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The King in Red

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Mitchel David Ring1 Comment

On our knees before the King in Red we heed the master’s call to serve...

Posted in PoemsTagged madness, oblivion, poetry, song, story, writing

Matchstick Lullaby

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

She with the mask on walks among us veins pumping the same poisons lips a wall built up against the same words but eyes that reflect a different shadow...

Posted in PoemsTagged fire, madness, masked, music, poetry, writing

We Who Rule Over Broken Subjects

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Mitchel David Ring14 Comments

There is a door in front of me, and beyond it I know nothing On either side the horizon stretches away to unknowable infinity, yet it is the door that I know will lead me through to the true infinite...

Posted in PoemsTagged horror, infinity, madness, poetry, short story, 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

Assault of an Endless Sea

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

In the winter there came knocking at my door A voiceless fiend that would only point upward To a ceiling veined with wood rot and rusted nails...

Posted in PoemsTagged madness, moment, monster, ocean, poetry, twilight

Down to the River

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

Mist off the surface of the river is a cloak Over the backs of we who walk among the trees Joy is our song this day of glory Light and darkness dance together as one...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, joy, madness, poetry, ritual, sacrifice

A New Master

October 8, 2019October 10, 2019 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

Dishonored at the gate we held Backs bent, bones broken, arrows pierced our souls But we did not give way...

Posted in PoemsTagged dark, fantasy, madness, nightmares, poetry, ritual

Madman on the City Wall

September 5, 2019September 3, 2019 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

Union of wind and sky over this seascape Shores in the distance moving away— Let them go, there are more ahead of us Unfurl the sails and catch that raging wind...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, fear, madness, memory, ocean, poetry

Boneyard

July 31, 2019August 17, 2019 Mitchel David Ring8 Comments

Staring beyond the depths of the cup in my hands Into a past I long to know The view from atop the boneyard pile Is a steep descent into rolling madness.

Posted in PoemsTagged bones, madness, poetry, stars, twilight, visions

Out of Reach

June 5, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

Time walked a straight path from the morning On a collision course with rapture Then all melted in a haze of something like color, but more A distant scream was a song on the breeze

Posted in PoemsTagged horizon, madness, ocean, rapture, storm, time

The Wrong Words

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

It was her hand reaching out to me Cold fingers grasping at a final trace of hope Like breath lingering upon a still morning That broke apart the wall, brick by brick

Posted in PoemsTagged madness, poetry, wall, whisper, words
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