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.
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The Nuns of Saint Claire
Beware they said The nuns of Saint Clare Don’t go there they said Never go there For they’ll eat you alive It’s how they survive The terrible nuns of Saint Claire None spared they said The nuns of Saint Claire … Continue reading
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Tagged cannibals, darkness, death, demons, fear, Horror, nursery rhyme, poetry, possessed
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Web
Trapped within the webs we weave Seeking freedom But frightened to leave Silvery tendrils Chain us the more within The more we strive To reach out Feeling the force upon my cheek I am not sure of what Release I … Continue reading
I Dream of Home
I see them flying When I dream of home Night winged creatures In the darkened hills Careening through the crevices Of terrible mountains Leading to the castle top Feared by all On a blood red moon My soul hungers and … Continue reading
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Tagged battlefield, blood, poetry, transylvania, vampire, vampire bas, Vlad
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Pieces of Me
Pieces of me Take such pieces of me Blood from my veins Flesh from my limbs Hair from my scalp Take it all now Ghostly hands will have Their due Pieces of me Consume such pieces of me All that … Continue reading
Skulls
These tales we tell From bleached bones Rattling teeth Open jaws Bereft of tongue and sinew Still we speak Piled high we tell Of death most foul Victims all Of power’s struggles We know the ineffable Truth of life and … Continue reading
Woods
I met the devil in the woods Emerged from fire as he should The flames he brought within his wake I saw the trees had yet withstood And here I made my first mistake For fire was water like a … Continue reading
Corridors
Down such corridors Down, down Blood red shining In my blinking eyes There is terror here There is dull surprise Down these corridors Down such vacant halls Down, down Where no souls reside Except the woken dead Feel them touch … Continue reading
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Tagged dark poetry, dead, death, dread, Horror, hospital, murder, poetry
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Beaten
I gaze in this mirror but can’t see my face Something quite other has taken its place Where once there was sunshine the sky is dull grey Now that my soul has been beaten away I whispered a question, the … Continue reading
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Tagged cursed, darkness, despair, evil, fallen, Horror, horror poetry, Horror writing, poetry, possessed, possession, soul
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