Das Seelenbrechen

Upon the edge of winter's chasm The seeds of evil flowers grow And a sleeping giant curls below In fever burning nightmare spasms I rest upon this trembling ground And in my bones they resonate And thus, alike, we lie in wait For both of us are northern bound No longer can my heart deny The seven solitudes across the sky I know too well the beacon's flame Forever has it been the same I call upon thee, aquilon To take my soul and bring me home

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

More like a gesture Acknowledging the coldness Of its touch I pull myself closer Around the neck As to contain myself From disappearing in the flux And the heavens roll violently Over golden waves And rust-red hands Dripping wet In all their dying splendor So, we meet again While dirt turns Into rivers of mud Beneath our roots We stumble and laugh As we read the inscription On the naked rock: Sum quad eris

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

I don't know what I fear The most What I am or what I'm not Too proud Too ashamed Incompatible With myself Cold, invincible Siamese twin By every dawn New nights begin The chemistry Of the fallen soul That being broken Is what makes it whole

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Raising another tower Crumbling in the shadow Of the forming idea Too tired for pride A thunderous voice In cold, wordless tongues Resonate deep In the heart of the night The bittersweet song Of a poets lament; That even his best Are but feeble translations

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Magnetic emptiness Drew me into cathedrals of silence Only to see them collapse and fall Like promises on the frozen ground And as the dust settled My hands reached out to ash clouds and ruins Eagerly, like onto strings To feel destruction and play the sound Magnetic emptiness Cathedrals of silence Collapse and fall On the frozen ground Reaching out Through ash clouds and ruins Like onto strings To feel

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

A long day A can of worms Way past the expiry date The healing has come too far Think and scream simultaneously

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Philanthropist Misanthrope Parasite Grief, hope (how many?) Coward, brave Kill, save Sanctimonious King, slave (how many?) Sacrifice Sacrilege Give, take Conquer, wait (how many?) Truth, lie Laugh, cry By how many cuts will you die?

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Crushed between the teeth Of a drunken poet's smile He retches the blood To slight amusement And laughs with a limp Along his guilt-ridden path

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

The eyes Secretly disappear Like escaped prisoners Through a forest Held under water In the night The eyes Secretly disappear in the night

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025