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The dark has come
Take heed this charge
As we stand our ground
The sun shall come

The dark has come
Look to your brothers
Sisters and daughters
The night is young

The dark has come
Tis not the end
We shall not break
Naught but might

Look to the horizon
This is not the end
Lift up your swords
With shield and strength

This path we're on
Twill not be out end
Let our tale be sung
Echo across the hills

Naught but might
We fight tonight
As shadow comes
For all of us

The dark has come
Let not this be
A fading memory
Standing our ground

Our journey made
Paved in blood
Tears of many
This is our history

The curse of mankind
Twill never be so kind
Still, we look to the sun
For the dark has come

Look for the dawn
For the night is long
And we shall see the sun
The battle has only begun
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"The River"
Walking the pasture
Green and pure
Without flaw
Without ruin

Grass stands stall
River running through it
Orchards stretched far
Gardens of purity

Peaceful serenity
No worry or hate
There be naught
But calm winds

No shadow here
Tis beauty all around
Where time be still
Heaven's reflections

But a river
Flowing in the midst
Made with tears
Tears of pain

Children dying
For greed and power
Wealth and darkness
Meaningless cause

The gardens of divine
Serene clarity
All we leave behind
All we taught

The poisons and toxins
Tainting the gullible
Easily accessible
Innocent minds

The world we made
Scorched Earth
Came the rain
Flooding the world

We could have risen
Beyond physicality
Beyond Existence
Connected to the River

Eyes set upon selfishness
Hearts gaze upon ruin
Deep within the Earth
Enriched in blood

River of blood
Naught one could do
Nothing but to watch
As life comes crashing down

The golden gates
They stand locked
Keeping us away
What we do not deserve

Heaven above
Earth below
Hell in the midst
Persisting through time

The river was pure
Twas a marvel
A beautiful design
We sacrificed for this

The Darkness
Lost hope
Shattered dreams
Breaking streams

Strides of nothing
Nothing but hate
Naught but death
Blood and tears

Hopelessness without goodness
The river cries, it's gone
Thou doth not witness naught
Blinded eyes, blind heart

Thou art a beauty
And we killed thee
Torment unto thee
Look at what we've done

The river beckons
Call for a higher plain
We ignore it time and time again
We seek in life but never find
5d · 60
"Painted Realm"
Stuck hither in the dark
Not knowing what would come
Waiting for that moment
The painting comes unto me

This canvas bare empty
No color, naught but black
As dark enters the land
The blackness lays bare

No color of thee
No voice for me
Twould be a wonder
How I would shed red

Where art thou river
Gold and silver
Rain falling down
The beautiful rainbow

Where art thou willow
A tree of wonder with light
The fairies of twilight
Pixies dancing with me

Where art thou green
Grass lay tall unstained
Beauty of nature
Where the dandelions grow

Where art thou sparrow
Thou once was with me
Twould visit and dine
Drink of the river

Where art the sounds
The golden harp
To sing unto this plain
Playing in the night

What once was
In the stillness
Within my mind
Where art thou

My painted realm
Aug 2024 · 15
"The Rising Sun"
isaiah barber Aug 2024
Tossed into the deep
Trying to find my soul
Something to keep
Holding close to my heart

Dragged into the mud
Trying to keep from crying
To embrace the flood
Waiting for it to die

Forced in toxicity
I did not ask for this
Trying to find serenity
Never wanted this

Living with these scars
All the pain within
Looking up at the stars
What happened to heaven

Caught in the darkness
Not like this
Is this the end
Nothing is a godsend

Not in this life
Not in this world
Want to take the knife
Cut the cord

I will leave
One day
I'll be gone
Someday

Looking back
An every time
I was under attack
Wanted to believe in more

More than this
This painful hope
Without hope
The pain of faith

Dealing with the devil
An all his evil
One of these days
I will be gone

And the memories
All the scars
Without meaning
Without hope

Nothing left
Naught but ashes
The ashes of me
My love has died

The heart inside
Black as the night
The smoke all around
Burning in the fire

My coffin
My turmoil
The fire
Hellbent

To fight
Unto the end of time
Nothing will shine
I see my ashes

The pain of a million faces
The pain of mine
Painful sorrow
No one would borrow

This is my story
My lost soul
My Humanity
I'm out of time

Dying within
Dead before it began
Burnt to nothingness
Looking for righteousness

I am
What for
Therefore
Nothing more to fight for
What for
Wherefore
Has life been a lie
When I die, will I fly
Or fall to the ground
I'm bound to the battleground
Will I
Shall I
Beating to the ground
Listen to the drum sound
Transform in another form to be reborn
Nothing shall fix
When the nail hammers in once again on my coffin
Nothing will fix what happens next
Burning this time as I am out time
The clock counts down from midnight
It'll be a fight to rise with the sunrise
At the burning sun
I never wanted this again
Oh father my God from heaven
Where art thou
What happens to me now

Tic, Tic, Tock
Look at the clock
Put the Glock to my head
There is no bread
No life left
Like a thief in the night
He stole my heart
Can't feel my heartbeat to the beat of the musical sheet I repeat
Can't feel the heartbeat in my chest when I open the locked chest once again
Can't feel the beat within my hollow chest, I say again
Can't feel my heart torn apart from the start in the dark, light the spark, I repeat again
The nail is in within an upon my coffin again without hope to cope as I look into the scope
Set a flame within to ignite in the darkest night as I fight for my life at the end of the knife
Will it fix or start or begin again from the beginning to the ending
Will it be a surprise within my eyes what never dies

Rise and never look back to the attack of your heart and mind

Rise
Never look back
Never give up
Be the Phoenix and Rise

— The End —