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Dreaming?Feel the cold embrace you
Silence is deceiving
For in the dark of night
The dead themselves are stirring
Arms raised the warlock's standing
A hellish spell he's casting
Fingers gently moving
Power in his weaving
The earth begins to move
And mottled flesh appears
You cannot scream or run
You're paralyzed with fear
From the bowels of hell
The evil dead are raised
And from their rotting throats
They're singing Satan's praise
Shambling towards you
Deaths promise in their eyes
Terror's chain still binds you
Though a scream begins to rise
Feel their arms around you
The teeth that tear so deep
For now the truth is clear
You're really not asleep

True HorrorYou touch me oh, so gently
Your tender fingers trace
Exploring every contour
Upon this careworn face

Kiss that's starts so softly
As I'm held in your embrace
I feel your ardor rising
As my very soul you taste

Your passion is consuming
I feel the depth of need
Desperately you hold me
Is this love, or greed?

You suck the feelings from me
Bring numbness in your wake
No mercy and no pity
No care for heavens sake

Dye billowing in the water
I feel your poison spread
Killing all emotion
Your palace is my head

Dragged into your darkness
My heart it feels so dead
Life on autopilot
Addicted to my bed

Then through this foul, bla

Heavens FirePerfect radiant beauty
Draped in soft sweet light
Enchanting and beguiling
With promise of delight
Tender is the moment
When lips at last do meet
The flame of passion's fire
Stirring up love's heat
Lost in land of rapture
Our fingers trace the way
Inner voices guiding
The way that lovers play
Comes the sweetest moaning
When silken folds are reached
Tides of pleasure building
As barriers are breached
Urgency now building
With every loving touch
Waves of Eros pounding
The pleasure seems to much
Sweet this nectar flowing
I need no other wine
Honey of an angel
Thank God who made you mine
Then the rising waters
Give in to deep desire
You and I both rising
To dance in heavens fire...

The Pilgrims BalladCome thou rolling ocean
Let me sail upon thy tide
Like a lonely Bedouin
In thee my soul shall hide
Far from worldly shores
And trusting in thy arms
Would this my soul adore
When land has lost its charm?
Neath ever changing skies
And winds that come and go
Like the albatross on high
So shall my journey flow
Thy cradle it shall bear me
Through calm and still and storm
Travailing deep and endless sea's
Upon thy restless form
Would then I be delivered
To a new shore far away
Where love and hope are anchored
And happiness can stay?
Come thou rolling ocean
I shall sail upon thy tide
Like a lonely Bedouin
In thine arms I shall abide...

Acceptance...Sunbeams slowly dying
No sense in asking 'why?'
Darkness overwhelming
The stars fall from the sky
Life it holds no meaning
Heart and soul both aching
Hope? I watch her dying
As my world is breaking
Memories they linger
longing mixed with pain
Through times endless river
They always will remain
When the wounds have healed
The sun, I know will shine
And life it will go on
Though you're no longer mine
Then I will remember
The good times, not the bad
Eyes fixed on the future
The past wont make me sad
So journey on my darling
Find love and happiness
In life's wondrous journey
I too will find my solace
See the dawn is breaking
And hope she rises too
New shores and beginnings
And doors to walk on through
But I will still look back
Eyes filled with silver dew
And thank the tides of fate
That I shared love with you...

Truth...In this haunted palace
The air is rank and foul
Every hanging portrait
Holds a menacing scowl
Dust a deep grey carpet
The windows thick with mold
Of this brooding evil
A thousand tales are told
Godless and foreboding
This rotting structure stands
Fighting time with venom
Vile stain upon the land
Trapped within these walls
I've cried so many tears
Born into this horror
Cursed through all my years
No arms ever held me
Fed on the milk of hate
Lonely, lost and fearful
No life beyond these gates
Just one room forbidden
I stand before its door
Here may lie the secret
Of vaguely hinted lore
Slowly turn the handle
Heart beating very fast
Will my disobedience
Cause death to come at last?
The door it creaks and moans
My candle lights the gloom
I see a subtle movement
What presence brings my doom?
Brave, I step towards it
A monstrous, shambling thing
Crawling death and maggots
Of hell its looks do sing
Bile and vomit rising
Yet still I will not flee
Truth alone may free me
This h

First LoveWhen the Sun has faded
And stars no longer shine
Memories shall linger
And pay no heed to time
Your smile left me breathless
Your face, I see it still
That 'accidental' touch
That gave me such a thrill
Those sleepless, lonely nights
That ushered loves first tears
The beating of my heart
Whenever you appeared
Innocence surrendered
Into your tender arms
First love lasts forever
We hold it like a charm
I will not forget you
You taught me, oh so much
Still my sweet beloved
I hunger for your touch...

ClimaxRolling waves of passion
That sail on loves sweet tide
Become a raging fire
From which we cannot hide
The touch of longing lips
And waltz of fingertips
Natures music rising
Shall all bounds eclipse
Voyage of exploration
That leads to magic lands
Pleasure in the journey
Of my sweet lovers hands
Molten kisses painting
The tapestry of love
Lovers wings unfurling
To ride the skies above
Ecstasy in joining
Our spirits fly as one
Need and love combining
We're shining like the sun
Light that can't be hidden
Exploding in the dark
Our sweet love creating
Life's sacred magic spark...

Death... And lifeDEATH... AND LIFE
Gentle kiss of moonlight
That calls me from my grave
Sculpturing sweet shadows
That move like ocean waves
The serenade of owls
greets the burgeoning night
Swooping majestic flight
To bring the heart delight
Rats that leap and scurry
Freed from the cares of day
I thank the velvet blue
That calls us all to play
Then I hear you calling
With joy I make my way
Pretty flowers marking
The tomb in which you lay
Come then my beloved
Whose blood was finest wine
My gift of death bestowed
Given to make you mine
Rise up from your coffin
Nights music in your head
I'll still your trembling hand
There is no fear in death
In my arms find comfort
My world I'll share with you
King and queen of darkness
In this land of velvet blue...

Foolish HeartMy foolish yearning heart
A song of love it sings
With the chill of autumn
Soft falling tears it brings

It has learned no lessons
Nor built a thick stone wall
Lost within your beauty
It cannot help but call

I tried to hold it back
To tell it, 'let things be'
But flying to the stars
It said 'I will be free'

So then, I must tell you
That you're my morning sun
Basking in your heart light
I know the day's begun

Sat here at the keyboard
I search to find a trace...
Looking out the window
Imagining your face

This scarred and gentle heart
Once accepted 'lonely'
Now in the realms of sleep
It dwells upon you only

Time and ocea

DreamsCome sweet river of sleep
Carry me on silver dreams
Ferry me to magic shores
Where life more pleasant seems
To walk where flowers sing
Neath sunbeams gentle kiss
Where love it brings no pain
Just waves of endless bliss
To soar on eagles wings
Where bluebirds dance for joy
And swim in emerald sea's
Where mermaids are not coy
To watch the sunlight fade
And starlight paint the sky
Opalescent ribbons
Raising the moon on high
Then in breathless wonder
The land of dreams is still
Night flowers slowly open
And faeries start to trill
Lakes reflecting beauty
Echo enchanted song
Singing to my spirit
That here I do belong
Here I praise your beauty
And bask in warming love
Weaving words together
That glisten up above
So my darling listen
For this poets words are true
More than the land of dreams
My angel, I love you...

Romeo's BalladTears like cherry blossom
Keep falling in the wind
Undying love a chasm
Where grieving echoes sing
Mighty wings now broken
Bloody feathers in the sand
Love that went unspoken
Is it dying in my hands?
This world it could not know
Was not allowed to see
The work of Cupid's bow
Or what you mean to me
Love hidden in the darkness
How could it thrive and grow
Longing for sweet wholeness
How could we treat it so?
Love should not be secret
For the rose it needs the sun
How could we be complete
When we could not be one?
So bring my cup of sorrow
It must take me where it will
There will be no tomorrow
For my heart will soon be still...

The Vampires BalladNight unfurls her silken wings
She paints the skies with lace
And in her blue, bright stars sing
While moonbeams light her face
Hands with magic dust the land
Her jewels we call 'frost'
Numerous as the desert sands
With morning they are lost
Wise owls sing her praises
While wolves they offer hymns
The busy world, it hushes
As if it knows its sin
Listen to her children
Sweet choir of the night
Hear their music beckon
And share my rapt delight
This the world that calls me
"Come rise up from the grave"
This the wonder my eyes see
So full of what I crave
Life and love and splendor
For these I have a thirst
Though some look with horror
Of men I'm not the worst
Immortal and accursed
Still I dare to love
Though in grief immersed
And hated up above
Still my heart remembers
And yes, I see your face
Memories still linger
This heavens only grace
Crimson floods give succor
But only for a while
For more than blood I hunger
Still pining for your smile
Centuries they come and go
Upon

Mother MoonPain that runs in rivers
Fire ripping me apart
Stomach, cramping, churning
Dear God my racing heart!
Think my flesh is melting
This moonlight, how it burns!
Bones feel like they're breaking
For death I pray and yearn
Strength and freedom rising
How sweet the forests smell
Werewolf, standing, howling
Where my weak body fell
In the night I hear you
My careless, foolish prey
Walking in the moonlight
Such loving things you say
Silently I stalk you
Sweet lovers, you've no clue
Feel my hackles rising
The hunt will soon be through
I know that you can see me
I want to smell your fear
Piss yourselves my victims
And know that death is here
Growling, ripping, tearing
I paint the trees with blood
Body parts are flying
I love death's crimson flood!
Two loving hearts devoured
Fun ended all to soon
Think I'll sit a while
And howl at mother moon!

Seeing Red...SEEING RED
Softest billows flowing
That paint my mind with red
Sacred, wondrous rapture
I find within your bed
Dreams like ribbons drew me
Your window open wide
The sweet perfume of youth
Each called me to your side
Peacefully you slumbered
So innocent and pure
The beast within me rising,
It just could not endure
Your throat warm and pulsing
Like magic it enticed
My weakness I'll concede
The blood that gives me life
For you I spun a web
A dream of blissful love
In my arms I took you
Touch gentle as a dove
You in rapture moaning
My fangs sliced through your flesh
Crimson joy exploding
As on your life I fed
All to soon you're dying
Life hanging by a thread
But there's no way to stop
Not while I'm seeing red...

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If your heart were free
If you could see beyond blue
Then maybe you'd see me
But life and love are tangled
Hearts weave complex webs
Broken dreams are cradled
And live inside our heads
So from afar I watch you
Love silent in my heart
Unspoken words a virtue
Though they echo in the dark
Your laugh and smile I treasure
Your kindly words I'l store
And in innocence find pleasure
Sweet soul that I adore
And if perchance you see me
Discern the love I hide
Would rising passion free thee
To sail on sweeter tides?

The birth...You touch me oh, so gently
Your tender fingers trace
Exploring every contour
Upon this careworn face
Kiss that's starts so softly
I'm held in your embrace
I feel your ardor rising
As my very soul you taste
Your passion is consuming
I feel the depth of need
Desperately you hold me
Is this love, or greed?
You suck the feelings from me
Bring numbness in your wake
No mercy and no pity
No care for heavens sake
It's billowing in my blood
I feel your poison spread
Killing all emotion
The dread cold touch of death
Trapped within this darkness
I hear your siren song
Evil and alluring
To you I do belong?
Candle light is glowing
I feel your icy hand
Rising from my coffin
You gently bid me stand
You touch me oh, so gently
Your tender fingers trace
Exploring every contour
Upon this undead face...

The Kiss...Sunlight slowly fading
Sets chained shadows free
Dusk her wings unfurling
Sings praise to what shall be
Comes the velvet darkness
Replete with silver stars
Moonbeams join in congress
And herald what is ours
Scarlet billows call me
They rouse me from this sleep
Death surrenders sweetly
Stone angels do not weep
I can hear them singing
My children of the night
Serenade enthralling
My wolves a sheer delight
Through the graveyard walking
I smile and bless the night
You, my love, are dreaming
Such raptures I incite
To your side unerring
Our love it draws me nigh
Life and death deferring
I kiss you with a sigh
Your dream deftly shaping
I swear you'll feel no pain
Mortal life though leaving
Our love, it shall remain
Scarlet life is flowing
Your blood such honeyed wine
In this gentle knowing
Love, I will make you mine
Now in triumph rising
This hateful dawn I'll flee
One last look espying
In death new life I see...
By Gary Jackson AKA Garythedreamingpoet

At Last...On summers wings doth heaven rise
And banish dread despair
Sweet succor in the dawns reprise
That brings faint heart repair
Purest blue the welcome herald
Burnished by that princely orb
Winters grip at last annulled
Come golden kiss, let me absorb
See, the hand of God is painting
The rainbow is his brush
An end to endless waiting
How awesome is this rush
Joy and colors bursting
My soul at last is free
With love my eyes are gazing
Such miracles I see
Life from death is springing
Green shoots and petals red
Sights that start me singing
At last the word is said
Spring, be thou the sacred gateway
To summers warm embrace
Bring the sweet and longed for day
Let sunlight kiss this upturned face...

JewelMy eyes they see you shining
Watch you walking with the stars
Brighter than the lightning
Beauty glowing from afar...
And my heart gently weeps
I watch your spirit soaring
Soft wings painting in the sky
Sweet raining words inspiring
See your canvass how it flies...
And my heart gently weeps
I see your sadness bleeding
Savage wounds that just wont heal
And know the love you're needing
The unending pain you feel...
And my heart gently weeps
My poet born in sorrow
What beautiful words you weep
High on that sacred plateau
Where none but angels sleep...
And my heart gently weeps

The Sea of WonderStarlight softly beckons
And calls this dreaming heart
Sail with me the heavens
Sweet waters we will part
Mighty planets dying
New sun's that brightly burn
Sights that leave you crying
For more your heart will yearn
Sacred wisps of color
Paint beauty in the sky
Here true wonder conjured
No point in asking why
Eternity is painted
On mighty wheels of grace
Where the hand that molded
The blessed eye that traced?
How poor this poet's art
This wondrous tale to tell
So sad then to depart
In dreams this soul would dwell...

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Cain's Tale

by *Gary-thedreamingpoet, Nov 27, 2012, 8:15:41 AM
Literature / Poetry / Horror / Traditional Fixed Forms

Unsettling revelations

Do you really want to know

Why the darkness beckons

And nightmares come and go?

So vampires are a fable

And werewolves just a laugh

Spirit's don't rap on tables

And ghosts? That's just a draft

Your eyes they see so little

Your ears they miss so much

Yet your nerves are brittle

And you quiver at my touch

I was there at the beginning

I'm no 'primitive baseless fear'

I've made an art of sinning

And for that I shed no tears

I killed my brother Able

Spilled his blood upon the earth

Banished from Gods table

I still had a little worth

Upon my head there is a mark

So none may strike me dead

Now living in the velvet dark

I fill your hearts with dread

My children are your nightmares

And yes, they're very real

Monsters, werewolves, vampires

Your life can really steal

All that you imagine

All the horrors in your head

These and more I've given

For human hearts to dread

And yet you love my darkness

It gives you quite a thrill

You see you are my heir and heiress

Isn't that a bitter pill?

My blood it runs within you

That's why you hear my voice

Child of light or darkness

What a fascinating choice...

Cain's Taleby *Gary-thedreamingpoet

Literature / Poetry / Horror / Traditional Fixed Forms

Written as part of my two hundred poem challenge and just for fun. I find Cain, like Lazarus to be a fascinating figure. Whatever did happen to them?

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*TheDarkenedBride Dec 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

usually there's a thin line between light and darkness, as one couldn't exist without the other

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Dec 5, 2012 Professional Writer

That's an interesting point and yes, you are completely right. It's one of those subjects that we could discuss for hours, makes me wish you lived next door!

~OffToNeverland123 Nov 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

even though ive been gone for so long, you never seem to disapoint me with your beautiful woorks of magisty. great job!!

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Nov 30, 2012 Professional Writer

Thank you my dear friend

~OffToNeverland123 Dec 2, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

anytime!!!

*Delice1941 Nov 29, 2012

Gary, you really are getting through this poetry challenge, amazingly you are never at a loss for ideas

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Nov 30, 2012 Professional Writer

Thank you Delice, I think you helped fire the creative spark for this one with a poem about Lazarus?

~NocturneJewel Nov 29, 2012

Another enthralling story-poem, expertly weaved together with your majestic pen...

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Nov 30, 2012 Professional Writer

Thank you beautiful poet

~NocturneJewel Dec 3, 2012

You're very welcome.

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