Ancient Shadows

Ancient Shadows Awaken into God’s Light Underneath the deep seabed the stirring sands of time have passed on. Ancient shadows continue to haunt all of us from the oceans’ depths, And insidious and violent nightmares portray bloody and evil visions, As an old treasure chest is opened and a gull’s cry foretells tragic stories. Untold riches awaken Neptune’s deepest waves as the tides turn inward, And a star-gazing dust trail turns into a golden circle of subtle measure. The dark moon’s horrid howl sounds in its crimson cradle over the ocean As the cruelest beast from evil Hellspawn creeps and invades all energies. The moon’s beam feasts on poor and lonely souls under the cover of night, Whilst savagely touching the sad forlorn places between Heaven and Earth. These unholy places of dark origin beckon the spirit of a vile Vampire who Cometh from a deep-darkness creeping around under the Devil’s own aura. This Prince of Darkness bringeth enchanting soft-sweet kisses of solitude, Tempting now the innocent silhouette of a ravishingly beautiful young lady Whose true desire and passion for love leaps over an ice-ruby magical fire, As her robust heartbeats incite the Vampire’s ravenous thirst for her blood. The sensual fire stoked by this lady’s heartbeats and lifeblood burn sold Down a macabre river of true darkness, all perfect up, as she gasps aloud For air, wincing and moaning audibly, as she expires with a most ghastly Death rattle as the Prince of Darkness gleefully smiles at her godless soul. This gruesome image invokes a blending of human bread eating into the Suffering eyes of salted fish bait trapped and gasping for air, for mercy, Just like a trapped drunken sailor now swallowed inside hungry ghouls Who haunt over dark sea whispers that chill to the bone mankind’s future. Those souls lost within the land of this living dream bask now positive as The darkness turns into sunlight in God’s own yard of supreme radiance, Metamorphosing into a lovely butterfly emerging from its silken cocoon, Now so cotton-soft and swallowed by the bright light of the human soul. The soul’s lucent energy of heavenly radiance comes forth for all to see As the Devil’s dark beast now sings its paeans of utter joy as this terror Transforms itself—yet ever so slowly—into a calm sea of true change. With this miracle change cometh a peace sanctuary of God’s angels! That’s a thousand of God’s angels now chanting with a pleasured delight As a heaven-sought change comes to nurture the plight of all lost souls. With this aura of change, love’s sacred light shineth now so ultra-bright, For even the darkened heart of the beast can find peace in Heaven’s light! We await to see where this beast shall go and what shall follow in kind. Shall this former beast of the Devil himself experience a final epiphany To be like the blessed butterfly or to return to the black heart of the crow? Almighty God does indeed move in the most mysterious of ways! The Prince of Darkness laughs no longer as his long-lost soul burns hot And blue-bile-black-red in Hell’s own deepest, darkest inescapable pit! No redemption for him and for his master, the Devil, confined below. By God’s holy command, all ancient shadows shall awaken whole into Heaven’s eternal and radiant light! All by God’s divine grace and mercy! Amen! Amen! Amen! Anne-Lise Andresen, Gary Bateman, Liam McDaid, and Michael Clarke A Team Collaborated Poem, Copyright © All Rights Reserved November 16, 2016 (Narrative)