Dark Winter Memories

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Fog lifts revealing Night’s victims and victors The struggle eternal To stay green, to stay Amidst all remaining All that’s turning gray The cold aroma of a winter’s fire Warm memories overwhelm They become dark all too soon Like the day, last of days Charred remnants become clear Into oblivion, our past burned For we are all but ashes That have not yet turned The lone call of a raven Echoes through these woods Like chambers of my memory Upon the past I brood Recollections, reminiscence For the best of times I yearn As we are all but ashes That have not yet turned

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 24, 2025

Wistful thoughts and dark memories As I recall the dead of winter Fleeting warmth and a most bitter cold My mind is far from here and now O, let me be! In this hinterland of snow To overcome my sorrow with these black birds of woe On my honor I shall not tarry But must confront the ghosts which haunt me Lest they wrench my very soul They’re words left deep furrows In my mind, heart, soul I will cultivate them for my spirit’s growth “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Fading into eternity, the last she spoke The loudest whisper, truth hard as stone Like a December’s snow, my elders are falling Yet have ne’er stood so strong A celebration for the ages, a rebirth unto dust They will always be with me Until I am with them

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 24, 2025

Thou wilt interpret life to me, and men, Art, nature, yea, my own soul’s mysteries – Bringing truth out, clear-joyous, to my ken, Fair as the morn trampling the dull night. Then The lone hillside shall hear exultant cries; The joyous see me joy, the weeping weep; The watching smile, as Death breathes on me his cold sleep. (by George MacDonald, from Diary of an Old Soul)

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

Distance – time and space The chasm between What is and was Allows me to find Nothing Distance – like newfound faith Can come between What is and was Allows me to find Everything Silence is needed, golden, broken As I trek into the woods I must press on To find something, anything Distance Benign I have become A brother to dragons And a companion to owls My lyre also is turned To mourning, And my organ to the voice Of them that weep And so the mountains become A lodestone The forest an escape An albatross will be laid down With distance Silence Nothing Everything

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

Burn, O ancient fire Purging all impurities Flow, O ancient waters Ever cleansing, baptizing Blow, O ancient wind Drying up all left standing Shine, O ancient light Illuminate this dark world Return, O ancient of days Deliver us with your blood A new Babylon is rising Wood and stone abandoned For brick, mortar and steel The natural ways forsaken Impugned as we Bend them to our will Blue skies laden with white scars Solemn night defiled by A throng of false light Tranquil sonority fallen At the hands of men The ever growing pall Expanse at what perdition? At the hands of men At the hands of men

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