Monday, November 22, 2010

The fall of the crimson curtain






Murmuring their dissent are the voices of the night,
'wakening latent fears that take from the moon its soothing light,
whilst the shadows, in a trance, paint disturbing pictures black,
on the walls within your heart, that now plunder and ransack
all the order you've created in the shambles of your life,
as they rip with sharpened edge through this canvas with a knife,
bringing fresh blood to the surface of the mirror-smooth reflection
that was gazing at the world, in its place a crimson curtain.



picture credit: http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/40783/cry-blood-red-tears.jpg



40 comments:

  1. Whoa, Shadow, so intense, and graphic...but, you know me by now, I LOVE THIS!!! You're so descriptive and so talented with composing, I just am in total awe.

    Hope you have a glorious week. What's new in the band/drums part of your life? Anything?

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  2. mmmmm girl! I love your way with words. This is fantastic.

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  3. I hate when I forget to lock the door or open it and the wrong things rush in! Damn. Good lesson taught Shadow.

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  4. I lived too long like that and am so grateful for the freedom I worked for and live now. This is great writing and makes me remember how far I have come. You are such a good writer.

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  5. wonderful write...there is an intensity to tears of blood...it adds much to this piece....

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  6. Love it Shadow, the intensity, I am always glad when I get here. beautiful.

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  7. This was intense. And haunting. Bravo! (Or do you prefer Brava?)

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  8. And I have to sit here and wonder just where that came from ....

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  9. very well said, shadow... captured it all precisely....

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  10. Very nice Shadow..

    This cuts like a razor and every single word brings feelings that rush the senses. Very over whelming and beautiful in its own way…


    I always miss you when your gone...

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  11. Tragic Visions, they slowly stole my life,
    Tore away everything, cheating me out of my time...


    A beautiful and dark poem. Liked it

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  12. Once again you've hit a place I used to live, and in a way that brings it all back. Good, evocative writing.

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  13. So deep........nd so thinkable dat i cnt let out d thoughts out fr quite a tym.....

    cheers

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  14. very powerful - very beautiful, lady!! one of my all time favorites!!!

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  15. I sit here and read this with wonder :) It's not just descriptive, but spot on on how the heart feels when it finally sees things it doesn't want to see, things the world should never make a heart have to see...

    Hugs to you my friend!

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  16. Beautiful, dark, moody, noir. Have you read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? The female character is who came to mind when I read this.

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  17. Shadow Dancing...
    I try to stay in the Moon's soothing light. It's scary in the black....

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  18. Powerful - speaks to the mind in the darkness and silent of the night which reflects on things we hide from the light.

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  19. doubt and fear...nothing more sure to unravel us and make us bleed.
    A fine piece of poetry, Shadow! :))

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  20. Chaos theory reworked as poetry. I would never have thought of it, but I like it!

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  21. I just hate those times at night reliving past torments. That pic freaks me out a bit though, it links to the writings.

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  22. "she's got blood in her eyes and her eyes are for you"

    Happy Thanksgiving Shadow

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  23. Powerful words there Shadow. Thank you for sharing.

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  24. girl you are heavy!!! Beautiful, clear, powerful...but really heavy!

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  25. Shadow
    I've never created any order so I'm safe
    right?
    ain't I?
    shit
    ~rick

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  26. Like Lou, I wonder where you pulled that frm, its so dark compared to mose of what you write. But I do like the dark stuff.

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  27. Very nicely put together the emotions..

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  28. Voices of dissent in the night are the hardest ones to shut up, that's for sure!

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  29. The eyes have to bleed to see the love .
    it was breath taking ,when reading it ,was drawn to it

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  30. I don't like those voices of the night and am glad that they are mostly quiet now.

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