Echoes

[Darkness]

Echoes


Who dares to dance the shadows where echoes solemnly stir?
Is not the past a penance, fair, for memories to blur?
The relics of ambition, but a forgone afterthought,
Coming to their fruition prove some things are best forgot.

Thus imbued, duly renewed, why shake your fist at time?
The demon seed, history’s deed, forever-trapped in rhyme.
Where yet the scavengers of hope drink from the well of sorrow,
Never coming to see today as yesterday’s tomorrow…

…Or wake to wander in a dream that outlives such misgiving;
Cries from unburied dead that seem yet haunted by the living.
An empty face, an empty space, it’s really no surprise;
Some move to a far better place but weighted souls won’t rise.

Instead we writhe, and pay our tithe to some forgotten trust,
As even Death passes us by on wings as dry as dust…
To share, at most, the blood of ghosts in promises unbroken.
Listen to the silence, my friend, indeed, the dead have spoken.


Michael Anderson

[tomthebear]

You have some great work in here. Really enjoyed.

Loved these especially:

Where yet the scavengers of hope drink from the well of sorrow,
Never coming to see today as yesterday’s tomorrow…

and

Instead we writhe, and pay our tithe to some forgotten trust,
As even Death passes us by on wings as dry as dust…

Thanks for sharing!
Tom

[Balustrade]

This gave me goosebumps. Darkness wrapped in wisdom and a blanket of lovely flow and rhyme - I am a fan.

[dwells]

Muwahaha - Michael, this was marvelous and the structure as well as the rhymes consistently conjured some disturbing imagery. This experience in verse was made all the more real, by the author's ingenious accuracy and emotional interplay; indicative of an almost irrefutable wisdom. Cheers!

[gypsyrose]

Skillfully penned. A truly enjoyable read.

[Mizzy]

Excellent piece of dark work
all the way through......very eerie !

Great poetry..........Mick.

[A.k.ChaosDream]

Endless cycle sometimes leaves trails to spite the passing flies, taunting at their mortality.
Enjoyed this witty write

[Phoenix]

Enjoyed immensely, absorbing, great meter. Thank you.

[INFPoet]

This is really good. It's haunting and depressing with an excellent rhyme scheme and meter. This part is awesome - "Never coming to see today as yesterday’s tomorrow". Well deserving of the spotlight. Congrats!

~INFPoet