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Darkness Poems - Poems about Darkness

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Premium Member From darkness to light
Hemmed in by senses five and mind, closed heart, far from loving and kind, knowing not who in truth we are, from God’s light soul’s drifted afar, dead man walking, desires stalking, deaf to truth’s voice in heart knocking, we yet...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, blessing, spiritual,
Form: Lay
The lamp in the darkness
The Lamp in the Darkness In shadows deep, where fear takes hold, And no doubt a chilling story told, A flicker starts, a tiny gleam, A fragile hope, a waking dream. A lamp it is, with gentle light, Dispelling gloom, embracing...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



All The Good Things
they want me to write about good things soft kisses and heart-filled days of loveliness they want me to write of romance and joy of gratitude and laughter of all the good things above and below but I can...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, angst, dark, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse

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Dawn’s come again Bringing rain by me I see a friend Now wand’ring free I see again A sun so gold Nothing can mend This sorrow never sold Coming once again A dark so deep Away cannot send The darkness of sleep...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, dark, death of a
Form: Lyric
The Longest Night
The darkest of mornings, Light creeping slowly, very slowly, Round the edges of my world, As the day begins. All day a half light struggles to make an impact But loses the battle And dusk takes over far too soon, And...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, dark, hope, winter,
Form: Free verse



WITNESSES
The bed will testify of what you did on it. The wall’s silent ears. Foreclosed window eyes. Onomatopoeia from door’s Half opening mouth, The night you switched off the light Drew all blinds but darkness stood there as a witness, watching you...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, africa, america, emotions, england,
Form: Lyric
The Sound of Silence Part Two
Hello Darkness, my old friend, I'm afraid we have to start again, The visions planted in my head, Fake nutrition we've been fed, An agenda thats just for one, Evil's son, Within the sound of silence, In a web, I walked with...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, betrayal, corruption, deep, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As Darkness Falls
As darkness falls without, it also falls within; where listless slumber slowly takes me by the hand, leads me to a place where I relive every sin while Lilith does foretell what fate for me is planned. The darkness...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Wild is the night
There's an eerie feeling in the air tonight. Voices in the distance seem full of fright. Crisp cold winds that blow chilling to the bone... leaves rustling in the darkness, unknown. Silence even whispers loud the fear, Silhouettes of ghosts on...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, anxiety, confusion, dark, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I lay down in bed at 9 PM, seeking peace in the darkness that envelops me
I lay down in bed at 9 PM, seeking peace in the darkness that envelops me, beneath blankets that conceal the burden of a world full of noise and light, where their laughter and joy intertwine with...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Inner Storm
The golden blaze of the sun fades to night A lurid haze of colors dance across the sky Lurking shadows ruffle across the coastline A spinning circle of destruction The pitch-black sky emerges its vision A chaos...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, emotions, environment, imagery, natural
Form: Tercet
Premium Member The Darkness of a Soul
The Darkness of a Soul A soul lives a bright life, perhaps it is aching for life He works, reads the Bible, goes to church and lives He gets home from work after midnight, stays out late His nightlife...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, fate, life, night,
Form: Free verse
Lost To Lust
?Lust knows it. Life and death. ?Living and reliving, ?Dieing and dieing yet again. ?Sinners souls in eternal glory of doom, ?Fuel the big burning sulphur of hell. ? ?Afraid and broken inside, ?Living and dieing alike. ?A way to live was by...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, bible, gospel, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Darkness Veils My Eyes
Into the lake another pebble was tossed Its ripples mar the tranquility of my life Perhaps another kind friend, suddenly lost to this daughter, mother, and twice a wife Darkness veils my eyes, flowing with teary waterfalls spilling, for I've...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Save Me From The Bare Darkness
{"I wish somebody, some entity would’ve told me, even warned me with the intuitiveness that lies within the motherly instincts, the nature of humanity without malevolent reluctance. That lying in the darkness for whom which...Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, absence, abuse, addiction, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

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