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Dark and Lonely, The Abyss

Dark poem...content warning I guess?

By Paul StewartPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Dark and Lonely, The Abyss
Photo by 愚木混株 cdd20 on Unsplash

Dark and lonely the abyss

Emptiness, only the mist

Eternal, the clock ticks

Immortal seconds, sticks

Tracks of mine, serpentine

Teeth, bitten promises, mine

Replayed, rest forever delayed

Slayed, mind forever betrayed

Still the clock still ticks

Still the immortal seconds sticks

purgatorial limbo, sinful symbols

judgement stands, justice tumbles

Lay in wait, balance the scales

Smooth - the bait, smooth - their tales

Deceptive intentions, deep the incision

Sadness falls, darkness prevails

Emptiness reigns, justice fails

Still the clock still ticks

Still the immortal seconds sticks

Dark and lonely, the abyss

Emptiness, only the mist

Tracks of mine, serpentine

Teeth, bitten promises, mine

purgatorial limbo, sinful symbols

Judgement stands, justice tumbles

Torn asunder, fragmented existence

Mortal plunder, without resistance

The abyss drains, life and soul

the darkness, the empty hole

avoid the path, the idiot's laugh

beware the staff, the pillager's wrath

in the void, the nothingness

immortal eternal emptiness

waits, patiently in the mist

with serpentine teeth in its midst

the daggers are drawn, fate is assumed

Now all hope has gone, sealing the doomed

sadness falls, darkness prevails

Emptiness reigns, justice fails

Eternal the clock still ticks

Still the immortal seconds sticks

The end the beginning

The beginning the end

darkness falls, sadness prevails

judgement reigns, justice fails

torn asunder, fragmented existence

mortal plunder, without resistance

Remember

Remember

It's just a dream

It's just a dream

Is it?

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Author's Notes: Just a nice little nightmare/horrorish and pretty vague poem.

fact or fictionheartbreaksad poetrysocial commentarysurreal poetryperformance poetry

About the Creator

Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart