Crimson Shadow
Sitting, thinking, darkness pervades
Crimson shadows stain my brain
My thoughts awash in shades of grey
Nothingness... nothing, only pain
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Oh, the stains, the crimson stains!
Oh, how the stains invade my brain!
Head hung low in deepest musing
Not a hope, always losing
Pressing hard my fingers straining
Stain upon my temple remaining
Oh, the stains, the crimson stains!
Oh, the pain, the insipid pain!
Mad, the visions slowly creeping
In my head they wake from sleeping
Blood red maggots, always slinking
Squeeze them tight, their crimson, bleeding
Oh, the stains, in my brain!
Oh, abhorrence to obtain!
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Mind slips, concentration degrades
Debasing crimson shadows ingrained
Will is lost as feelings fray
Haunting emotions, unexplained
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Oh, the stains, the crimson stains!
Oh, the horror they retain!
Viscous thoughts like liquid oozing
Blackness engulfs each shadow's choosing
Reflections through the twilight peeking
In my heart my soul is shrieking
Oh, the stains, the crimson stains!
Oh, how it pulses through my vein!
The time is lost to pablum speaking
Verbose ideas are sorrows seeking
Darkened thoughts now are growing
Replaced by words concise and flowing
Oh, the stains, in my brain!
Oh, dark reflections can't remain
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Crimson shadows or crimson shades
Darkness fades to light again
Lucent shadows, some will stay
As crimson shadows in my brain
07/29/15
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2015
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