submissions
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I pour my heart and soul My body and my blood Into a little piece of heaven You are me and I am you Hell beneath frames expanse above Crescent moon as reaching horns They are harmless here and now Powerless in the face of love I raise you to the stars …
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The song that plays throughout the land Dance in the streets while you still can Live and let live, you have been forewarned I have a date with the God Of Storms! An empty palace, a golden key Skeletons rise through trickery Die and let die, you have been forewarned I have a date…
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Scorching sands, raging seas Essence of Eternity Golden lyre, flaming door Portal of the mighty Roar Goddess/God, Servant/King Watches as all nature sings Open hand to iron fist Betrayal has led to serpent’s hiss Myriad faces, countless eyes Called the dragon in disguise Six-winged sun, feline gaze Many names in ancient days Aged Mother, ever…
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A stranger in a strange land Descend into the lions’ den. Images of Monsters Stare down with blazing eyes At the figure so minuet Amusement rich and long! Despair floods her inner most heart Fear conquers her fragile sanctuary How can she possibly rise above them This mere speck upon the earth? Her existence lasts…
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Molten waves of passion Spinning ladies all in white Bleached bone and arid stone Merciless power without reprieve Cruel petrification Even the air stands still and silent Crystal daggers hang suspended Blanket of white that gives no warmth A delicate point of balance Two robes now fit for wearing One of jewels and one of…
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Flashing sword of boundless light Piercing through the skull of night Life and Death will dance tonight Waltzes timed to thunder’s might Summer’s rose and Winter’s bite Love ascends to greatest height Power and weakness, shadow and bright Vision and blindness both unite The sacred-profane, the passive fight The destitute-rich, the widening sight The ignorant-literate,…
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I looked into the largest sea And saw myself looking back at me. I gazed into the ocean deep And saw my body fast asleep. But as I watched the ocean’s tide, I glimpsed a darkness still alive. The challenge drew me to the past, To ugly thoughts revealed at last. I passed through an…
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Stand atop a mountain Death and peril far below And feel the inner calling Of the fire and the snow. Stand atop a mountain Lodged betwixt the war and peace And see the inner beauty Of the angel and the beast. Stand atop a mountain Beat the drum and stare ahead And feel the inner…
Ena Whiteraven 