She walks these rails
Thru the night
Her plight unknown
Til morning light
Then is gone
Fading 2 mist
2 rise again
No end in sight
#DarkLines
How sad, to relive that nightmare every night...
.@napkinwriter
Unto the end of time itself, she is doomed to retrace the steps and destiny fate has bestowed upon her
@MercurialNight
Yonder castle there
Where wizards dare
Contrive
Their potions rare
If I do dare
Do thy share
The age
Of elixir with thee...
What potion this
Miraculous
That flaunts the divinity of Gods
Mortal I be
Yet immortal I yearn
Yay to thine offer
Let us taste
@napkinwriter
@MercurialNight
Tonight I creep
The morrow we sip
Become wiser
Than kings and queens
The elixir true
Conjure you
Upon
The day of the dead
To rise beneath a newborn moon
Cloaked in shadow
My wish come true
@napkinwriter
@MercurialNight
Moon burnt
Crisp clouds encircling
Whispering
Shades of winter
Spring and summer
Fall too
Our knees buckle
And heads bow...
Bathed in cool moonlight
Bereft of Apollo's radiance
To prowl the night
Draped in shade
@napkinwriter
Pulse pounding hypnotic horror
Leads me down in death defying spirals
To one frightening encounter after another
Where demonic thrills and chills prowl
Hungry to feast upon mortal souls
Their ravenous appetites too long unappeased
#darkcircus #madcarnival #madVerse
...
A marionette enmeshed in a web of imagination
Cast by the Ringmaster’s demonic whims
This mesmerising seductive darkness
That beckons me onward unto my fickle fate
Denying this feeling of unease
To pull me under a sweeping tide of menace
#madcarnival #darkcircus
#madVerse
...
Dark Cinderella without any hope
Lost in a city so cruel and black
She dreams of a day one day to come
When she’ll walk in silver beneath the sun
#WrittenRiver
10/19 Prompt 1558 (pic): Art by unknown
...
In myriad hues
Captured in my heart
Shall I think of you
Cool red in passions flame
Wrapped in shades of warm blue
#DimpleVerse #23words
...
Mourning becomes her
Or so people said
Not to her face
No never that
They had more sense
Than a wish to be dead
So walk on by
If you see her pass
Breathe a sigh of relief
Keep your gaze downcast
#noir #poetry
...
So blind you could not see
Deaf to the warnings you would not heed
Too late the fly caught within her web
The Beast within the Beauty
The lightning within the storm
She’ll break you down
Leave you scattered adrift
Lost on vanity’s lonely shore
306 #DarkLines
(🎨Gerbie Pabiliona)
...
Within my mind’s eye
Forever captured
Frozen in time
Sweet KISS OF INFINITY
Wrought in rainbow hues
A rapture in VISUAL POETRY
I’ll remember the magical view
Whenever I see this PHOTOGRAPH
And smile as I think of you
#DimpleVerse
📷 by @aleksharlow
...
Buried within these poisoned dreams
Dual realities bleed through the looking glass
Rising from the depths to spill and seep
This descent into madness so fast and steep
#madcarnival
#darkcircus
#madVerse
...
Caught between burning realms
These smouldering pyres that surround
Nowhere to turn in a world set aflame
The darkest hearth writ large with my name
(🎨The Beginning of Ashes” by Mikael Aldo)
#PoemTrail 302
...
Shedding the unclean trappings of a life gone sorely awry
Pure grace surrounded and lifted the downtrodden soul
A shining light of undiluted clarity bathing the shadowed world in a once forgotten beauty
#BlackDahliaProse 314
...
As night draws down her mourning shroud
And skies grow black with no moon allowed
Then shall he come with steps of dread
Trailing nightmare horrors in bloodstained red
Jack O’ Lantern was once his name
He’s coming for you
For on this one night
You are fair game
#WrittenRiver 1566
...
Falls the blood upon the tomb
Beneath these silent witnessing oaks
Hallowed ground yet not for thee
Who walks the earth yet be not of it
For this one night when veils are torn
Releasing the cursed and Hell spawned
#IntrigueVerse 149
...
Spawn of Hell wreaking terror
Two by two they onward come
Demonic angels of impure innocence
Sweet candy freaks of All Hallows’ Eve
Bolt the door & seal fast the windows
In spirit shall they steal within
In cast out damnation shall they depart
308 #DarkLines
(🎨Thomas Jerusalem)
...
Lost in the mist
Where echoes fade
Abandoned horrors lurk
In God forsaken shadows
That hunger for souls
The tired and dejected
Among the missing
Of this cruel modern life
& When the night breaks
Then so shall they
#MadVerse
#DarkCircus
#MadCarnival
...
With reptile smiles
They do seduce
This monster mash
Of the mummified
& The undead
Who yet stalk the night
In parasitic legion
Prowling 4 souls
Hungry for flesh
From below they seep
In poisonous flood
On this night of nights
When the will is weak
& perfect 4 frights
#BardBits 66
...
An Angel's kiss
White feather blessing
I feel your presence
Beside me
Within me
Never forgotten
Forever and always
Memento Mori
Amen
#verseangel
...
“Come a little closer”
He murmured low
Drawing me near
Temptation I know
Two become one
In night’s secret shadow
Passion’s promenade
Fulfilling desires
As the hours slip past
& our need climbs higher
(Left 🎨: Richard Blunt)
#PoemTrail 304
...
She was ice and fire
A bolt of lightning
Straight to his heart
Searing his soul
No more would he wander
Adrift and alone
Always on the outside
Ever searching for a home
#DimpleVerse
...
Beneath forest canopies
Shadowed and quiet
The pixies cavort if you believe
Traipsing leaves in glorious legion
Guild the ground in glorious fusion
Where boots and bards linger and muse
Upon a universe in harmony with chaos diffused
🎨- JMB
#BardBits 69
...
In silent battalions they march in rows
These talking spirits that walk no more
Beneath live oaks with mourning moss veils
Mature aged sentinels ever standing guard
Over honourable souls laid down to rest
Now at peace on this Day of the Dead
#wineverses
...
I hear his key
Tumbling the lock
As I long
To be tumbled
Tangled
By him
Those dark eyes
Mesmerising
Lock with mine
Drawing me closer
His growled #murmur
Wraps around
A seductive cloak
My will to his bound
Addicted
Craving
His touch profound
#SeduceMeSundayWrite
📸Vettriano
…
#Halloween creeps
Shadows do seep
A wolf howls
A mouse cheeps
Ghouls and ghosts
Zombie undead
From their tombs do rise
Hungering to be fed...🎃
…
Hypnotic colour
Kaleidoscopic chaos
A matter of taste
#haitechnique
…
Thunder rolled
Lightning ****
My #chance came
Never going back!
#PenYourTen
…
Silence pervades
Anticipation builds
Senses reach out
Silken binds strain
A footstep
An exhale
The rasp of leather
The scent of a male
Ever closer
She breathes him in
Craving the attention
The depth of his carnal sin
#poetry
#Iamwriting
…
Yeah she was the real deal alright. Made to make a man forget all his problems, at least for a night. Curves with no warning to lure a joe right in. An' send him cryin' back to mama afterwards. Call me a sap but those baby blues ripped out my soul.
#NOIR
@Banquozghost
🎨RobLevin
…
Smoky interiors
Bourbon soaked air
Meeting in shadows
Passions laid bare
Sweet jazz playing soft
Lights turned down low
Inhibitions cast aside
No one need know
Strangers to lovers
Assignations every night
Wine #Chilling on ice
Somethings just feel right
#Erotica280
🎨 Vettriano
…
Running in my dreams
Chasing all my hopes
#sleepwalking in the shadows
Hunting down those leads
I never can remember
How everything turns out
Awakening comes way too soon
And I'm left wondering
Wrapped in pensive doubt
#vss365
…
Don't #sugarcoat it, darlin'
Just tell it like it is
You're leaving me for another
And on a night like this
She may cook just like mama
Fill your plate and more
But she can't do what I do
Dig up the bodies neath the floor
....
#vss365
…
The thing I dread most
In the depths of the night
That blood chilling moment
A deafening silence blight
As thick mists still swirled
Shifting patterns did they make
Veiling blood soaked ground
Body parts hung on stakes
Festive garlands of gore
To decorate the shore
#horrorprompt
…
Burn, baby, burn *eyes bright in the flickering golden glow of the #campfire, lips curving in pleasure as flames leapt skyward to consume the writhing figure lashed in glorious splendour to the beam atop the smouldering pyre* give my love to the Devil when you meet*
#vss365
…
Down dark alleyways
Lost among shadows
Where only the brave
Or the very foolhardy
Play Russian roulette
With what's left of their souls
Rent and torn eons ago
Love and lies and stereotypes
Bought and then sold
Searching for something
Lying in gutters
Gazing at stars
#moonmystic
…
Look to the North
And wait and watch
Upon wild winds
Shall they sweep south
Riders on the storm
With banshee cries
Their swords and shields
Brandished high
Eager for blood
They ravage the land
Destruction their aim
Vengeance their plan
#53rdEdition
#SlamWords 2
…
To walk in the sun
The warmth upon my face
Is a dream, a fantasy
In my world so out of place
Endless night is my curse
A lonely path do I walk
Silent in the shadows
There's no need to talk
#SlamWords #53rdEdition R4
…
I'm hurricane drunk
And lost in the storm
Chasing tequilas
And bourbon shots
Drowning in memories
Numbing the pain
So set 'em up bartender
An' keep a rollin' tab
Things are just gettin' started
An' they're gonna get bad
#SlamWords #53rdEdition - R9
…
Clear skies that once were overcast
Sparkle with a brilliance I hope will last
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - r1
…
Time hangs heavy here in the bayou
Sluggishly slow as sweet molasses
Nights creep in with thick dense fog
To shroud the creatures of the dark
Ghosts of the past that linger still
The land of their birth and their kill
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R4
…
Kissed awake by morning frost
Mother Nature's chill blessing
The land a glittering jewel
& the heavens grew jealous
Envious of such dazzling shine
They called upon the lowering clouds
2 shield the radiance of the sun
& drown such brilliance
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R6
…
Chance of rain? I'd say its good
But not if you're planning on burying bodies out in the wood
Last storm that passed washed the ground clear away
Four Fingered Earl's still in prison to this day
Fool should've buried 'em way deeper
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R7
…
He swept into Tombstone like a prairie fire
Set the world to rights for the folks over there
Tornado Warning should've been tattooed on his head
If folks didn't follow his rules well they'd soon wind up dead
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R8
…
Counting down the seconds
How slowly they drag
When you're plummeting earthward
Wings clipped and on fire
Almost floating in a haze
Pressure falling all around you
Nothing more to lose
Just another soul hell bent
On giving the earth a bruise
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R9
…
A cascade of memories
Heavy showers of emotion
They rain down
Drenching my heart
Drowning my soul
Sweeping me away
Upon an ocean tide
To some lonely Island
Where I and my thoughts
Shall together long abide
#SlamWords #53rdEdition #encore - R10 (final)
…
#fingerprints
Just #fingerprints
All that remain
Forever preserved
Locked in stone
Of a soul that lived
Breathed and loved
A long time ago
Yet as I touch
Trace their form
My soul remembers
Aches for what was
What can never be
Eternity forever
Between you and me
#vss365
…
The lonely road we walk
Unfolding before us
Twisting - turning
Blind corners
Hidden bends
Sometimes with strangers
Sometimes with friends
Yet in the end
Always alone
#MoonMystic
…
Teasing lips curve in soft invitation
The half empty bottle of Jack lifted
"this'll cure whatever ails you*
A hand reaches out
Shots are poured
A silent toast offered
Both know the score
"Big Joe sends his regards"
Is all that's said
Smirking
Choking
He slumps dead
#vss365
…
Tender threads
Silken strands
Gossamer braids
Tangled
Entwining
That trap us all
Secrets & lies
Lost to the thrill
Illicit temptation
Seduced by the fall
Time & again
Cannot resist
The lure of his touch
Drawn to his kiss
Tormented by needs
Ah such bliss
#moonmystic
🎨Ron Lesser
…
High heel temptation
At his command all night long
Stocking serenade
#haiku
…
Cascading #ecstasy of emotion
#4wordspoet
…
What my mind long #forgot
My heart still remembers
#enneadpoet
🎨 vettriano
…
Think you can run?
Think you can roam?
The past is a noose
No "welcome home"
Cast out by the pack
Yet never running free
Hunted for blood
Always looking back
So fly little bird
But not too high
The fall is a long one
& you're still going to die
#DarkLines 591
…
He is my dark fix
My deep carnal addiction
I am his haven
#haiku
…
#hypothetical scenarios
Playing on my mind
"What ifs"
and
"why nots"
The lies I might find
Do I want to know?
Do I really care?
Or let the night play out
Neath a street light's flare
#vss365
…
Scatter diamonds across the heavens
Hang high a shining silver moon
Let stardust paint iridescent wonder
The Gods themselves do verily swoon
#poetry
…
As the moon waned
Slid slowly from the sky
Shadows shifted
Morphed & pooled
Congealing dark disguise
#transmutation threat
They walk among us still
Cloaking dark intent
Hungering to kill
Without conscience
No pity at their core
Devil take the hindmost
This is war!
#macabrewords
…
Weave webs of wicked temptation
Immerse my mind in passion's flame
#ensconce your voice inside my head
Drown out inhibition in your wild game
Command my will and I am yours
Carnal addiction the sensual disease
Your touch, your scent the only cure
#Eroticismfan
📸sexPicturesPass
…
With a silken flow
Mesmerising drawl
Words spilled from his lips
How #eloquently they did fall
Like a moth to a flame
I was drawn ...enthralled
Willing to burn
To sear my soul
#VerseAngel 509
…
He was brimstone and fire
Thunder and rage
She was a waterfall
A cooling cascade
#poetry
#iamwriting
…
His touch
His voice
His scent
His heat
Wove
A spell
A web
Of temptation
Seduction
Lit a fire
A conflagration
My centre melted
I succumbed
His name a prayer
Upon my tongue
#Eroticismfan
…
#shame would not be her master
Let them point and gossip
Spread their merciless poison
The past was another world
She'd outrun far worse
Yet still the rumours followed
Her neverending burden and curse
#vss365
…
#inevitable or so they said
Crumbling fortunes to match their luck
Haunted souls scratching a living
Barely alive their spirits long gone
Nothing left but empty vessels
Wandering mildewed hallways
Drifting with the dust motes
Left to linger by an uncaring world
#horrorprompt 548
…
Think you can run?
Think you can hide?
Hot on your heels
I'll soon have your hide
Betrayal your mistake
Murder so much worse
I'll be your nightmare
Your demonic curse
Cold breath on your neck
Sharp teeth sinking deep
You'll never hear me coming
From the shadows I creep
#poetry
…
She was a wish
The promise that he craved
He was her haven
White Knight bold and brave
#poetry
…
One of a #kind
One of the best
No one like her
So different from the rest
And around her they gathered
No peace could she win
From the stares and the whispers
The neverending demanding din
#vss365
…
A key in the lock
Step upon the floor
A single command
My knees hit the floor
#pulse rate quickened
I could barely breathe
The slide of his hand
Between my knees
Lips grazed my neck
Teeth tenderly nipped
His tongue an erotic lash
Over the precipice I tipped
#Eroticismfan
…
Waste of a drink, Joe
Tossing it away
On a piece of trash
Who won't see the light of day
Again...
Man had it coming
Yeah, in spades 2
Ain't gonna lie, Joe
He got what was due
But the cops ain't gonna like it
If'n they ever found out
Say, from a little bird
Who knew where 2 shout
A #gift wrapped surprise
Silken and smooth
Spread upon Egyptian cotton
Tempting his mood
Sensuous curves
Caressed by the night
A feast for his eyes
His craving appetite
#SensualScribbles
…
In the blackest hour
Well past midnight
When all good men are asleep
An echo stirs
A veil is lifted
Comes the dread hour of the beast
All is silent
No breath of wind
Tis the dark night of the soul
That knows no rest
Nor peace on earth
For it is broken & no longer whole
#MadVerse
…
Where #tranquil waters flow
There shall you find me
Resting my soul in quiet reflection
Bathing my mind in soft contemplation
#vss365
…
This web of desire
This tantric tapestry
That weaves a spell
And oh so very well
Entangled we dance
Cavort within threads
Forgetting the world
No tears anymore shed
Ecstasy wraps tight
Whips us without mercy
Stretched end to end
In adorned beauty
#MadVerse
🎨 Aesthetic
…
It came one Winter
As I recall
As the temperature dropped
And snow did fall
To drape the land
In virgin raiment
And quiet did settle
A frosty pageant
And folk did huddle
Beside fires alight
To warm themselves
Through those long Wintery nights
#poetry
…
From still smouldering ashes
Redolent of blood and war
Linger with unholy resonance
The blood curdling spirit of #Enyo
Oh how the very air hangs heavy
Suffocating
Drowning
Struggling to breathe
Urgent with desperate violence
The crushing end is nigh
#macabrewords
…
Each word a dagger thrust
Swift and true - piercing deep
Hands making #stabby gestures
Designing his imminent demise
Wordlessly she watched
Awaiting the final fall
Patience was after all a virtue
And by now she'd seen it all
#macabrewords
…
Mesmerised
#hypnotised
Possessed
He holds my heart
My mind surely follows
My soul is my own
My body he may borrow...
#vss365
…
#shattered & broken
A life torn apart
Tattered remains scattered
Left to rot in the dark
All a big mystery
The townsfolk keep quiet
Scared & superstitious
Or they'll end up just like it
So don't say a word
Or ask anyone
Let sleeping dogs lie
Or your time'll come
#DarkLines 603
…
#amorous fingers walk a curious path
Across warm, firm, suntanned flesh
Salacious explorations beckon
A crimson smile betrays her intent
To hear him moan her name
Or at the very least - beg...
#vss365
…
For just a moment
A mere pause in time
Love was a #glimmer
Deep set in those eyes
That spoke to me
Brought me to the edge
Held me poised and breathless
On my knees I did pledge
To be his alone
Til death do us part
Forever and ever
Well, at least it's a start
#vss365
…
His words a sweet #serenade
His touch a seductive caress
The night is our haven
Where we can be alone
Far from the whispers
The gossiping tongues
That judge without knowing
They can't see our hearts
Or know where we're going
In those small wee hours
As the clock ticks on
#vss365
…
Tasting lips linger
Carnal #esteem heightens heat
The rapturous burn
#Eroticismfan
…
#kindle my imagination
Nurture the tender flame
A conflagration there shall be
In your name!
#15wordspoet