The Valley Of Dark Poetry
By shadowsinthelight
Yea, I walk through the valley of dark poetry
I enter this virtual valley of vague versification
Midway between Empyrean and Hutama
A massive depression in this landscape of malaise
The hillsides shredded as if torn asunder by some ancient beast of hell
Every stone owns layers of silent residue
Fallout from the souls who could not escape their inner demons
Many walks I have taken here, cold, scared and alone
Populated by searching souls and desperate hearts
Conjurors of concept weaving a plexus of prose
Accursed fragile egos of vowel chimers are dismayed by untimely silence
Somber sonnets of perverse phantoms appear from the hedonistic fray
A thousand feathery demons of blackness peck at my sanity
As fevered winds whisper festering, rotted temptations
What penance must be endured, a brief burning kiss on underside of flesh
Ethereal melodies of madness reverberate
Reticent cries of the covert cutters of their own innocence
The avatar of living nightmares makes his rounds
Galloping by on a steed of gray fading into the dismal mists of pain
I see the visages of vindicated demon sluts surrounded by tilted crucifixes
Hark the calls of 2dawgs and an army of one marching to their own rhythms
Dithyramb observes patterns of self-imposed chaos, thinking it is separate
I see innocents believing they have evil and the devil within
Psychotic laws generally seem to be the rule of thumb
Ahh, the delicious sting of the scorpion queen of Hela
Causes hallucinations of distorted penguins and wicked monkeys
Scampering to drink the essence of my bloody wrists and bloodier ankles
Wearing their rueful smiles of sorrow
Escaped asylum princesses, fallen angels of hope and the faerie, Missy,
watch
The tears of crystal and stars that shatter as they hit the unyielding
grounds of reality
Minds are splattered with a gothic black, characterized by filth
Like badges of honor they wear their Damocles fates
There are saints who roam this desolate land of odious odes
Giving a brief respite to the skeletal remains of decorticated hearts and
souls
There are flashes of brilliant light and character from every shadow dweller
here
This, I believe, is the luminance of their true beings, once darkness is
vanquished
Temporal beings pursue and consume my own existence
Taunting my every breath, heartbeat and tear
These harbingers of decay do prey on the uncomprehending ascendancy of
youth
As it is sadly evaporated by the ill winds of despair
Cacophonous calls of unripe minds believing they are ready for the harvest,
resonate
I offer relics from my past, causing small explosions of dust, unanswered
prayers
Only to eventually to be forgotten in the compost piles of acrimonious
dreams
All here are my bastard sons and brothers, illegitimate daughters and sisters,
Imagined lovers, silent enemies, my shadow family
All interconnected by words, lines and double helixes
I sigh beneath the burden of my nuclear hemorrhaging
The echoes of esoteric metaphors that conceal more than reveal
Yet torment my questioning soul
As I terminate this fatal vision from my apocalyptic dr. ash-coated window
One last zephyr of Hades attempts to blow me away
Alas, another perilous journey has ended
It is now safe to turn off your computer
© 2002 by steve giacomini
I am considering an updated version. A few months ago I asked Sixie to
help but he has bigger fish to fry. If anyone who was mentioned is this
version has changed their name please inform me through DP-Mail.
Comments on "The Valley Of Dark Poetry"
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A former member wrote:
Reminds me of the days of old when DP was becoming. and I miss some of the old favorites.
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A former member wrote:
*cross legged before the screen, peering and listening intently* mmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm
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On Sunday, May 14, 2006, SilentStalker
(1066) wrote:
..sounds to me like you're meditating a bit too hard... :P
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On Saturday, April 15, 2006, GothicBlack
(186) wrote:
This is by far the best tribute that DP has ever had written, or ever will. This is well beyond amazing, you deserve a reward for this. trully. ~gothic~
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On Monday, September 12, 2005, MESUN
(230) wrote:
damn. that's some good shit.
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, Six-Out
(1435) wrote:
It still makes me think of all the old timers that aren't around anymore. :(
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy
(358) wrote:
wow this is awesome... so darkly perverted, chaotic at times, and very clever.
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A former member wrote:
I don't think you could put my name in there if you tried..just doesn't fit with the flow..but I have always loved this..
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On Saturday, December 18, 2004, Recycled
(94) wrote:
This one has always been one of my favorites on the site. Thanks for reposting.
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On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, Northstar
(375) wrote:
this is awesome--what a journey---such powerful depictions and descriptions
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On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, Stormcomin
(32) wrote:
Fantastic write! Letter to letter, an incredible masterpiece.
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On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, purr_verse
(1059) wrote:
Well, there's not much more I could add to that. :) Brilliant.
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On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, stuart_pid
(135) wrote:
ive read a lot of dark poetry tributes but this has been by far my favorite. "The echoes of esoteric metaphors that conceal more than reveal" this line blew me away.
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On Tuesday, December 14, 2004, Six-Out
(1435) wrote:
But I like being mentioned twice ;)
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A former member wrote:
GREAT!!! I think matt would love this, and if he does, I go with him.