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HellGathering darkness beckons
I watch my world close in
Sliding into private hell
For some forgotten sin

Come tidal wave of sadness
Wash every hope away
Drive me to the deepest depths
Then fight to make me stay

Unworthy, lost and lonely
Crush everything I am
Hold up that silvered mirror
For this unwanted man

Show me all my brokenness
The flaws I try to hide
Highlight every failure
Steal every trace of pride

Then leave me in the blackness
Without the will to fight
Helpless sniveling coward
So lost without a light

Crying tears of loneliness
In deep depressions maze
This iron grip far stronger
Than any man made cage

Reach ou

The Poets Birth...Snow is gently falling
I feel it's cold caress
My world disappearing
All by ice possessed

Passions embers dying
Love falling from the sky
Screaming out to heaven
The simple question, why?

Helplessly I'm watching
I know my heart must die
A thousand broken shards
No more to rise and fly

The sky is cold and black
The stars so far away
Beneath this long dead moon
My crying soul must stay

I begged the sun, 'don't go'
Yet from my sky she fled
Left me alone and dying
And not a word was said

Love thy blade bites deeply
There's crimson on the snow
And from this bleeding heart
The hurting words shall flow

Tears like rain are fa

Me, A Monster?I miss time's flowing river
And the golden light of day
My loved ones still remembered
Oh the games we used to play

The past still lives in echoes
Though this heart be cold and still
So I bow this lonely head
And bloody tears my eyes do fill

Rally now my noble soul
On these things I will not dwell
For life still offers pleasure
And the past is not a cell

Beneath this silver moonlight
I watch the ghouls sweet frolics
Unearthing rotting caskets
For food that would give you colic

Then I walk with Constantine
As he haunts this hallowed ground
Gregarious for a monk
As many of us have found

So with my spirits lifted
I turn to h

ShameStanding in the playground
Filled with fear and dread
All those hateful comments
Echoing in my head

Standing on the doorstep
Filled with fear and dread
Home's another nightmare
Echoing in my head

Standing in the workplace
Filled with fear and dread
Echoes of past memories
Playing with my head

Why the bully's victim?
Or the abusers dream?
Born too soft and gentle
At least that's how it seems

I never did like sports
Or care much for a fight
That made me a target
To line up in their sights

The kids called me queer
Guess 'daddy' thought me gay
No one thought to ask me
They just enjoyed their play

And I have kept on paying

The QuestHowling, raging storm
Skies of hurt and pain
Lost within the darkness
The heart I cannot tame

Why will you not listen
Oh love on fragile wings
Time and fate have spoken
No longer should we sing

Tender arms a memory
The echo of a kiss
Heaven rolled the dice
And took away our bliss

Still in hope we travel
Through icy rain and gales
Praying, hoping, dreaming
That love may yet prevail

Yearning, always yearning
We fly in search of you
For love forever destined
The love we know is true...

My PrayerMy prison cell unseen
A bare and lonely place
Echoing with wishes
As tears run down my face

In the silvered mirror
A portrait of regrets
Upon the wall a trophy
For failing every test

Here there is no beauty
No winning truths to see
A legacy of hurt and pain
The sum of what must be

My suitcase of mistakes
So very hard to carry
The past cannot be fixed
However long I tarry

I stand upon the edge
See wonder in the stars
In the world behind me
So many wounds and scars

So sweet rising sun
Full of golden light
Banish please the darkness
And let this day be bright...

All In A Nights Work...In this hallowed cradle
I lay but do not sleep
Waiting for the sunlight
It's dying hour to greet

As the shadows lengthen
My thirst begins to rise
Eyelids slowing moving
I open blood red eyes

Fingers stretch and waken
Being dead is such a blast
Hunting in the moonlight
A sweet and pleasant task

Leaving this dark palace
I dance 'neath silver beams
Merging with the darkness
I listen for your dreams

When at last I find you
My pretty little prize
Haunting music calls you
I love how you comply!

From the blackest corner
I watch you in your bed
Turning dreams to nightmares
I play with your dear head

Slowly then I come to you

Stranger LandsI see it in your eyes
The bitter truth within
The light of love has gone
So shall the tears begin
The sun that sets and falls
Brings our own curtain down
Fire lost in timeless sea's
That brings a troubled frown
As the heavens darken
So falls the wounded dove
The heart that gave it's all
To know the joy of love
When the crying's over
And hurt has had it's day
I will always love you
Are the simple words I'll say
For this my heart has learned
Journeying through the years
Love, it knows no master
And wisdom's bought with tears
Let us not be bitter
At this our painful end
For all that we have shared
Let's call each other friend
And so I travel on
To dream in stranger lands
Never to forget you
Or the comfort of your hand
Think of me my darling
Travelling lonely roads
Maybe recall the love
That time shall not erode
And in the dreamy nights
Perchance you see my face
Smile in remembrance
At the echoes of loves grace

Magic in the TellingThe seasons come and go
But some things never change
Love like ribbons bleeding
Simple words upon a page

Close my eyes and see you
Your echo will not fade
Memories silken soft
For in your light I bathed

Like the sweetest angel
With healing in your wings
You came to me in dreams
And led this heart to sing

Unsurpassed your beauty
Radiance shines within
How could I not worship
And how can love be sin?

Can't you hear me calling
Or see these falling tears
This heart for you will yearn
Through all my passing years

My love will never fail
You live within my heart
But sometimes I feel lonely
And my world falls apart

And so I b

The Impossible TaskHow to write a moonbeam
Or golden ray of light
Words to capture beauty
When heaven is in sight?

This poets quill may fail
Unfit for such a task
Though to paint such wonder
God's hand alone I'd ask

Mine eyes light upon thee
I struggle so to breathe
Lost in perfect rapture
Thy side I hate to leave

Child of Aphrodite
Radiant womanhood
Knowest that I love thee
And wouldst hold thee if I could?

Thou my heart hast stolen
I live for thee alone
Bound in these lonely chains
For love must I atone?

For one moment with thee
I would surrender all
To steal a heavenly kiss
And then on sword to fall...

The Warlocks WoeThrough time and space he called me
With skill beyond compare
Confident of his power
To call my name he dared

I smiled upon the warlock
Through smoke from candles black
He wouldn't leave his circle
Nor dare to turn his back

He fell before my beauty
It took him by surprise
So in gentle tones I spoke
And sweetly bade him rise

Just what had he expected?
I asked this mortal man
Though fallen I'm an angel
I thought he'd understand

I granted his petition
Refused his offered blood
My price worth so much more
With me he fell in love

By day he can't forget me
By night his passion burns
He understands his peril
Yet for my love he

My Constant LoverSo gentle is your touch
That tender first caress
Yearning in your fingertips
That leaves my soul undressed

Naked here before you
I have become your toy
Knelt in thrall before you
Defeated I give you joy

Your hands roam unrestricted
Your touch so deft and true
Making such sweet music
There is no move you rue

Fire bereft of passion
Intensity without pleasure
Weakness and surrender
The qualities you treasure

Mistress all demanding
You know that I am yours
There is no resisting
The fire in dreaded claws

So deep you rip and tear
Such damage you inflict
You laugh to see me crying
At the pain that makes me sick

Joints you cau

The Shore of DreamsLove's unfurling splendor
Creates a perfect night
Deepest velvet blue
And softest silver light

Thine eyes the liquid pools
In which I float and fall
Lost in sweet enchantment
Thou holds me in thy thrall

Hair so soft and silky
I cannot help but touch
Sweet intoxication
To love thee, oh so much

Lips that softly beckon
The promise of a kiss
Thou my heart has captured
Upon a wave of bliss

Come then my sweet vision
And take this timid hand
On the shore of dreams
With thee I long to stand

Beyond...Beyond the land of dreams
Where mortals seldom go
Old Gods speak in riddles
Of things we should not know
Beyond the land of dreams
Past gates that few may pass
Undead souls teach secrets
The lore that ever lasts
Beyond the land of dreams
My elder name is known
And my knee has bowed
Before the blazing throne...

A Poets TaleThunder rolls through heaven
And lightening falls like spears
Pain is heard in howling gales
Rain hides the flow of tears

This heart it softly rages
Howls against the loneliness
Yet wears a happy mask
To hide what it won't confess

Hurt in every lonely step
That cold and empty bed
Memories of better days
That echo in my head

Here the battered keyboard
That helps to keep me sane
Words that bleed with hurt
And yet the truth remains

Within this wounded heart
Love to give I've plenty
All around is beauty
Yet my world is empty

Thus the pilgrim poet
Found his haunting voice
The cost by world extracted
That did not give him cho

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InnocenceInnocence, did we ever meet
I'm not sure that I know
I really don't remember you
Just the night you got to go

Innocence, left so long ago
A childhood left in tatters
That's the legacy you left
Though to dad it never mattered

Innocence, didn't fight to stay
See daddy always said he cared
Told me not to fight or scream
Brave little boys aren't scared

Innocence,stolen from me
How I often wished you'd stayed
Some memories never went away
No matter how I prayed...

HeavenGod, I need to ask a question
I need to learn and understand
Been thinking hard about heaven
And the book says you're the man

God, I need to ask a question
About who will and won't get in
You see I believe you made us all
Though not religion in a tin

God, I need to ask a question
Do non-Christians go to hell?
Billions of human families
You see that doesn't sit too well

God, I need to ask a question
About who'll get in up above
Is it about which sexuality and savior
Or how we live our lives and love

God, I need to ask a question
And I know that you won't mind
Can we just leave the haters out?
Cause the rest of us will be fin

Break awayWhat does it take to break away
What will it cost me to be free
To be the me I really am
Not the me the world would see

What does it take to break away
Live a life divorced from fear
Equality our societies cry
Why then so many shedding tears

What does it take to break away
Ask the lesbian, transgender, gay
Equality is a tired sick joke
When daddy hates and looks away

What does it take to break away
To admit loving leather and whip
To embrace the collar and leash
When some say this makes me sick?

What does it take to break away
It takes love from you and me
Because only with our support
Can other lives be truly free...

My solaceThis girl she really hurt me
She drove me to my knees
Tore apart the life we'd built
Said of me she would be free

This girl she really hurt me
Ripped my heart to shreds
Her voice it cut right through me
"There's another guy" she said

This girl she really hurt me
And now I want to die
What's the point of going on
With wings that cannot fly

This girl she really hurt me
I was contemplating death
Then an angel called to me
And I reached for her instead

This girl she really hurt me
And I was on my knees
So I cried out to my angel
Please come and rescue me

This girl she really hurt me
It seems so long ago
For now I have an ang

DarknessDarkness, the absence of light
That's what the book said
But that's not what I feel
Or see within my head

Darkness, the absence of light
I knew it oh so well
For once I lived without you
Back then my life was hell

Darkness, the absence of light
A life without the sun
That's how my days did seem
Before your love I won

Darkness is the absence of you
That's what the book should say
Night is life without you
Your love the light of day...

My lightBlazing in the darkness
Lighting up the sky
Burning with loves passion
Till the day I die

My heart cannot forget you
My love will always burn
This light will never fade
My heart for you it yearns

This body it may fail
But not this love of mine
I may fade and falter
But still my love will shine

For you my love I'm burning
Like a bright and shining star
Giving all I have to give
You I worship from afar...

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The Warning

by *Gary-thedreamingpoet, Jun 21, 2012, 2:38:53 PM
Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Traditional Fixed Forms

Yes, I remember love
And passions roaring flame
The thrill of that first kiss
Desires you cannot tame

I recall the fervor
Love's roller coaster ride
How your heart beats faster
When she stands at your side

So listen when I say
Love to me's no stranger
And this my friend I've learned
She comes with hidden danger

Behold the walking wreck
That holds a broken heart
I was a better man
Till love tore me apart

Her hateful bitter blade
Just stole my world away
Gave it to another
It did no good to pray

They say that time heals wounds
That's such a sinful lie
Her's are scars I'll carry
Until the day I die

So my friend walk wisely
Hearts are easily broken
Before you dance with love
Recall the words I've spoken...

The Warningby *Gary-thedreamingpoet

Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Traditional Fixed Forms

This poem is about the past, it's written drawing on memories and emotions I once experienced, but today I'm fine.

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*Delice1941 Jun 25, 2012

I am never sure if poems of lost love are romantic or sad, perhaps sadly romantic. So readable.

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Jun 26, 2012 Professional Writer

Thank you

*ThePenVsTheSword Jun 24, 2012

It was really good! But I kind of expected "die" to be at the end instead of "day" in the sixth stanza.

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Jun 26, 2012 Professional Writer

You are absolutely right! Thank you, I must have had a 'senior moment'

Thank you

*ThePenVsTheSword Jun 26, 2012

You're welcome!

It's ok. Happens to us all.

`MagicalJoey Jun 24, 2012 Writer

You know, if you put a bit more emphasis on meter (Lines one and three being Iambic tetrameter, lines two and four being Iambic hexameter (I think that's what it's called)) you would be great at writing Ballads. Your poems tell such wonderful stories.

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Jun 26, 2012 Professional Writer

I'm trying hard to improve!

And thank you my dear friend

~MusesDaughter Jun 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

powerful.

*Gary-thedreamingpoet Jun 26, 2012 Professional Writer

I guess experience will do that...

*TheDarkenedBride Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

really strong

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