Crimson and Cobalt
strobe into the secret night
the scene of our sacred crime
not just any old crime
I confess to you but
I cry most insidious in design
a crime worthy of the divine
what can such a crime be
that even a God can shame thee?
‘tis but a crime of most elegant jest!
for my soul has been down
to the lower levels of Dantes infernos,
it kinda likes it there
the ice is but a thrill
the old demon sleeps
as I watch faces scream and talk and wink
in the frozen lake Cocytus
but I shall not make a fuss
but do I carry on
none, not I, shall I fear
for I know not what I am doing
how could I,
how could I, the courts will not hear
or understand
do such shameful things my eye sees
all but naught
and still, I sit here or stand, nevermind
in my demise, thinking
things that no mortal should
consider or aspire to see
here before me the scene of the crime
awash in cobalt in Crimson
all painted in colors of justice and purity
but I see not
but I do hear
the calls from the holly cost
I have laid waste to Valhalla
holy halls but what crime, what causes
how can I devise, conspire
contrive and execute
with supreme device
so insidious that even my soul will be
loathed even in a divine comedy
a bitter hell
if only you could know my inner planes
and the pain, the sadness brings
the massacre of my children’s dreams.
what am I but just a lonely servant
to that which is ruled by my heart
I love thy light bringer, Lucifer
I linger here with the heavy blade
glistening something wet slides
from its chrome shaft
along its razor edge
down splashing in pools of Crimson black & cobalt fears.
The car has come to a stop which the engine grinds
no more, all awash in Crimson and cobalt,
I stumble away from this crime scene
I lay waste to my inner mind's eye…
I welcome this blessed night…
I'm headed to the holocaust, like to come along?
I guess not?!
such the pitty...
Copyright © Poet Tellaferro | Year Posted 2022
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