Breezy and gallus with nerves of steel
In him the team's heartbeat you could feel
He was the brains of that Celtic outfit
For that he deserves this little tribute
Exploiting an opening with defence splitting pass
Which allowed his teammates to step on the gas
Not being a man to turn the other cheek
Retribution he chose often to wreak
A little man but a giant on the field of play
Bertie Auld's name on Celtic fans' lips will always stay
Here was the Lion with the necessary bite
Always and ever ready, and up for the fight
"Darkling in Distress"
Spirits of ancient entities
prowl hauntingly through eerie mist
encumbered by flesh no more
beyond sweet breath of lovers kiss
as skeletons of eras past
evaporated vapors
wandering through tunnels
concealed by lace drapes of sorrow.
in clandestine atmosphere
horror of hollow empty shells
dark corridors impune
as essence of torturous bones
consume an imprisoned heart
of a darkling in distress.
kidnapped in a vacant enclosure
of constrained emotions
sequestered in quicksand
down in a dark dungeon
of a Life broken
a crushed pedestal
a crumpled effigy
spewing volcanic ash
from a verbotin sham
sad spirit departs
to wanderlust
of withered dust
parched and perished by pain
black memories
scream ... scream ...
down in the dark dungeon
thoughts tantalize: Life is only a vapor, a mist
and Death is the beginning of Life.
*darkling - an entity in pain
*verbotin - forbidden
*For Nathan's Insanity of Death Contest ..
My brother reprobator and oedipus.
Nimble selictor, nisus impersonale muss.
Improvidence, goggle eyed or irrational,
Instigate inane dowdy, kinsfolk isolate fuss.
Paramour or inamorato objurgate carlish,
Impune contrivance, obfuscate gobble tush.
A partner inauspicious or inartificial indigent,
Not same as before lumber or lurcher hiss.
Irremissible offence fidget formidable lead,
My parents exaggerate emotions I ever miss.
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