Top five best Gothic moments in media (my own best moments)
In poetic verse
5. Beetlejuice; Lydia
A dark veil, a black
Dream, I see Lydia dancing above the air with ghosts;
Singular bodied and serene.
————
4. Sadie; Steven Universe
Sadie; you
Are the living/dead
Dreaming of living for yourself
Instead you are drained by The Working Dead
Eating brains.
——————-
3. May; May
May—you try not to hide, you
Show yourself to all,
But the glass is cracked just as your reflection;
And your love was too much; it was your downfall.
——————
2. Queen Akasha; The Queen of the Damned
Queen of the shadows and
Darkness,
She resides in the moonlight chiefly to read your eyes (your very soul)
Lurking in underground clubs to find her perfect Other,
She finds herself in the throes of agony—
Destroying all to create
That perfect Gothic romance
Her dead heart still shudders
And dreams of.
—————————
1. Penguin; Batman Returns
Existing underneath a dark city,
He dreamt of living in a new, dingy world
Where he could find out who he was(destiny)
But found out instead who he was always going to be.
He trickled down his pain, like a sieve
it leapt up—smashed his hubris
Like a cat’s paw to a ball of string,
He lived in a fabulous world of penguin covered black and white madness—-
Something even a large top hat couldn’t bring:
A loving family, a reassuring face,
Only swirling insanity
And a penguin’s last embrace.
*******
And here is a bonus poem!
—————-
Coraline; The Acrobats and The Garden
Moving is such a drag,
She wanders, constantly, looking for a new story
Wherein she finds magic and adventure;
She sees reflections of her old life,
An incredible acrobatic show embedded with
Poetic mystery—-
And a luminous garden:
Yet she finds through the shadows and
The dreamy wonders——
Were a bit confused
And fractured
And as she looked at her own reflection,
Coraline knew everything she ever needed
Was always inside herself
And in a pair of interesting yellow gloves her real mother gifted her.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos.
I am Bexley is published by Resurgence Novels here.
The Half Paper Moon is available on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella Carnivorous is to be published by Eukalypto soon! Coming soon
Comments
There are no comments for this story
Be the first to respond and start the conversation.