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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

August 19, 2020August 18, 2020 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

Just on the other side of this wall the shadows move walking through stories I’ll never know carried by sensations whose ghosts I see...

Posted in PoemsTagged ghosts, pathway, poetry, Stories, story, writing

Gnawing

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

Gnawing at flesh down to the bone life blood extracted and dripping off fangs elixir of sun’s vision over cloud tops gliding over the world spinning away...

Posted in PoemsTagged ghosts, music, poetry, river, song, writing

A Sun that Still Rises

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020 Mitchel David Ring15 Comments

This forest knows me It knows me better than I know myself Its roots reach deeper into my thoughts than I can go or than I’ve tried to go...

Posted in PoemsTagged abandoned, city, ghosts, poetry, sunrise, writing

As Above, So Below

February 12, 2020April 29, 2020 Mitchel David Ring15 Comments

Away from the night of spice winds we crawl following the windwalkers through sunless lands...

Posted in PoemsTagged desert, dream, ghosts, poetry, stars, writing

In the Still Madness

January 1, 2020December 31, 2019 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

In the still madness of night I came awake And listened to the whispers in the hall Footsteps coming and going, laughter in the dark...

Posted in PoemsTagged footsteps, free verse, ghosts, madness, poetry, writing

Where the Air is Haunted

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Mitchel David Ring4 Comments

Behind a door closed to keep the night at bay Voices talk of quiet places where the air is haunted Where moments stay forever And the floorboards whisper the secrets of ghosts...

Posted in PoemsTagged ghosts, haunted, memory, poetry, shadows, writing

Out of the East

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Mitchel David Ring4 Comments

Out of the East comes crawling nightmare And the deep places of the forest are silent Waiting for the hand that tears at the earth Uprooting ancient guardians to grind them down...

Posted in PoemsTagged ghosts, heartland, nightmare, poetry, Stories, writing

The Path to Rapture

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Mitchel David Ring11 Comments

A doorway empty and charred awaits Look in and see what you left behind Forgotten on the path to rapture...

Posted in PoemsTagged darkness, forgotten, ghosts, poetry, visions, wander

Lamentation of a King

July 9, 2019July 8, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

It stares defiant across this crowded room And the faces between us are invisible The barrier of insurmountable time crumbles Walls heaving with the weight of a thousand stories

Posted in PoemsTagged ghosts, glory, history, king, poetry, time

Please Do Not Enter the Historical Structures

March 17, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

Falling rafters clutch a ceiling in placeDesperate to hold onA carpet of broken bottlesBeneath the bedframes of living ghostsLight and wind play in windows that cannot closeSighing worlds pass by and do not see insideNights breathe cold through cracks in the wallsSearching for lost soulsTo carry to the stars Original Photography

Posted in PoemsTagged abandoned, cold, ghosts, searching
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