Dark Waltz Poems

In this vast void of existence, we stand,
Hearts bleeding out, met with the back of a hand.
Alone we stagger in life's endless night,
Chasing shadows, devoid...

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A Haunting Waltz

As I recline, wearied, on this eve so dark and dreary,
Whispers in the shadows, tales of Victorian eerie.
The moon, a spectral lantern, spills...

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In the webbed corners of my brain 
There blooms a sinister flower 
Its petals dripping with venom 
 And thick roots entwined with despair 

Begins...

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Nocturnal melodies flow up through the oaks, birch and pines
Hues of joy pour over melancholy of a dark foreboding
Music lingers on the heart who knows...

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Where darkness bleeds its prayers
Over my spirit, blinding me
With the illusions, the images,
Blurred visions of yesterday, betrayed
By the silhouettes of promises,
Unafraid of the cool, clear...

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EARLY POEMS XXI - JUVENILIA

Dance With Me
by Michael R. Burch

(circa age 18)

Dance with me
to the fiddles’ plaintive harmonies.
Enchantingly,
each highstrung string,
each yearning key,
each a thread within...

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Some
(one)(thing)(where)
seething:sighing:spying
scatteringshatteringsputteringstammering
spiral-
i
n
g

A.
A life.
A lifeless life.
A zero (sum) life.

A Zero Man 
submerged in Plutonian dust
sliding on the ice of nullification
slipping onto icy swords
secreting icy words
scrambling in dicey...

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Born in brilliant rose dawn, when dreams were still possible,
I'm a silent ebony shadow, who has never felt the fiery sun.
In cool, dark regions I...

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Silent, piercing through the darkness
So alive with shimmering heartbeats
Stars scattered chaotically across the skies
Alive, dancing proudly under the dreamy
Moon, who breathes hope into the night





The...

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Dancing like the wind
In the oaks, with leaves
Waltzing to melodies
Notes of light, joy, faith
Reflected in His grace
As He rains down His love
Across the souls of...

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Breathe in the buttery sun
Warming the naked skin
With laughter from the wind
Songs of gladness filling
The senses with whispers of
Imagination, inspiration

Wade in gentle pools of liquid
Tenderness,...

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A
prayer
I
say for
you today.
I pray
for
your health
peacefulness
angels to watch
over you.
My love
I
give you.
May God be
with you
each
waking
day.


Date Written: 6/13/2021

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Like a secret confided with his last breath
Dangling from his every syllable
He draws me near whispering in my ear
Reaches in to the depths of my...

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Red lips, coiffed hair, dressed to the nines
  gown traipsing along the floor
  waltzing to the rhythm of the beat;
dark suited, tailored etchings
...

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Waltz of Love and Time.

In the fervor of of life, love can go unseen, unheard, unspoken.
Dark places become our mind's dwellings, the silence dreaded and...

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