Poetry from the Heart of Darkness

ALL POETRY © SEAN MULLIGAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 

STAIRWAYS CRAWLING DOWN A HILL

SIDEWINDING TO A WINDOW STILL

AND QUIET GROUND THE PESTLE

DOWN AND DOWN IT FALLS FROM

SKY TO DROWN IN BLOOD THAT FILLS

A DARKENED HEART OF GOLD AND

GASPING GARGOYLE CRIES "THE WORLD

WILL ALWAYS END AT START" A FIRE

BETWEEN THE CHANNELS PART IN

SORROW ALONG A WINDING ROAD

THE GODS DID TREAD IN WINTERS PAST

THE MOON SETS IN A LOOKING-GLASS

AND MARBLED TREES SHALL GROW

BELOW THE SNOW IS FALLING, PILING

SOFTLY ON THE FOUNTAINS, SPILLING

RAINBOWS IN THE CHILLING WIND IS

HOWLING "ALL IS AT A LOSS! ALAS!"

THE ANGELS FLYING ONE-BY-ONE

INTO THE SUN IS DEAD THAT ONCE

I KNEW THE RISING TIDES ADORNED

WITH SCHEMING SHARKS AFLOAT THEY

GLOAT IN BRIMMING CHAMPAGNE

GOBLETS SKIMMING 'CROSS SUBCONSCIOUS

THOUGHTS AND FLEETING MEMORY

THEY'RE EATING ME WHILE OUT OF

SIGHT IN DEAD OF NIGHT IN TWISTED

SPACE ANOTHER PLACE DEVOID OF

LIGHT AND DREAM OF FOOLS ERECTING

OBELISKS BETWIXT THE "FAULTS

NOT IN THE STARS..." THEY SHOUT

CAVORTING IN THEIR DUST IS BLOWING

COLD THE MIND IS DEAF AND DUMB

AND BLIND AND DEAD BE HE

WHO FALLS FROM SILVER THRONE

ALONE WITH ICY FLAMES THAT BECKON

FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE WHERE I

NOW LIE A NEST OF SPLINTERED

BONE-WHITE LUNAR LIGHTS THE HELLS

ABOVE THE PITS EMOTIONS FIGHT

DEVOURING STARS AND SACRED

SERPENTS WHISPERING OF CLOUDS

MY EYES FROM DAWN OF MAN

TO DEATH OF BLOOD-CHOKED OCEANS.

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