~Visions of a Night Child~

By WordWulf, 8th Feb 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/1p0e68ei/
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~ Eyes peering through nights’ window ~ dark shapes gliding ~ smooth shadows sigh ~ What hollow sadness they must know ~ Careful wounds bleed black ~ tears are torn across fragile porcelain masques ~

~Visions of a Night Child~

Eyes peering through nights’ window
liquid notions, natural fluid movement
Shadows dance... and stop
For a heartbeat even sound is dark
Senses swim in a sea of velvet...
sinking, starving
Red satin dress tight and wet
Quivering she-beast awaits
She will crawl
No one makes the night passage alone

Eyes peering through nights’ window
dark shapes gliding
smooth shadows sigh
What hollow sadness they must know
Careful wounds bleed black
tears are torn across
fragile porcelain masques
smiles frozen, lips broken
frail beast keening
She dances the danse of all lost animals

Unsure, pale prisoner
in the night cage of her life
poison wrapped in golden
promises, lies dipped in sanity
fine tuned to imbalance
ransom, twisted love game
suicide threats as love fades away

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner
~Might Have said~
~Woman As Wing~
~Air of Lust~

Meet the author

WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)