The Darker Realms
This blog is about the darker realms, the places where nightmares and dreams lurk below conscious thought. Join me in a journey into the night.
Category Archives: Poetry
Full Six Feet Deep
Full six feet deep we sleep The canopy of stars and clouds may weep Across the centuries we sweep Our secrets and our lies to keep Full six feet deep we sleep Full six feet deep we lie Our … Continue reading
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Tagged death, ghosts horror, guilt, lies, Regrets, secrets, spiritual
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Man In Shadows
Man in shadows in the rain Face is hidden from your sight You might wish he would remain Or on seeing him take flight He’s like death And on his breath A promise sparkles bright In the rain such shadows … Continue reading
Purple Princess
Purple princess of the dawn From the flesh your beauty torn From the air your whirling mind You’re a creature of their kind Half like us and half insane Beauty saturates and stains Till nothing else remains Purple princess of … Continue reading
Crows Fly at Night
Crows fly at night Dawn wakens bright Red with blood and death As we lay the wreath Perfect in our sight Crows sing at dawn New world is born Red with death and blood Ushers in a god Heaven plundered, … Continue reading
Ghost in Chains
ImageCredit: kawephoto/Shutterstock.com Here I remain Here I reside Your ghost in chains Latched to your side Your victim still My rosy breath A bloodless kill Your perfect death As once in life I suffered pain Your dutiful wife In death … Continue reading
Come to Me, Speak
Come to me, speak I beg of you now I’m misshapen and weak but I loved once as though Even someone like me Could some beauty bestow Draw you out of the dark On this board may your voice … Continue reading
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Tagged death, lost love, ouija board, seance, spirit, spiritism, unrequited love
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What Will You Write?
What will you write In the book of the night? What will you say As the dark takes the day? What will you see In the branch of the tree Or the swirl of the brook Or the spine of … Continue reading
Clarifying Pain
Image Credit: Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock.com The clarifying pain Remains beyond the tears and cries And all the bargaining and lies Even now as the blood red dries And the Inquisitor dabs The weeping eyes Which watch him with such dull surprise … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, darkness, guilt, Horror, horror poetry, Inquisition, Persecuation, shame, torture
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All These Mine
All these mine And more in time The poet never knows the rhyme The killer never knows the kiss Such sweetness he will always miss And yet in time All these are mine Just mine All these mine They’ll … Continue reading
The Old School-House
The old school house They closed it down When children went missing All over town When people gossiped Said in its walls The monsters crept We heard their calls Hysteria rising Each passing day The old school principal Passed away … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, ghosts, gossip, horror poetry, missing children, rumours, school house
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