Tag: fear
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The Last Night
Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), I explore the macabre. Once I lay on my silken chamber bed,A bed of thorns, nay to roses red,Thorns that prickled every regretThorns that reminded, lest I forget. What needed reminding? I rememberEach and every memory, I trembled.Desires ungainly and small,My own judgements and cruelty –…
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A Thing called Hope
Those times of chaos, when, your mind’s berated.That wilderness grows, overpowering,You venture about, lost, misdirected,Deeper in the woods;Deeper! Steeper! But beware, the deeper you go,more the light fadesand the gloom transcends,from that foreboding moderate,to the despondent melancholy.The fire foes out,the ashes remain, smouldering. But fear not, O’ brave heart,the ashes will smolder,Forget, and on.Cease them,…