Some witchery has happened in my past
As I was prowling swiftly through the woods,
The scent of freedom in my nose, my lungs,
My hungry stomach and my lonely soul.
That fateful evening as I fell asleep
There was no premonition and no hint
That in the morning as the sun appeared
I’d realize that I was not myself.
What were these hairless long and stumbling legs?
What were these arms that didn’t touch the ground?
What were these teeth that couldn’t maim and kill?
And this desire for a human’s touch?
Since that much-hated day I’ve lived in towns
And villages with people who do not
Suspect the origins of my unhuman self.
I eat their food, I dance around their fires,
But once a month, when skies explode the moon,
And when my past is screaming in my face,
My every tooth becomes a canine knife;
I’m on all fours, I flee towards the woods…
The morning comes, and being back in this
Forever weak, forever naked flesh
Is worth the taste of fresh delicious blood
Upon my chops, if only once a month.
Dear God & creator,
Please be with my family and friends at this time of tribulations and trials
Please don’t leave me in the dust of my past decisions and answer my calls
Please will you make me happier than feeling sad and depressed all my life?
Please help me love one another with happiness without strife?
Please don’t let me get me going out of control
Please won’t you help me and save my lonely soul?
Please can’t you hear me and heal me entirely?
Please ease my mind and see me freed for an eternity
Please love me as I need to learn to love myself
Please help me love others as well as be a guide to self
Please have mercy on my lows and highs of my lifetime
Please give me grace and forgiveness for the times I doubted you this time
Please direct my pathway of peace
Please don’t judge me unfairly according to my sins
Please persevere with me till the end of time before the devil wins
Please, oh please, save me from anxiety and give me joy
Please make me a happy-go-lucky boy
Thank you and your Kingdom come,
Amen
My Pets Are My Most beautiful and valuable Possessions.
They are the most important things in This selfish world to me.
And when I'm gone, my Spirit will oversee them from the Sky.
They are the greatest gift for me from the Universe......from God.
For Them I am forever Grateful.
They bring such untold happiness, Peace and Joy to my lonely soul.
They ae the greatest Blessing.
May God and the Universe continue to Bless them greatly and dearly.
My Cats are the Love of My Life.
Whenever I see them And I am down, My Spirits immediately get a big lift or boost.
They are my protection from low Spirits- My Spirit Guide.
I love them So. What else can I do? What Else can I say?
I promised them I would never forsake them.
Magic Man, why don’t you sing?
I sing only to please the children after the long spring
Magic Man, why do you smile?
I smile to free myself from the sadness of my exile
Magic Man show me a magic trick?
I cannot, young one, my magic is old as a soggy tunic
Magic Man, why don’t you play?
I had played for years, the playfulness in me has gone astray
Magic Man, why have you changed?
I changed and grew woeful of being doomed
Magic Man, when do you leave?
I cannot leave for I shall stay in misbelieved
Magic Man, why do you cry?
I cry for my lonely soul to be free from this calamity
Magic Man, why are you not free?
I am free, free, as free as a shackled man can be
You haunt me so and you interrupted my flourishing flow
You passed through me and couldn’t let me be me…you see?
Like a ghostly soul’s glow…the intensity and frustration will grow
Set my lonely soul free . . . Don’t need permission to be me!
You need me to want you…
You want me to need you…
You taunt me with your fleeting voice
You haunt me so, yet I still will rejoice
You wanted me so badly…
You needed me, but sadly,
I don’t give a dam if you break me
With your water of an ecstatic pressure
I don’t give a hell if you burn unfree
In the oceanic tides of a cursed nightmare
We don’t need this crazed and disoriented confusion
We won’t be able to mend the chaos with tranquility
We shouldn’t be doing this repulsive, impulsive activity
Of fighting for the crown of uselessness and gaining envy
As the night creeps slowly on,
deep thoughts drift to your sweet kiss.
How it takes me to warm Paradise,
my body tingles in tender bliss.
I’m frozen in that moment,
floating on desire’s cloud.
Soft sighs echo in my lonely soul,
lifting the veil of this loveless shroud.
I long to be in that place
where we are alone all night,
on a big rug by a roaring fire
where love rules and everything is right.
I remember your laughter;
the gleam in your sexy eyes.
The candle flames seem to dance in time
to our body moves and pleasured cries.
Passion filled our spirits full
as all longings were fulfilled.
Every sensual feeling released
while love’s enchanted hearts were thrilled.
I sit with my glass of wine
in front of a raging fire.
Without your love there is a great void,
to my lonely bed I shall retire.
At least there I may find you
in one of those alluring dreams.
Drifting slowly, searching for your touch
that makes love feel as close as it seems.
Chained to this fear inside
Feeling like I have truly died
Crying, lying next to your stone
Sighing, trying to let go all alone
This chamber of loneliness inside me
Is making me feel so lonely and anxious
This chamber of loneliness inside me
Is forsaking my lonely soul and I’m delirious
This chamber of loneliness inside me
Won’t let me be free from captivity
This chamber of loneliness inside me
Won’t let me be free from calamity
From this disconsolate liberty…
When will I be free from fear?
When will I no longer shed this tear?
Letting go I know, allowing guiltless glory to set me free
Getting rid of sorrow, grieving no more thankfully
Dawn seeps soundlessly in to scatter the darkness.
Around is silence and quiet and calm.
From my lofty balcony, I can admire the serenity
Of the vast immensity of the ocean, all smell of balm.
Let tranquillity invade my lonely soul, O Lord.
The arduous day will soon be full of all its pains.
And I am old, too old to face the vexatious turmoil
That surrounds me, for I am all aches and sprains.
How can I face the rough and tumble of this misery?
I need wisdom to discern all that is foolish and vain,
I need peace to avoid worries and other upsets.
I need love to forgive others’ injuries and bane.
Life is short and I’m much too old to bear pains.
Death will be a relief from all that troubles me.
However life is precious and I will live it through,
Only with your genial grace that comes from Thee.
Scorching sun reflect my face on thy water
Show what's in my lonely soul
Let the chapter of my sad moments unfold
Show the people that I am not bold
I was once green as grass but the poison has made me brown
Just like how ever old person was once young
My demon has age with me in this rundown town
Leaving nothing for me to claim but these memories that's fun
Not everyone wishes for you to stay around
Their are waiting for this curse to be undone
Thinking you are the problem when in yourselves it can be found
All these years of pain I could say had made me numb
Emotions aren't meant to be worn on your sleeve
Always let them believe what they want to believe
Strive for result not what are televised
Believe in yourself and you'll see changes
too much backlash
not enough research
i am the cause of my broken heart
too much tv
not enough affection and attention
i am the cause of my lonely soul
too many wishes for being by myself
not enough prayers for her love and care
i am the cause of my icy cold teardrops
too much time gone by
not enough attempts left after the (too) late bell rings
i am the number one enemy of myself
I trudge alone through yet another day.
Invisible folks pass me by.
Only I know how much I long for you.
I wait alone for joy to fill my lonely soul.
When I can share some sort of love
With the woman who should return love to me?
I reach out even to infinity but find only cold winter.
I yearn for luxuriant spring but it seems far away.
Enticing dreams come. Grotesque dreams go.
There are endless murky miles between us
Yet it will not deter my frisky flight.
I soar into any pleasant vacuum,
I'll risk my very sterile life.
And when finally I'll find you
I'll caress your soft smooth cheeks.
We'll be immersed in our happiness
And celebrate our new found felicity.
Searching white streaks in sullen clouds
thousand thoughts clutter an empty mind
cry of seagulls drown in wave of sighs
torments a lonely soul, in sad eyes
An elegant spring day lost in vapid heart
embosoms a winter night, too cold for me
a blanket of misty memory on icy tears
torments a lonely soul, in sad eyes
Crashes a landslide of melancholy rocks
cannibal guilt tears in twinges of pain
within half peeled layers of numb skin
torments a lonely soul, in sad eyes
Longing warmth of love, a wildfire burns
charcoal ash remains, in a cobweb corner
"Give up all dreams", howls a blinded sight
torments a lonely soul, in sad eyes
I reach the edge of a mountain,
a lurid stream flows down to sea,
and in bitter briny breeze, I live for everyone.
Only my lonely soul , I miss...
and in comfort of my sad eyes, then I cry
2nd May, 2020
Sponsor John lawless
Contest Name ONE FROM THE DARK SIDE
Title chosen To a Lonely Soul, Sad of Eyes
Sponsor Edward Ibeh
Contest Pick-A-Title, Vol 16 - Free Verse 2
Love, I miss you so much.
Where are you, where is your touch.
I want to get lost in your eyes, like the clouds in the wind.
I lost my trust and belief, I want to find you and bind.
Love, I want to stop just feeling myself.
I want to finally arrive and feel safe.
My lonely soul, who do not want to be vain.
My lonely heart, which tries to run from the pain.
Love, I want to talk to you till sleep at night.
I want to get speechless at morning at your sight.
Be forever in my tender love and care.
I want to be with you and share.
As for now,
I’m enshrouded in pleasurable stupidity
Not knowing my fate.
My knees quiver when you are in sight
And my heart filled with fright.
I want to be on a roll
Not looking back
But when I see your face
My heart starts knocking at my ribs,
I become confused again.
I need your heart
To be my man
It does not take my might
It is just your dear heart
To steady my nerves
And make me a man.
My nights are lonely without you
I feel so empty without you
You are the world to me
You have been placed in my heart
If you give me your heart,
I promise never to replace with another.
No matter how it hurts,
I’m going to be steadfast
I’m going to be strong
For it is just your dear heart
To save my lonely soul
For since the day I set my eyes on you
My spirit thirsts for you
And I have no place to go
That’s why I render my heart so
That sings for you
This song of love.
I could not take bath O’ beautiful petals cause-
you are still sleeping in the womb of buds,
still, spring does not come,
still, spring does not touch the soul of introspection where,
O' Petals your fragrance can change itself in any erudite scent
O petals of Dahlia
You are dropping from unknown roof
you are last evening breeze
you are whispering with drizzling
you are dropping down on my head
you are touching my nose; my lips
you are touching all my sensitive limbs
you are showering me in sacred fragrance sense
you are snatching my lonely soul to my shrine
and you were teaching me- the beauty is God's chime!
-July 30, 2018
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