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The nymph and the dryad - Veronika Sizova

O, Stranger, have you ever been
To Fairyland, where things unseen
Unfold before your very eyes -
A mystery, a paradise
Among the quiet moors and flowers -
Behold the realm of magic powers.
You answer: "I have never seen
Such mysteries, except for dreams,
Where truth goes hand in hand with lies -
The mind wakes up before it dies."

Well, you may not believe a word,
Although the story must be told:
This legend, beautiful like snow,
Was born a thousand years ago.
Two creatures quaint: one thrives at night,
Her match is day's eternal bride.
One lives below the river deep,
The other drinks the nectar sweet
From every flower on her way.
Now, tell me, have you seen them?
- "Nay."

The spirits carried by the breeze
Remain, while their bodies cease
To roam along the earthly path,
Just when the mortal beings pass
By their Queendom made of glass -
Still imperceptible to us.
Nevertheless, their song I've heard:
In voices, lovelier than birds,
These maidens sing it to the trees
And to the ocean's cold abyss.

Sometimes, when you can't sleep at night,
A single ray, obscure, yet bright,
Leaves on your lips a gentle kiss -
The Nymph awakes amid the mist,
And, as the river hums nearby,
Sings you a tender lullaby.
When, in the morning, with a spark
A crocus opens, or a lark
Bathes its feathers in the dew -
The Dryad whispers rhymes to you.

These creatures seem alike, and yet,
The languid faeries never met.
It would have been a daunting task:
One wakes at dawn; her mate - at dusk.
One weaves long dresses from wild ferns;
Her rival hunts the depths for pearls.
Yet, once upon a summer's eve,
The Dryad felt an urge to leave
Her mellow forest, bittersweet -
And ventured out into the deep…

 

The More Loving One - W. H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.


The Azure Acrostic - Veronika Sizova

My dreams feel like drowning -
Your absence still haunts me...

Dive deeper, my darling!
Enchanted, yet free,
All heavenly angels
Remember their lovers

Emerging, like ambers,
Mesmerized by the sea,
My tears catch fire -
Are you thinking of me?

When The World Goes Dark Poem by Sophie Kennedy
when your world goes dark
and the grief emerges
washes over your being
pushing over your mind

when the world goes dark
and the monsters come out
taunting you with your fears
rocking your soul with pain

when the world goes dark
and time stops suddenly
and your trapped
in a never ending struggle

when the world goes dark
and the pain floods you
your heart shatters again
your souls light put out

when the world goes dark
and your all alone
crying those bitter tears
that taste like sadness

when the world goes dark
and only the truth is left
the ugly reality comes forth
the real behind all the masks

when the world goes dark
and its just you and me
my true self with show
i have nothing left unknown

 

Disappeared - Hephaestus de Midas

waltz, pulse, heart beating false
all the skull & cross-bone red flags
pointing north are engulfed
by the dust bowl of black mass sawdust
Belladonna's Nightshade
razor sharp saw blade serenade
trance-inducing siren song
blossoming outta the
base of the wailing wall
Maleficent the contagion
predator veiled as forsaken
saboteurs dragging me by the arms
blinders on, convinced myself I'm driving---
headlong; further into the water logged fog
known as conclusion forgone
cultic family indoctrination,
up is down, right is wrong
from deep within a castle of mirrors
she was stillborn
walking dead contagion has shocked me to deaf
the whistle she keeps around her neck
ruptured my eardrums like a bullhorn
ears coated by crusty burgundy blood projectile scorn
leading me through the mist
along the path she's gaslit
spotlight more blinding than the sun at dawn
just a distraction while my curtain's drawn
closed---
ghost lantern off.
alone in the dark
isolation with my un-medicated
debutante sweetheart
sleight of hand mastery
manipulation savant
hard-boiled agglomeration
only thing left on the docket:
acclimation to my rusty cage & role---
as her spectral slave
what i've been told to see as brave
is a malaise
when brains get washed
it's not a matter of how smart
but how sharp the thump of your heart

 

There a good reason these tables are numbered honey, you just haven't thought of it yet - Panic at the Disco
Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
When you're in black slacks with accentuating off-white pin-stripes whoa oh
Everything goes according to plan
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain
And I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with, with these fashionistas
And tonight, tonight you are, you are the whispering campaign
I bet to them your name is cheap, I bet to them you look like shh
Talk to the mirror, oh choke back tears, and keep telling yourself that
"I'm a diva"
Oh, and the smokes in that cigarette box
On the table, they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch

 

Breathe in, breathe out
Everybody scream [censored]
I know I've gone
Too far this time
My grandpa said
Don't be afraid of death
He's just
Your oldest friend
Coming back for what he forgot
I hope I forget all these lies
The books that I am reading are the ones I've forgot
I tore out all of the pages along with my heart
And I spelled your name still with
The letters from the letters that I wrote
And I spelled out your name still with
The letters from the letters that I wrote
See this body, see this body, see this body's not for me
And the way my bones are breaking is the way my skin will bleed
So I put out my fists
And you mark both my hands
With little ex's that mean that I am extra unsafe
Where did your spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first
Fragile bones
Where did you spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first
Fragile Bones
And she is playing on the playground
And she is playing on the swings
She's playing on the swings!
SHe's learning words like '[Censored]' and 'Hate'
And I know just what it means
It means she's just like her mom
She'll end up lonely and sad
She'll end up alone with rings
Withs rings in her mouth
With guns in her house
With holes in her heart
Hey, Kid
Where did your spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first?
Fragile bones
Where did your spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first?
Fragile Bones
Where did your spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first?
Fragile Bones
Where did your spine go?
I know
I've got none
Is it your heart that breaks first?
Fragile Bones

 

Inviticus - William Earnest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

 

I am the king
the master of my own life
sit upon the throne
castled- protected by
all facets of the feudals promising peace
but hungered for war
bide linger and watch
their manipulations

I have no friends
nobody to trust
and no one to care for
have all these other pieces
to fight fierce for me
knights bishops horses rooks
the sacrificial pawns
I use them for my struggles

I'm only in the fighting mood
when battling for my Queen
mind is feeling strong
play gambits without a fear
my battlefield- sixty four squares of life
to win I must be swift and able to maneuver
each move
brings forth a fresh path for the future

once I die- my quest ends
eyes closed- clock stopped
without me - all are dead
none will be left to mourn
no others can continue the fight
enemies will take the throne
world will rejoyce-
king's dead

long live the king