Poet of darkness? I pray not!
Wake me from this dream,
for I cannot!
Seducer of words
what have you to say?
Rhymer, reducer
what game do you play?
Sepia-toned inker, sleep!
As your words fade away.
Destroyer of darkness
your light brings decay.
With this, I like to imagine “who is speaking these words, and to who is listening?” Short and potent, Sue
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Exactly! This is how it came to me in my dream. Initially I thought I should make it clear for the reader, but then it lost its essence so I kept it in its original form. Thanks for reading😊
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Beautiful
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A wonderful poem with great rhythm and rhyme and no wasted words. Well done, Sue.
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I’m challenged to be a poet of darkness, but I’m afraid I may become morbid and not upbeat enough.
Perhaps I could try a little Halloween in my tone! 😉
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I’m trying not to see the darkness as something to fear. Truly in my darkest moments I’ve experience great spiritual growth. (Often in hindsight) I know this to be true for myself personally. This month was a bit of dark ghostly fun with a message imbedded in each poem. As we approach November I’ll bring back the light. 😊
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I agree with you Sue, darkness is not to be feared and bringing a bit of fun to it with a hidden message is a great idea. I let myself wallow in misery sometimes and I seem really dismal but in fact I’m just letting it break me open. Seeing the dark side is part of that process.
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At first, I feel like the sun is bleaching things out, then I think about vampires. Hmm. It’s art. And from your dream, you say? I sometimes get ideas from dreams, mostly, I get scared 😛
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October has been my month of dark poetry so the dream musta been the culmination of all that. Scary stuff👀👻🎃
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Fun Samhain post 😉 I’m also in tune with the season, but less intentionally with tomorrow’s post 😉 Aloha, Sue
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Thanks, Bela🎃
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well written… a treat to read and mysterious so
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Thanks for reading 😊 Glad you enjoyed it👻
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no problem…
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