Silent Kingdom

A fallen kingdom of gloom
The murky lands glisten with doom
A lonely road, deserted by time
So perfect now, this kingdom is mine

I paint the moon from memory’s will
The swirling fog keeps my heart still
I’d count on truth, but all light is gone
The only fact is that I breathe on

I wake again, somewhere inside
This kingdom speaks the darkest desires
A grave recalls nursing my pain
The tombs beneath all know my name

A thousand years, decaying in sin
Another hour is a hundred within
A mirror breaks every time I recall
I used to smile; I had life before

I wake again, what was it I found?
The scent of pain, and once more I’m bound
This kingdom knows too much to talk
Now I sleep in graves, as silence befalls
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Brown Avatar
November 11, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round of the Poetrysoup site contest Ian. The best to you in the finals. Love, Carol
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November 10, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Wow, stunning ! Congratulations being featured this week ! much love, james
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November 8, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations on your poem being featured this week Ian. Love, Carol
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September 25, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week >> James
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September 24, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Congrats on being featured...great poem-Rhonda hero
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September 24, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Congratulations on your poem making it through the first round.Wishing you the best in the finals Ian. Love, Carol
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September 24, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Ian, congrats on being featured this week...Raul
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September 24, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Dear Ian, Congratulations on your well deserved feature of the week. Love and Light, Lainie.
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September 24, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Ian. Love, Carol
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January 26, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Ian, this is wonderfully written. Such depth and vivid imagery. Very well done.
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