Untitled Dark Poem #6

Words are broken

promises lies

heart bleeding

held in hand

offered up

as payment for love

given not freely

strings are attached.

Bound

wrapped

played like a marionette

Punch and Judy

knocked here and there

whilst laughter abounds.

Broken

head bent

no one can see

roiling rage

boiling

simmering

below the surface.

Tabled

turned

left behind

my tears leave traces

of the woman I was

and

not the monster I have become.

©March 4/21

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https://www.kaifineart.com/yiwang

Monstered Saviour

Scritchity scratch

claws

drag down the wall

blood oozing

copper stains upon the surface

standing

ready to defeat

ready to scare

ready to…..

Hovering in the shadows

blending

watching

child screams

breaks my heart.

I must materialize

I must free her…..

Parting

misted curtain

seeing

rage increasing

father

meant to protect

abused he did

more than once

her desperate cries…..

silent help…..

I am coming……

I will save you.

In the night

mumbled prayers

not to god

forsaken

anything

nightmare called

bringing me forth

my arms

become a haven.

Late

so late the moon is at the stage

setting into the empty sea

while still

giving light…..

he creeps

evil glint upon his face

reaching out

about to steal her soul when…..

In one moment

time

space

everything

split in two

capturing me

pulling me forth

shadows made real.

Nevermore…..

fear

will not arrive

talons

sharp to shred

driven beneath

rising up on tiptoes

aorta pierced

bleed out

she will survive.

©June 15/20

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