Inner Darkness, Inner Light

By Paradoxology

~ Inner Darkness, Inner Light ~


             -The Prism-

You are my heart
You’re my savior in disguise
You’re the wife who never cried beside my grave
Casting the shadow of a snake within my soul
The candle in my cradle made of stone when I’m asleep
Abandoned in a cave so cold and deep, my home
In good times then in bad you were my heart

             You are my soul
             You’re my husband undisguised
             You’re the blade that gently bleeds this tortured child
             Leaving the shreds of heaven's peace within my mind
             The shepherd who was eaten by the beast I am inside
             Designed by wisdom undenied but slowly redefined
             The love that only blood could then restore, my own
             ’Til death and then ’til life you were my soul


                          -The Rainbow-

             You are my mind
             You’re my last and fatal truth
             You’re the stillborn lost travail of my youth
             Caught in a lonely silent tomb without my strength
             The song that joined the sorrow of the deaf so I could hear
             The sound beyond the horror of each word, my voice
             For better then for worse you were my mind

You are my strength
You’re my once and future bride
You’re the widow of this ghost behind my eyes
Where I’m in heaven cast to hell without your heart
The moon that ruled the ruins of my world so I could see
The shining priceless pearl above your garden's darkened gates
Reflected from below, a scarlet flow, my guiding star
In poverty made wealth...
In sickness, never health...
In weakness now my own you're still my strength

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Copyright 2018 Paradoxology
Published on Thursday, December 20, 2018.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • dwells On Friday, December 21, 2018, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    Strikingly original imagery P. and the contrasting stanzas with their individually conflicted elements were torturously true to your screen name my friend. Cheers! - Dan

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