When I can't stand to look upon
The face of another insipid soul,
I go to where wild grace runs free
The home that lives inside of me.
Home is where the only light
I see shines bright from the moon above.
Home is where the wooded whimsy
Meets the languid lapping
of the stoic winters shore.
Home is where my humble cottage
Houses all I'd need and more.
I lay back,
upon my swinging hammock
Thinking, if this could be real.
Could I but stand to nurture still
The barren essence of my heart?
For now, this be enough, I say.
That's all I'd need,
And nothing more.
The Land of the Rejects by Spykedjadedragon, literature
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The Land of the Rejects
"Are we in Hell?" I asked this quite fearfully, fully expecting my answer to be in the positive. What I didn't expect was fore his laugh to echo mirthlessly against the crude stone walls.
"Hell? Hell?! I wish we were in Hell...then I might hold hope for us all...no, we are in The Land of the Rejects."
"What?"
"The Land of the Rejects..." he explained rather exasperated. My face must have looked very confused, and I was just about to ask him to elaborate when he cut me off with his explaination.
"From what I understand from being down here...We are both trapped in The Land of the Rejects. This domain was created by God fo
Oh sweet perdition,
How I loathe thee!
And yet I cannot help
But exalt thy tortured name.
And revel in distorted bliss
The empty vessel knows but this,
The crack which mars its fragile frame,
Is all this thing can ever claim;
For though it yearns divinity,
In someone's sweet affinity...
The only thing it ever gets,
Is the taste of bitter
Nothingness.
Remember when you were a little kid, and you got invited to somebody's birthday party?
And they had a pinata there,
And all the kids stood transfixed and hungry, eyes a-gleam with anticipation for the birthday kid to whack the stuffing out of that poor pinata?
And he did
And all the candy stood glittering in the sunlight before it hit the ground?
Well I was that stupid sap that stood there, watching the candy float in the air,
While all the action was ground level, with kids literally diving to grab the goods.
By the time I returned to Earth, all that was left were those
Silly little miniature peanut brittle bars
And some peppermint
Thoughts of a Bookseller by Spykedjadedragon, literature
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Thoughts of a Bookseller
So, I hate my job.
I wished I didn't,
Thought I wouldn't,
Thought I'd know I wouldn't,
But I do.
I sell books. I pick up books. I stack books, alphabetize books, shift books and rescue books...
Almost everyday,
I sell books, I pick up books. I stack books, alphabetize books, shift books and rescue books...
Almost everyday,
I sell books...
The monotony, the tedium, the God Awful, mind numbing stupidity of the customers!
That, too, never changes.
Most times I can chat up coworkers, daydream, or think of other things to pass the time, but tonight I couldn't help noticing...
The ridiculous customers who haven't got two brain ce
And just like mighty Tantalus,
cut down to loathesome size,
I feel the heat beneath your eyes,
'tis I, that I despise.
For if the flames of ardour,
could be snuffed as it is born,
An empty vessel shall I be,
Unbroken, ever free.
I walked amongst the trees
Standing Tall in nature's Earth
I chanced upon a rock
Serenely Laying in the dirt
I bent to pick it up
I feel it tremble, crack, and split
As I lament its loss
I feel a warmth pool in my hands
Its blood, in all its sanguine glory
Blood! Bright red and pure.
I look upon this crumpled rock
To find Its life source there
A rock which bleeds
And dare I say?
A heart that once had beat.
I cannot stand to bear the witness
Of my own life repeat.
Ghost of a lover
I miss thee most
Locked away
In your dark dank cell
Yet even still...
I can feel your touch.
Though 'twas I that condemned thee
You still come to tempt me
As I turn you away,
I pine for thee most.
I delve into the depths of my mind
Afraid of what new terror lurkes there
I try not to dally, you see
into the recesses of my taletell mind.
I see superiority
I see doubt
I see curiosity
I see trepidation
I see determination
I see strength
I see intelligence and a bit of wit,
but what else do I see right here?
Oh, the greatest terror of all...
I think I see a smattering of love.
"Well," cried my brain, the most logical of Them all
"This simply cannot do." And here he stores this bit of love
In the very darkest dankest part of me.
Forgotten It hopes, and left to die.
And this is why, I can look at you
smile blandly and say.
When I look at you
I hear a song
A song so passionate
It must be wrong.
And as I stare
I cannot help,
but latch to this sweet song
of You.
It brings me up,
It brings me down,
It whirls and twirls me all around.
And just like that you look away,
I doubt I had enough today.
Ode to Nocturnal Bliss by Spykedjadedragon, literature
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Ode to Nocturnal Bliss
If I could leave my natural stasis behind, to the moon and the stars, I shall come running.
The memorable moments I spend with thee, the break-throughs, the sorrow, the melancholy moments, the revelations and discoveries, quiet bliss, peaceful solitude, comfort, wonder, and yes...sleep.
Forgive me moon, forgive me stars, forgive me inky black vast sky, for, while I write this Ode to thee, my eyes they burn, and threaten to close,
unconscious/subconscious, taking over, and while I write this last line to thee, I ask to make just one last plea.
Perform for me, great moon, great stars, perform for me, even still, for while I lay deep in my s
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 1 by Spykedjadedragon, literature
Literature
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 1
Your mystery unfolds to me
Yet much is still untold to me
But even then I hold the key
The rust so sacred still to thee
I strain to listen in the night
Your soft whispers; so much might
And when you fixed your eyes on me
Suddenly, twas then that I could see
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 2 by Spykedjadedragon, literature
Literature
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 2
BEHOLD! The mystic moon, majestic stars, the lake turned silver, bathed in light.
And surely then I thought I'd die,
Reflections captured in your eye.
Just when I thought I'd slip from grace,
You held me there in your embrace
Its amazing how expressive the range of grey can be. You experience highs and lows, still feel sighs and woes.
This shade and that, can fool you to think that,
Your life is involving, revolving, evolving...
When even still, you're only just stalling...
Falling...from one shade of grey to the next....
Oh black moon,
perspiring
Noxious Fumes
of Dark.
I walk out into the
Ethereal Field of
Solitude
and open wide my being
letting your
cold, inky, Darkness
ransack my senses...
Fill my open eyes and mouth
with your
Foul tasting Essence.
Perpetual thoughts give way to a cataclysmic being. Rationality slips through my grasp...try as I might to hold onto it.
Questions unanswered, experiences still furled...waiting for the moment, suspended, unmoving, frozen in my thoughts...dying to be thawed.
Dichotomies of Circular Glory by Spykedjadedragon, literature
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Dichotomies of Circular Glory
Blessed with the Gift of Life
Cursed with the Taint of Death
Addition to the Sum of Whole,
Through all its joyous splendor
Subtraction to the Sum of Whole,
Through all its awesome terror
Dichotomies of Circular Glory
To Live, To Die
Each breath a subtraction
Falling into Nonexistence
Lifted into Being
Drag me away into a whirlwind
Make me breathless by the end
Let the roar ransack my ears
Evoke enraptured tears
Let me spiral into oblivion
Enthralled in your spell
Which nothing can quell
I stand
Hanging by that thread,
I tread
Into that chaos sublime
Suspended in time
I HEAR
The notes run together
Never sounding better
Don't give me feather light touches
Unless it, culminates, in a fierce ending
Sending
Electric shocks of pleasure
A startled gasp and then. . .
The score is finished
My joy diminished
I'm left, wanting more
From that lovely
Piano Score.
The agoraphobic colors
hid in a match box
and I told them
someone needed to
strike a match for
the light to come.
They faded to all the
shades of black,
which is just a nicer
term for
the lewd and dying greys.
They scrambled for
Kala's curls
and found explosions
and prisms in the
unlikeliest place.
And so the tangles
dripped with specters
and reveries
until Iris bled.
This used to be my playground by littlegreenbook, literature
Literature
This used to be my playground
This used to be my playground,
Where I played without a care,
Now it's covered in graffiti,
And there are needles everywhere.
This used to be my corner shop,
A friendly place within,
Now someone's gone and torched it,
Because of the owners coloured skin.
This used to be my street
Where neighbours helped each other,
Now people keep to themselves,
As if hiding undercover.
This used to be my town,
That had a vibrant hub.
Now people have been shot at,
As they come out of the pub.
This used to be my country,
Of which I was so proud
Now everything's gone downhill,
And going back is not allowed.
This used to be my world,
And I'd
My sanity,
Its dissonance with my conscience
has captured me.
A cacophony of my humanity,
A brewing of animosity.
How I long
to breathe.
Chromatic misery,
Ecstatic calamity.
Where lies my sanctity?
Eternal bliss in a mortal abyss.
Let me celebrate
along my sanguine wrists.
This symphony of
melancholy,
A pungent sense of divinity.
You
laughed at me.
Tormented entity of solitude.
Come rest
within my silent soliloquy.
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 1 by Spykedjadedragon, literature
Literature
Love in Nocturnal Grace part 1
Your mystery unfolds to me
Yet much is still untold to me
But even then I hold the key
The rust so sacred still to thee
I strain to listen in the night
Your soft whispers; so much might
And when you fixed your eyes on me
Suddenly, twas then that I could see
Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY Favourite genre of music: Classical, Techno, Opera, Rock, Metal, Darkwave Operating System: Evil Windows MP3 player of choice: Sansa e280 Favourite cartoon character: Spongebob Squarepants
Favourite Visual Artist
Leonardo Da Vinci
Favourite Movies
Amadeus, The Pianist, All HP Movies
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Malice Mizer, Moi Dix Mois, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Rachmaninov, Abney Park, Vernian Process
Favourite Writers
William Butler Yeats, Edgar Allan Poe, John Donne, HP Lovecraft, JK Rowling
Favourite Games
Board Game? Chess; Videogame? Eternal Darkness for NGC, and Quake for N64
Favourite Gaming Platform
NES
Tools of the Trade
Pen, Quill, Keyboard
Other Interests
Writing, Reading, Piano, Languages, Computers, Math, Programming, Music
I'm currently doing a multitude of freewrites on a story I have blooming. I'm not sure if they're good or not, but I can't contain them in my head any longer...
The working title is: The Land of the Rejects
and its a pseudo horror story. I say pseudo because I have some reservations and honestly, I don't know if I'll ever be able to write something "scary enough".
~Spyked~
ChiYokLown
Usually, I'm able to write exactly what I'm feeling...and then manipulate them into a little poem that sometimes I'm proud of lol. But lately...(meaning these last few weeks, perhaps a month or so) I haven't been able to generate anything of worth...
I have 3 newly submitted works after a long hiatus..."Good-bye", "Your Song", and "Valentine's Day Chocolate". I really don't think these poems are that good at all...but they're worth a look if only to see what the brain spews when one is grappling with extreme writers block.
Comments/Suggestions/Constructive Criticism as always, but particularly this time, is welcome! ^_^
~Spyked~
ChiYok
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