je suis desole -

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wakes …

of carnage
widen behind me
shimmering horizon of hope
and prospect
(and falsehood)
now turned cold, dank, dim -
faceless and wan
my poison and err has tainted
the waters, pure ...
things most dear and precious
forever scarred
no redemption or excuse
worthy of the deeds
negligence and mistake now
strewn at my feet ...
massive and black
a chasm opens before me
oh, how soft and sweet, the darkness ...
to dive, plunge
fall deep and down
let it wrap me like the wings
of an angel, forsaken
let it rock me, gently, to sleep
soft and sensuous
the voice that whispers to me
from the inky slate ...
horror, guilt, pain
all gone with one deep, sweet
kiss of oblivion
oh, her gentle voice is yet
warm in my ear
her saccharine breath, a divine enchantment ...
the Great Void awaits -
the blank embrace of nihility
and the ultimate tomb
of all that IS, was, shall ever be
yawns in a parody of the cosmos -
the expanse that has ever
held me rapt in wonderment -
but it glistens not
with the life of the heavens
there is no glint or flicker
to hold the gaze
or measure its draft
no spinning maelstroms or
pulsing strings
just a gaping pit, abysmal ...
and the only TRUE
promise …

of liberty.







~ 7th Place ~  in the "Dance of Death" Poetry Contest, Chantelle Anne Cooke, Judge & Sponsor.

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