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The Sound of the Dead

Pounding voices fill the air
	Anguished cries, 	
The sound of desperation
Rings loud and clear

It starts out slow
Yet, as the walls close in
And my chains tighten
The voices cry out louder
Until the agony of it bombards all my senses
And rings throughout my whole body

The sound of the dead
The anguished, tortured cries of the innocent
Haunt me

And again,
I see the undeniable fear
Hear the screams of pain
Hear the loud, fast beating heart
As the body fights death

And all over again,
The unmistakable rage returns
Mingling with a sick disgust
That floods my whole body
And the monster rises 

Hungry for the thrill,
The pleasure of the kill
That seems to make me forget the pain
He caused
Until again, I feel warm blood drip off my fingers
And see what I’ve done

A mangled, torn body lies before me
Bleeding, broken, torn
By the blade I hold in my hand,
And the thrill is gone
Horror replaces the dark revenge, 
that filled my heart
And sick disgust wins in the end
An innocent life,
Full of dreams
Full of love untold
Full of hopes
With so much to offer the world
Lies crushed, broken, before my eyes

And the monster
That rose inside of me
Hides once more in the shadows
Still savoring the taste of blood,
And broken dreams
But not for long,
For the monster inside is never satisfied

It always waits in the shadows,
And then when the moment’s right
It shows itself 
And I can’t hold myself back,
I can’t stop
Not until the monster is satisfied
And fresh, dark blood
Gloves my hand
And my insides twist with disgust
The war of good and evil won for now

Tears stream down my face,
The reality of my guilt
Bringing me back to my cell
Meant to cage the monster in,
But really just caging me in

This is my life now,
And the sounds of the dead
Only remind me of a forbidden path
That only leads to insanity,
Pain that a soul can’t bear
Sorrow and loneliness,
That hides behind stubborn arrogance
But is slowly breaking me down
From the inside

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Hope

Candlelight makes the room glow
Glowing embers of light,
That brightens the world

A million candles float above me in the air
Drifting as lilies,
On a beautiful, reticent pond
That holds secrets
We will never know

But secrets always have a dark twist,
And this beautiful magic is no different
In a blink of an eye
The lights go out
And I’m left wandering in a world of dark

I reach out to the walls,
And sharp thorns
Cut up my hands
Bind me to the wall
So I can’t breathe
But no matter where I look,
You’re nowhere to be found

The shadows laugh at my struggles,
The fear in my heart
And the pain
The blood that trickles down my body

But no matter how I struggle,
No matter how far I search for you
You never come
And I’m left without hope

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Frankenstein

Footsteps in silence
Joy in sorrow
Calm in the midst of an inner storm

Everything about you is an opposite,
an extreme in the simplest form

Frankenstein come out of the shadows
and into the daylight,
only to find what you seek
The one physical need you can’t suffice
is distant

Can you see the fear in my eyes?
Can you see my own vulnerability,
that restrains my soul
The terror,
that causes my heart to shudder 
my very body to shake
when you look at me
Do you not feel my body tense
as you run your fingers across my bare skin?

You’re relentless,
and heartless
A monster with a dead beating heart

Alive in every sense,
yet your touch brings death 
You’re a plague to the world

A deadly sickness, that only brings death
but behind those sad, angry eyes
A yearning for acceptance
shines brighter than ever

Your misshapen, big hands 
reach for my heart
ready to take my love 
even if I refuse to give it

Ready to seize me,
in a heart beat
With a terrible strength,
to silence my scream forever
if I  so much as resist

Yet, I stay
for your words alone,
The soft way you say my name

The gentle tone
that softens my heart 
and stills my raging heartbeat
 the terror of your love brings

Our love is a war,
Between fear and serenity
As a raging storm at sea
And the calm, breathtaking beauty of a sunset
Our love is full of polar opposites

But we are polar opposites,
Me in my simple beauty
And you in those dark secrets 
That plague your soul

A deadly game of love,
That only one can win

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Surrender

Alone, I watch the waves roll in
With a transcendent calm
Bright sun pierces my searching gaze
Bathes my skin in a sea of warmth

But on the inside, 
A dark storm reigns
Desecrating my calm utopia
Leaving shattered, bleeding emotions

I fight, 
But the storm stifles my attempts
Burrowing deeper and deeper within my heart
Only leaving ashes in its path

The mask I wear is a façade
Carefully sculpted with exquisite design
But the terror within
Creeps between the lines
That don’t quite fit
The pieces I try to make fit,
Yet I know never will

My mask shrouds nothing
Slowly burning me from the inside out
The treacherous fire is burning me alive
My heart pounds heavily in my chest
Crushing the cage, meant to protect it
Until I feel flesh ripping
Ribs protruding out through torn, bleeding muscle
And raw, mutilated skin hanging limply
As thick, crimson blood flows from my veins
My still beating heart burns in the sun’s rays

The blood stains the delicate, white lace
Of my gown
Rushes down my arms
Dripping off my fingertips
Into the pure, salty sea
I stand in

The sea dances with my agony
As black, rolling clouds gather in the sky
Stirring up the sea
The waves become colder with power
And wrap around me 

Embracing me
Soothing my pain
As the water permeates my lungs
Stealing my breath 
Rescuing me from a world of pain 
Never to hurt again

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Nightmare

Night cloaks the dark sky
with brilliant stars
And twisted, tortured trees surround me
closing me in
Like a doe caught in a hunter’s trap
A lost girl in a nightmare

A twisted, tortured nightmare
created by a sick insomniac
A crazed, masochistic killer

The darkness confuses my senses
Noises make shivers shoot up my spine
and I only become more lost,
as the trail winds
And tree branches snag my dress, cutting my skin
As I shudder from the shadows

Fear makes my heart beat fast, 
and tears spring to my eyes
as the branches cut into me

All at once,
the forest opens up and a meadow fills my view
open, beautiful space
yet my eyes watch
for monsters that hide,
 in black shadows

The sound of wings fills the air
as the stars are obscured
by a million ravens
For a moment,
all I can do is stare
and then his arms slide around my waist
Subtle, yet smooth as the snake
that he really is

The eyes of the devil
stare back at mine
And his arms wind around even tighter,
His lips meet mine, hard
and flames consume my soul
His dark poison fills every essence of my body,
as he slowly drains the life 
The very breath from me

The end of this nightmare has come,
and yet has begun again
		For I will be forever with him,
this devil, this demon
who claims my soul
as his

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Condemnation

Binding, bloodied chains entrap my soul,
As pain surges through my body
His face is all I can see,
The cold, ice blue eyes that burn into mine
And his grim, somber expression
Conceals the terror, that so openly shows on my own
Bitter sweet sorrow lingers in the air
But his voice joins the others
As they condemn me, and his hands
Bind me in chains
Cutting my very heart and soul
Into a million pieces
He knows the truth, yet he binds and traps me
In my pain
The words of the guilty become as wounds
And the tears that fall,
Become as crimson drops of blood 
Flowing from my body
And falling onto the granite stones 
His resounding words rip out my heart,
And chafe my soul
But as my pain drowns out 
The sound of painful accusations
I surrender to death
And take his ashen hands,
Following him into the unknown