to walk back, after the fact. I've already departed, its to bad you made your choice to depart before you felt your heart.
Vampyre Kato May 2016
I Got Roses For Her,  I Got Roses  For Her, I Got Roses For Earth, Growth  Occurs, Just Be,
Love Is Within, Just  Wrapping Me,  No Depth Can Trap Its Wind, Just Breathe
Beautiful Beach, That Warm Breeze, Purple Sheets, Iced Tea
Love Is So Free, I Hold You , You Hold Me, ‘Togther  , We Hold We ,
Flowers On Trees, Magik Mushrooms IN Our Teeth,
Infinie , Galactic, Theres No Attachment, Naked ,Dressed Like Aladin,
In A Forest Full Of Magik , Dancing In The Creek, I Don’t Sleep In A Cabin,
No Chains, Love The Rain, No Violence, Violin Tears  Washes Silence,   , Pure No Sinin,
I’m In Bliss, No Titles OR Idols It Just Is, I Am 1, I Am Sun, I Am Darkenss,
Never Apart From MY Heart, Aligned With The Spark,
Wings Span Universal, Dna Code Gold Swirl,
I’m An Alien Ghost Peral, Well I Am That I AM,
My Imagiton Doesn’t End Nor Begin,
The Now Is So Precious, I AM Compltey Free & Open I’m Oceans, A Poet In Simationus Motion,
MAgikal With Hold IT, Relax With The Potion,
Moon Light Kisses Like Roses,
Your Freucny Is Reaching Me, We Both Know It,
Sacred Type, Make The Night, Elctric Light,
Trippy Existenice , Mystical Vison,
Indigo Star Seed, Silocybin Bar ****, Don’t Drink No Bar Scene,
Just Romance & Hold Hands,
Psychelic Acesion , Free From All Tesnion,
Illumanited With A Sphere, Here To Raise Questions,
Grave Yard Seconds, Immortal Stepping,
I Have Energy Inside Of ME , I Don’t Need No Weapons,
I’m Remedy Trancending Into Purity,
Tabs To Get A Lift,
ON Hearth To Heal For Real Raise The COnsoisness,
At My Highest Vibration , Government Hate It tHey ON To This,
**** It The Galactic Dimesnions SPonor This,
Honored With To Gift To Conqor Midst,
Strong As ****,
I Let MY Ego  Free To Fly  Now Im  Accomplishment
Mia Kendrick Aug 2010
As I sit on my porch on the first mornings light,
the darkenss still creeping in.

As I watch the first mornings life, I can not help but wonder...
the birds sing their mornings hello and all I hear is your silence

Silence so loud
Slence so quiet

Darkeness surrounds the silence
but yet I must move on
hoping to one day hear the first mornings life
feel the first mornings sun say hello....
Brett Jun 2013
You
who are you
really
not what are you
why do you not see
why let others see for you

do you not care
what you are
who you are
why you are

do not realise
your potential
do not limit yourself
for there is more to come

so much more
to you
do not let life tear you away
bear with it
for truth does prevail

come with it be
the life once was
stripped away
the past

let the future bring
the you that is
not what was
not the old
but the new

a flame is lit
in the darkenss of you
let it shine
for within you it grows

do not hide the glow
let is out
let all see
what is truly within you
deep it may be
fire in the soul

passion there is
so be it
scream
let that out
no longer hide away

for you are you
so show it
be yourself for a change
find that crack
break that mould

let all see
the truth of
YOU
Julia Feb 2018
escape a blue speck
(life is) not what you expect
post-it® this isn’t real
Real is when two dots connect
when two lines intersect
3, 6, 9 interject
Real is two coils who convect
electromagnetism
Real is Life
That happened    how?
Nobody knows
          nobody here at least
answering these questions
i slip into darkenss (ice
can help with this)
i understand i don’t understand
a robot could understand better than i
but I’ve got a blue pen.
Ander Stone Feb 2
don't lie to me.

I've heard those echoes
with every setting of the moon.
I've heard those whispers
with every sunrise
that's ever kissed
the parchment of my skin.

don't lie to me.

I woke up with the constellations,
remembered in the silken threads
of mother time's embrace.
I cleansed my eyes of the gossamers
when starlight was but a distant promise
of a reality yet to burn itself into existence.

don't lie to me.

I couldn't cut it as a weaver
of honey ladened words
heaped upon the nebulae,
derelict between the flowing stelar algae
and that roaring darkenss from which
all things come.

don't lie to me for I have bathed
in the cold light of eternity.
Francis T Sep 2016
Love isn't something you can just make up
It forms
It also isn't a toy
You can't just stop your love for someone when it gets boring
People who treat love like a game haven't felt true love
Nither have they felt that feeling at all
They haven't felt the true meaning of love
That's why people always try to hurt themselfs
Telling themselfs that they will never find someone

They can't find anyone when they say these things
It blinds them from seeing many opportunities
There stuck in there own world they've created
They trapped themselfs inside cages and act like wild animals
When all they have to do is turn the handle to let them out
Feeling traped sends them into a endless pit of darkenss and sadness
Which leads them into hurting themselfs or ending there lives
When there is so much more to life then they think

Love is the most beautiful feeling
Better then the rest
It's more filling and never leaves you empty
Love can do crazy things
Things that seem impossible

Love is the motivation the world needs in order to function
This is for anyone who has lost people to suicide. I've felt the way your feeling, helpless, useless... The next time if someone is thinking about ending there priceless lives. Save them :) And let them know that you care :)
GailForceWinds Nov 2014
I saw a smile, a very slight grin
something was different
there was a spark in her eye
that wasn't there yesterday
why this change?
what is different about today?
There is no sun in the sky
Gray clouds linger long after the rain
The sky is a blanket of darkenss
The air is cold, damp, biting
Yet the smile is taking over her face, getting larger than before
She sees the rainbow, amidst the morning sky
Is it real.. does it matter..
*Her smile becomes brighter
It won't go away
Serenity hugs her
at least for today
Iwo Andrzej Mar 2020
I'm a one man army with no agenda. Walking these lonely streets, no race here, I'm crawling the trees like a ******* panda//
reminiscing back when we're only kids, while smoking my *****//
On top with the perfect view//, phone is turned off - doesn't matter/ i got only few. // But the few/ are more than enough, I rather be comprimized with a crew// so small that I can feel the love.//

Standby while/ I'm walking//, thinking about life
forcing a smile/, but I see our youth in deep suffer-ing// - locking their skeletons inside their closet, affraid if somebody just suddenly walks-IN//
To see throu the shallow disquise,/to finally see the transparent truth hidden in their eyes,/
Ambitions they all aiming to the sky, in the end they all just steve without the jobs - take a bite of the apple, eden are falling.//
Somebody is on the line
the shadows are calling/
since birth of mankind we broke the rule of law, in this world we all are born in/
They run from their fears, phones blowing up, but forever on decline//
Yeah my words speaks truth, without the talking//

Narcissistic behavior/ every-where, they believe in nothing but still hopes for a great savior/, don't you ******* even dare//to look up there //
Biggidy bang out of nothing/ and yet you really feel you are something!/
but listen youngthing/, see my size and the streets I've walked in/
No use of words, here around the cold steel did the talking/
End of discussion /

I was only 6/, walking with my *** just wanna  to play around like normal kids/, we got pulled over by some elder boys/
Robbing and destroying our souls like fukcing toys,/scattered in bits by bits
A cold blade pressed against my throat/, since that day something inside me became cold/. We quickly became men because we had no ******* choice/
We left our childhood behind/
No place to feel love and be kind/, no place to start worrying about what's going on in the mind, no place to be scared, we ******* walked in like we're were ******* blind./

Never wished for anything in this life,/ not even a father's present, but still depression knocks on my door, screaming " ******* Surprise" /
I'm the lost one, I stand when they sit, and I sit when they rise/
I was born in concrete/, and stones make my heart heavy when it Beats/ darkenss is my home/ look at the shadows taking over, the got me outgrown/ Demons eating my flesh, trying to get into my mind, eating all the way to the bone/ **** Jon snow, my mind is more than cold/, I'm the spin plot, winter is coming/time to loose the game of throne /
Its been a while since I last wrote something.. But after todays reflecting time... my pen found its way back to the sheets again..

Thoughts on our generation and how i have to withdraw myself from reacting on daily basis.
RebeccaLynn Mar 2018
After years of fighting, years of hiding and suppressing,
The world has became too much, became so depressing.
My mind races my chest feels like it's caving,
I need help but not sure if it's love or attention I'm craving.
The darkenss is all around around me, I can't find the light,
But I'm asking you to hold my hand, give me strength to fight.
I don't want to end like this, I don't want to fade away,
Help me find my way help me walk into a brighter day
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