Robert Lindley Poet Rhyme

As Deep Darkness Its Rabid Cloak Around Me Spread

As Deep Darkness Its Rabid Cloak Around Me Spread


As deep darkness its rabid cloak around me spread
Dark shadows raced to their images thus display
They that were so bleach white, those old skeletal dead
Thought to play with me and have their damnable way
Yet, my father had in fighting taught me so well
My valiant heart had strength, vigor and valor too
Yes, I had been cast into the devils unholy hell
But this amateur lad, had some fine grand tricks new.

No fighting soul can win if faith is not in its brave head.

There in seething darkness, fear's breath began to blow
Short greenish puffs that transformed into savage beasts
With wicked claws and fierce red eyes that did so glow
And their own gold table lay human head for their feast
In the distant corner lay a long gold hilted sword
In a quick flash it was mine in my eager hand
Then newest beast spoke, come on I am growing bored
Lets kill this old weak flesh and go ravage across his land.

No fighting soul can win if faith is not in its brave head.

With that I quickly lunged forward and off came its head
And its huge body collapsed into a hairy mess
Next the far lesser beasts for dear mercy each then plead
And even the smaller ones their wicked sins confess
Only beast left, a three headed snake with poison tails
And I could easily hear its deep cast dark curses said
All began with evil prayers beseeching dark lord of hell
And next came the hateful cries of the murderous dead.

No fighting soul can win if faith is not in its brave head.

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Robert J. Lindley, Rhyme, dark
Pary One, 9-12-2023

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Ink Empress September 14, 2023 at 2:18 AM This is so powerful and your wordplay is brilliant and so profound, you have a way with delivering thoughts in such a captivating manner that would get reader to ponder and feel too. I love the flow and depth of what you’ve said here, no fighting soul can win if faith isnt there i agree. And faith helps in so many situations. Must i also highlight your slight alliterations and those sublime rhymes? You are truly a gifted poet! Impeccable write my friend! Keep shining Robert Lindley September 17, 2023 at 6:12 AM Thank you, my good friend. I do feel that God blessed me with this writing gift. And it is my duty to write so others may read and maybe receive the messages within most of my poems. After I finish a poem I feel a sense of joy. And I hope my poems help others in their trying times. God bless you abundantly my good friend.

Christina Bowring September 12, 2023 at 10:07 PM My dear friend- you have astounded me yet again. You read mine and then swiftly off to create yet another masterpiece with extremely high quality, depth, wonderful storytelling. You would be a publishers dream with the speed in which you can write ( meeting all deadlines) with high professionalism time after time. You really have a gift Robert - it cannot be bought, you just have it. Your pen is your heartbeat. Amazing powerful write my friend with perfect rhyming. Robert Lindley September 17, 2023 at 6:08 AM Sad to say but my speed has diminished greatly in this last year. But it still is very fast. I write most sonnets in ten to fifteen minutes. And that is a bit slower than before. As once the verses flowed to me lightning quick. God bless you. Robert Lindley September 17, 2023 at 6:05 AM Thank you, my good friend. I have always been blessed with the ability to write my verses at a high rate of speed. To me that is just normal as the verses flood through my brain. I did compose this one extremely fast. And upon completion only had to edit one verse! The poetry gods have gifted me that ability. God bless you abundantly my good friend. Robert Lindley September 17, 2023 at 5:47 AM Thank you, my good friend. I have always been blessed with the ability to write my verses at a high rate of speed. To me that is just normal as the verses flood through my brain. I did compose this one extremely fast. And upon completion only had to edit one verse! The poetry gods have gifted me that ability. God bless you my good friend.

Hiya Sharma September 12, 2023 at 7:28 PM True.. No fighting soul can win if faith is not in his brave head.. So rightly said! This piece devoured the absolute myriad range of darkness and was quite haunting to read.. Either interpreted literally or metaphorically.. Those demons can only feast on our peace, as long as we allow them to. It's just a matter of realisation (which is the most difficult) and then action against them. Courage with faith works in power. The descriptions in this piece are beyond brilliant! Amazingly written... Robert Lindley September 17, 2023 at 5:44 AM Sorry my friend, I just now returned to this poem and found these fine comments. You are right in your comment. I too found it is a matter of realization and taking courage to fight those demons. Courage and faith they can not bet. God bless you my good friend,