Quietus by ScarlettEclipse

[ScarlettEclipse]

She stood
Painfully gaping at nothing
But a blinding white, sterile wall
That slowly burns her eyes
To specks of ash
There is no escape
In her oppressive inner struggle
Of a forsaken cherished one
It swiftly tears her asunder
But at certain times
There is a brief hiatus
When something more horrendous
Comes around to haunt her
Whenever she closes her eyes
Silvery images flash to life
Torturing her:
A wretched gun lifting into the air
Fire dances out with a deafening blast
Piercing the heart of an other
A loved one falls
His life pours out
In a heart wrenching mess

[ScarlettEclipse]

Tell me where the wind whispers words
Where the rain sparkles as it falls
As purple clouds slice through the air
A majestic fantasy
A possible illusion
Created by an elegant witch
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
Take me far away from this place
Where I can lie in fields of blue-green grass
With glimmering stars flying above me
Plummeting to the ground in a blazing golden mess
An astronomer’s dream
A heavenly image
Created by an elegant witch
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
Bring me to the magical place
Where the sun rises in the west
And sets in the east
Confusing all who’ve never seen it before
Defying the sciences
A text book nightmare
Created by an elegant witch
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
Explain to me where you can see the vivid moon
Where it is almost always never full
Where it hangs in the sky
The demented grin of the Cheshire Cat
A haunting sight
Created by an elegant witch
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
I want to go to the place that tells a story
Where all the lively flowers sing
Waiting to inspire all who pass by
A writer’s utopia
The everlasting muse
Created by an elegant witch
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
Now here I am on my hands and knees
Begging for a change from the normal bleak world
Take me to the morning tree
Where the wind whispers words
Where the flowers sing
Where the raindrops sparkle as they fall
Where the moon is a demented smile
Where the galaxies grin, where the stars fall
Where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east
Lead me there to the morning tree
So I can lie there watching the miraculous wonders
In the moist blue-green grass
Lead me there…
…to the morning tree

[ScarlettEclipse]

Lying there in my field
Underneath my tree who is my one and only sweet prince
He will protect me forever and ever
Or at least while I lie there underneath his entwined branches
There I lie, forgetting all the horrors in the world
As I stay there under my tree
Sprawled out over moist grass
I gaze up toward the sky
As if I were watching a nail-biting movie
But instead of the fake smiles from the TV stars
Glimmering stars grin at me
They always appear to be happy similar to the smile of people in old photos
Their smiles seem to last millions of years, but really they don’t
Time after time each one of the stars grows tired of ever grinning
Slowly yet almost unnoticeably they shrink away
Collapsing into super massive black holes
Those ferocious black holes then reign over an area of the sky
Eating everything that comes into sight
Camouflaged arms outstretched, black as black can get,
Reach out bringing distant celestial beings closer and closer
For a hearty meal to devour
Almost like the malicious witches from the Grimm Fairy Tales
Or like the insane Greek gods who set danger to the people for fun
Putting dangerous creatures into the sky, such as Hydra

The collapsed star, the super massive black hole
Just sits there as a ‘friend’ a villain waiting for its victim
Only to eat them by sucking the life out of the poor victim
The malevolent black hole always wins in the end
Funny thing to watch as I lie there in my field, safe under my tree
With his branches around entwined a safe haven
Protecting me from all the horrors of the world
But some how in the end, they seem to find me anyway
They still exist

[symphony]

Lead me there…
…to the morning tree
this was my favorite part and i loved seeing it repeat. You do have some interesting lines there. Well done. :thumbs_up

And welcome to LitNet, Eclipse (I'll call you that since i have another friend here called 'scarlet pain' whom i call scarlet :) ), I look forward to more poems (or posts) from you.

[ScarlettEclipse]

I think that we all cry when angels deserve to die
Such beautiful creatures in a world full of hate
Forsaken at the very last moment
White feathers plunge through the air
Deluging on the people below as hope fails

They say that every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings
But the bells whimper singing a dirge for the apocalypse
The angels still plummet, wingless beings
Now how did it come to this?
How did it come to this massive horror where all we can say:
I cry when angels deserve to die

[PrinceMyshkin]

A magnificent poem! You must have metaphors and images running in your veins instead of blood! Minor imprecision here:



Take me far away from this place
Where I can lie in fields of blue-green grass

which could easilt be cleared up thus:



Take me far away from this place
To where I can lie in fields of blue-green grass

[ShadowFire]

I agree with symphony with the good repition. And I agree with PrinceMyshkin on the metaphors. The first two lines are my favorite. All through out the poem you use colors in your imagery and it is incredible to look at the times you use colors. And it is interesting the colors you chose. There is also a lot of seasons too. This was a very enjoyable poem to read. Welcome to Litnet! Thank you for sharing your poetry with us.

[ScarlettEclipse]

HELP!
Somebody shrieks in sheer terror
I run out all dressed for battle
Tights and a cape with my superhero vehicle anxiously waiting
It’s time to save the world!
I pass the crimson tree that marked the territory around my immense mansion
When suddenly, I am struck by a fearsome roar
Ferocious sound waves hit me as my villain sprints toward me
His sonic scream flings me into a tree
I jump to my feet with cat-like reflexes
And I knew what I had to do
It was my job to save the world
My cruel archrival circles me, like a hungry vulture ready to devour a hearty meal
He laughs and mocks me, proud of his clever accomplishment
I had been a buffoon and fell into his trap
There was never a real person shrieking in distress
It had only been a trap set up by the devious super villainous fiend
But I know in the end, I will win
Because the good guy always wins
Then I realize that I am outnumbered
As a second opponent steps out of the darkness
It was the mind-controlling ape, who was frighteningly strong, inhumanly fast and pure evil
No longer was I able to take care of this on my own, too many villains for one little super hero
So, I thrust the signal into the sky hoping my heroic friends would see the bright light high above
When together, we were the one and only Justice League Junior
My dear comrades position themselves beside me; here we were going to stand our ground
Now the super villains were the ones out numbered, struggling for some new tactic to defeat us all
We brace ourselves for battle when out of nowhere…
The last heroic klutz of our league came skipping onto the battle scene
The ape takes her as his own
Now she is our foe, no longer our friend
Evenly matched, we stand ready for battle with our super powers
When a shattering call races through the air
Shouting an important message to our alter-egos
It’s time to save the world…
But first comes dinner, a glass of milk and chocolate-chip cookies

[ScarlettEclipse]

Bones phones
Phones made out of bones
By foxes many foxes
They put them into boxes
With flocks of birds to carry them
Away to drop them on the shelves
For sale, for sale
For all the loopy unicorns and twisted vampires
From all over the super massive black hole
Ring, ring, ring
At last the all can call and gossip about the dress
Of the stellar sumo wrestler
Who came out one day to embarrass all of the
Cynical Cydonians who sometimes think they are spectacularly sexy
He put them all in their place
That is all the rage for the conversations over
The phones made out of bones
That came from the boxes that were packed by foxes

[ReynardKitsune]

wow so much nice poems :D!

[amanda_isabel]

Eclipse,

i have a friend who sort of writes poems like Bones Phones. It's Time to Save the World was more of a prose thing for me, but i love the chocolate chip cookies part :). i loved the idea of angels deserving to die. Black Holes and Revelations-sounds like Fall Out Boy or something like that, but it wasn't bad. With Quietus, i loved the finale "in a heart wrenching mess". The Morning Tree was definitely my favorite out of all of these, loving, just like the others did, the repetition.

i agree with PrinceMyshkin-you do have metaphors for arteries! the great metaphors were consistent throughout the pieces :D

hope to see you around!

[ScarlettEclipse]

Thanks...
The funny part is that some of Black Holes and Revalations (mainly the title) was actually inspired by my band Muse.

[Pendragon]

Wow! A series of very well contrived poems. I must say I like the "The Morning Tree" best of all, the constant weaving away and then back to that repeated line makes that poem stand out and shine! I could almost see a mystical image of a tree somewhere at the crack of dawn, the leaves stretched to catch that first light! :thumbs_up

[GoofyFlamingo]

i agree that "its time to save the world" is more like prose... but it could be an extremely short epic poem =) (short cuz epic poems are normally hundreds of lines long). i really like bones phones, esp the backward repetition at the end. i enjoyed shadowland, although it has a very dark tone to it it is well written. good job on all of them!

now, dinner, a glass of milk, and some chocolate chip cookies...

[lovelylucretia]

Wow...I enjoyed Quietus and Shadowland even though they were extremly dark. There was something beautiful about them, it was distant. I thought "It's Time to Save the World" was adorable but I don't reallly understand superheroes so I had a little trouble there.

[birgitta_nell@y]

Wow, you write beautifully! The way you create the images and the words you use are really magical. My definate favourite is The Morning Tree, that is just sublime! Black Holes and Revelations is also great- I know the song by Muse, which a really fantastic song. Well done, your writing is very inspiring, I enjoyed it very much!