The Heart of my Unending Dark

by Kakera   Apr 23, 2014


2014-04-22 04:38 AM

Thee, Seeker of hollow solace,
I blind my sparkling eyes
with the diamonds in thy smile abandoned
to breathe nothingness unto creation
whispering perpetual grief
into the ears of all prophets

For thee I will carry the banners of Hell
to the edges of my hollow walls,
marking the borders in my empire
that I built out of hollow husks
of all the Is that I cut into pieces
and fed to His legions

And in the shadow of Helel's six wings
I've lingered for eternities unforgiving
so that I could witness deicide
when He wrought chaos out of order,
and through his love bestowed upon me
the morning star to grace my golden hair

Out of Judas' bones I made my throne
to sit upon waiting for thy arrival
pondering whether or not thou could witness
the true shape of my scarred face
hidden under a Black Veil
for my tragic love come undone

For indeed there are things to discover,
Ye of unhealthily naive faiths:
the throne I built on lies and betrayal
I built so that I could truly grasp
the beauty and grace of the fallen one's flight
when He lifted his sword towards the heavens high

So enter here, Seeker, and witness
the vastness and awe demonstrating
how grand true love can be
when the Tyrant Maker leaves finally --
so that I and the morning star can be
together, in love, and free

But be warned, Seeker,
this place holds no solace
for the pious and righteous--
this is my kingdom;
this is the heart of my unending dark;
this is madness and my unending laughter

This is no sanctuary, Seeker,
this is the hell I've created,
in which I live in my love's shadow,
degenerated into something unclean:
a crimson monster shackled and chained,
yearning to break free

Yes, yearning to break free,
because I only laugh for real
when I pray for the end of Me

And this is a place
where my cries and laughter
can never stop

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  • 9 years ago

    by Darren

    Judges comments

    I am a sucker for a good dark poem, this piece is a monster. This could work as a slam poem or you could picture somebody standing on a soap box in a busy square chanting this piece at the top of his/her voice. It is a little long for most tastes on this site but that shouldn't detract from the detail.
    This has been crafted expertly with so much descriptive narrative that after reading I felt I had read a novella. My favourite stanza is the third from the end. I love how this author has managed to seamlessly integrate another authors user-name into this piece. Expertly written piece.

    • 9 years ago

      by Kakera

      Ahhhhhhh thank you so much for the comment and feedback, and praise! It annoyed me a little bit to see after the site went up again after that down-period that this poem had won the weekly, but not being able to read the judges' comments, since they were never posted.

      Thank you!

  • 10 years ago

    by Jack Nightengale

    I greatly appreciate it. It was unexpected and caught me of guard when I firdt read it. :)

  • 10 years ago

    by Jack Nightengale

    Breath taking and amazing. Keep it up!

    • 10 years ago

      by Kakera

      Thank you kindly Kris!

      I hope you're feeling honoured that I incorporated your beautiful username into this poem, I've actually been wanting to do it for a while now and this ended up feeling like the perfect opportunity. =)