Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

Black Dog Barks

"Black Dog Barks"



I feed the beast pieces of my heart
Black Dog Barks
prowling inside my parametres silky soft paws

Black Dog Barks
I feed the Jabberwock pieces of my mind
this is how it begins torn and bloody

I feed the Jabberwock pieces of my mind
the mirror smiles back and says, gracefully
“You’re fine”

The mirror smiles back and says, malevolently
“I own you now, you’re all mine”
Black Dog Barks

Prowling inside my parametres silky soft paws
this is how it begins bloody and torn
“You’re fine”

This is how it begins bloody and torn
murders all inside, revelry unholy
I smile and walk out into the cold Sunshine

Black Dog Barks
“It’s quantitative”
Science looking for signs 

reflection of stars 
sparkling irises silver violet
wrapped in a cutting sea of ebony

walking barefeet on glass inviolate
dodging sharp teeth and fins 
the mind bleeds fast

Black Dog Barks

(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)



“If I had a Heart”/ Fever Ray
https://youtu.be/EBAzlNJonO8





Iris. 
The colored part of the eye which helps regulate the amount of light entering the eye. When there is bright light, the iris closes the pupil to let in less light. And when there is low light, the iris opens up the pupil to let in more light.


Iris. 
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/irises.jsp









https://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/van-Gogh-Vincent.html

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/01/03/heres-what-the-evidence-shows-about-the-links-between-creativity-and-depression/

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Robert Lindley March 12, 2021 at 6:54 AM A truly fine dark piece, stirring the imagination and asking the soul about the meaning of life in this dark and savage world. Dare we decide to see, decide to hear, decide to reason beyond out daily treks in blindness? Or at least hear the black dog bark.. A fav- a creative gem glistening in the heart of a poet that opens back doors to let light in... Lady Labyrinth March 12, 2021 at 1:06 PM A writer writes that which is known. Imagination can harness depression, for many. It is the taming of it that is key to putting it back in it's kennel. Feed it love and compassion, it will sleep, eventually. How one masters it when it awakes, is the battle.

Ts Poetry March 11, 2021 at 4:48 AM There is a deeper presence even when we only see the outlines of what is there. Lady Labyrinth March 12, 2021 at 1:07 PM It prowls around some on silent paws and enters the story from time to time.

Lady Labyrinth March 10, 2021 at 6:26 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/ransom_1143190 Lady Labyrinth March 10, 2021 at 6:26 PM https://psychcentral.com/lib/when-the-black-dog-starts-growling-5-steps-to-leash-your-depression#4