JC Brul Poet Free verse

Insidious

One somber summer  night
darkness descended
to destroy and deaden
a dappled candle on the table.

A soulless silver smile
turned gray and tarnished
and your eyes that once aglow 
lost its luster and life
for it was destined
to falter and fade forever. 

Now, a child within me weeps~
as sepulchral silence spawns silhouettes
of abysmal labyrinth~ 
in bloody snowy pavement. 
The candle dies...my hope soon will...
so in blood-stained feet, I run and run~
until the shadows from the woods
swallow my insidious fear.


November 5,2020

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Connie Marcum Wong April 18, 2021 at 2:33 AM Congratulations on your first place win with this impressive poem JCB! Blessings xxoo

Paula Goldsmith January 17, 2021 at 9:56 AM Congratulations on your win. A deep story/write. I love your line, "The candle dies...my hope soon will..." When one candle dies another one must be lite. Enjoy your win/day with blessings...............

Warren Doll November 24, 2020 at 10:04 AM "as sepulchral silence spawns silhouettes" what great poetry and alliteration! Congratulations on your win, JCB. Best wishes~ Warren.

Constance La France November 23, 2020 at 3:42 PM JCB, congratulations on your win in the contest with this wonderful write _Constance

Andrea Dietrich November 22, 2020 at 5:38 PM yes, I do remember this one and the awesome imagery it contains. Congratulations on your well deserved win, my friend.

Jo Chamberlain November 22, 2020 at 2:24 PM Congratulations on your winning placement.

Janice Canerdy November 22, 2020 at 12:25 PM CONGRATS on your well-deserved win, JCB. Janice

Linda Alice Fowler November 22, 2020 at 8:30 AM Congratulations on the win JCB! Linda

Darlene De Beaulieu November 7, 2020 at 5:58 AM Hello JCB Burl, was this a nightmare? As I read it is what I get from this poem. Don;t eat anything before be time. Enjoy your day my friend.

Andrea Dietrich November 6, 2020 at 6:27 PM this feels like more than mere death. Is there murder afoot? This really has the atmosphere of insidiousness!! I enjoyed the read, JCB!

Susan Ashley November 5, 2020 at 6:11 PM The dark beauty of your artistry gives me chills, JCB, the kind that stings the imagination with sad emotional imagery and tinges the heart with a hopeless angst. Unsmiling and superb! Best wishes for a win.. ~Susan

Silent One November 5, 2020 at 2:53 AM I could feel the angst in your poem...

Besma Riabi Dziri November 5, 2020 at 12:14 AM Sometimes we go through states when we remain with a "soulless silver smile".. the shadow becomes more of a visibility.. the candle of the heart just melted within.. we have only the burn and a scent of existence.. Hope sometimes chooses to step out leaving shells of soul.. So deep! So powerful a rendition of a state of mind and heart in a wonderful poetry! Achingly amazing! A great pleasure to read, JCB.. My warmest wishes. Regards and blessings. JC Brul November 5, 2020 at 12:39 AM Very well-said dear Besma. Your comment put my poem into another dimension I never thought it could get there. Thank you so much. You inspired me.