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Tendrils of smoke snake through
birch branches
winding through the air
Pale leaves on the ground
glimmer faintly
reflecting the silvery, cloud-cloaked moon
The night air struggles,
choked by the poison
Shadows skitter around tree roots
orange light painting pictures on the ground
flames licking at the air.
Sick, croaking laughter
a single high cackle
shrieks of erratic laughter
The darkness stirs.
Stygian beasts dance in the twilight,
leap through trees
over fire
over stars
not hearing the pounding of
their fragile hearts.
One throws his head back,
lids veiling the sapphire of his eyes,
nostrils flaring as he drinks in
toxic vapors,
venomous fumes,
laughing inside at the thrill,
burning his tears in the
forked tongues of the flames.
A column of smoke spirals up through
viridian leaves and to ocean-floor sky,
to a yellow moon shrouded in charcoal clouds,
to a thunder moon
carrying crazed, vacant laughter into the night.
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- Title: Perdition
- Artist: jgirl39
- Description: Just in case anybody's wondering, "perdition" basically means hellfire. Sort of. I'm not one for explaining my poems, but if anybody's heard the song "The Sharpest Lives," by My Chemical Romance, it's kind of like that.
- Date: 02/14/2009
- Tags: perdition drunk monster beast grief
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Comments (2 Comments)
- Gravetye - 02/18/2009
- Awesome. I love the way you word things. "Shadows skitter around tree roots"--love it.
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- NecroLord1 - 02/16/2009
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well i didn't expect to find this just by looking in the forums but i truly
enjoyed it i gave it a five check out mine this user ok thanks for the peom - Report As Spam