Journey of Black

Riding darkness like a fevered horse
arriving nowhere 
desire drained into 
dust devils
an endeavor 
escaping light
and the darkness behind my eyes
thrumming with loathsome pains of the soul
so deep
crypt-like 
Silent screams claw sanguine rivulets 
across  
placid ponds of thought
emptying, devoid.
Wanting solitude; needing loneliness
killing to feed. 
Jet steed foamy and dying
dusty caws peal from the throat
of  a waiting vulture
who devours black carrion like I do.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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