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To You, Lover and Lord

A Litany for the End of All Things

By Tom BakerPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
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There are harpies from hell that with you take flight,

They soar above rooftops on wings of the night.

There is nothing to see in a world that killed light —

And to you, oh to you, do I cry.

Let me pine for the ages on shadow-born wings,

As the cracked throat of death like a dead baby sings.

Where the vultures and worms feast on foul, fetid things —

It’s to you, to my Lord, do I cry.

As death and as woe wear the shadow of sin,

Upon the lost souls of dead, wandering men,

The cloak of my madness now billows within —

And to you, oh to you, I do cry.

And the foul, fetid things that give monstrous birth,

As the dead twist and crawl on the bones of the earth,

Then feast on the living in cold, savage mirth —

To you, Lover and Lord, do I cry.

To read my other horror poems, click below:

To the Lord of the Dead

Torn Rose

'Twas the Night Before Hallowmass

The Other Dreamless Sleep

Dead We Are Not!

Fed to Machines

Cruel Brünhilde

The Mouth of Hell

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Tom Baker

Author of Haunted Indianapolis, Indiana Ghost Folklore, Midwest Maniacs, Midwest UFOs and Beyond, Scary Urban Legends, 50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales, and Notorious Crimes of the Upper Midwest.: http://tombakerbooks.weebly.com

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    Written by Tom Baker