In the Shadows Beyond the Lights, Tribute Poem- Rudyard Kipling

In The Shadows Beyond The Lights, Tribute poem- Rudyard Kipling In the shadows beyond the lights Poe's curse, Raven's dark flights A land, far beyond sinking moon Loss and sorrows brought too soon Groans of our dying mortal coils Greed for greater earthen spoils Accursed abyss, blacken Hell Falling under evil spell. Wherein the heart's joys are so brief Stealing away like a thief As setting sun fading to black Victim dying to backtrack Midnight pause, silver crescent fade Pain, love when one is played The dark behind sphinx's stony smile Or birth of hate, mortal guile. Muffled cries of the recent dead Chained in rooms of pure dread Stone walls washed with flowing red Souls wondering where light fled Echoes from deep caverns below Singing in Hell's daily shows No mercy therein ever cast Raven's ghouls having a blast. In the shadows beyond the lights Poe's curse, Raven's dark flights A land, far beyond sinking moon Loss and sorrows brought too soon. Robert J. Lindley, 2-24- 2021 Dark Rhyme, ( Within The Depths Of Darkest Night ) Tribute to Kipling-From my new blog on Kipling