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VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#__a_bitter_taste_of_hell" TITLE="Dark"><U><B>  A Bitter Taste of Hell</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="177"><div> <A HREF="#_death_of_a_poet" TITLE="Dark"><U><B> Death of a Poet</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#__the_sea_of_infinity" TITLE="Dark"><U><B>The Sea of Infinity</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="177"><div> <A HREF="#_kill_the_hatred" TITLE="Dark"><U><B> Kill the Hatred</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#_parade_of_sadness" TITLE="Dark"><U><B> Parade of Sadness</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="177"><div> <A HREF="#__the_visitor" TITLE="Dark"><U><B>  The Visitor</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="178"><div> <A HREF="#fear" TITLE="Dark"><U><B>Fear</B></U></A><B> </B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A NAME="_what_the_reaper_said"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> What the Reaper Said</div> <bR> <div> Deep thrashing emptiness of night,</div> <div> empty pill bottles strewn about the floor,</div> <div> photographs haunt eyes,</div> <div> silence amplifies regret.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A young soul coffin presses</div> <div> against soft pile carpet.</div> <div> With shuttering eyelids,</div> <div> and faint breath.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Tepid fingertips cling to life,</div> <div> as an act of weakness </div> <div> beckons misery.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Misery answers the request.</div> <div> though not with pain</div> <div> fear becomes the dark assassin.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Fear of departing</div> <div> with a whimper into the night.</div> <div> no longer raging against the demons,</div> <div> to heed the reaper's death light. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A NAME="_death_of_a_poet"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> Death of a Poet (writer's block)</div> <bR> <div> Stranded on an isle,</div> <div> the suns two faces reflect the dial.</div> <div> Life has become a lonely place,</div> <div> the realm of time, a broken face.</div> <bR> <div> Possibilities are many,</div> <div> worthy ideas are few.</div> <div> Stuck on this island,</div> <div> all the while I rue.</div> <bR> <div> The ocean surrounds me,</div> <div> with death and demise.</div> <div> My mind tries to venture,</div> <div> but can only surmise.</div> <bR> <div> The ocean wants me,</div> <div> and there's nowhere to hide.</div> <div> It haunts me, it taunts me,</div> <div> with each passing tide.</div> <bR> <div> Thoughts remain hidden</div> <div> concealed by my mind.</div> <div> Where sanity is forbidden,</div> <div> where insight is blind.</div> <bR> <div> Ideas only clash,</div> <div> vision becomes subdued</div> <div> I thirst for a word,</div> <div> I hunger for a muse.</div> <bR> <div> Decaying with abstruseness,</div> <div> I sink into the mire.</div> <div> I cannot deliver justice,</div> <div> when my thoughts have been retired.</div> <bR> <div> I close my mind for now,</div> <div> my words are all but dead.</div> <div> Everything I have to say,</div> <div> has already been said.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A NAME="_kill_the_hatred"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> Kill the Hatred</div> <bR> <div> The hellish nights are endless,</div> <div> enslaved to exhaustion</div> <div> our weary eyes </div> <div> search for slumber to no avail.</div> <bR> <div> Constant flashes of war</div> <div> illuminate the horizon,</div> <div> night becomes day,</div> <div> for moments at a time.</div> <bR> <div> The ground rumbles</div> <div> underneath our existence,</div> <div> shaking the humanity out of us.</div> <bR> <div> Sounds of horror echo</div> <div> throughout the blackness,</div> <div> as the growing pestilence</div> <div> draws nigh.</div> <bR> <div> Unknown demons</div> <div> fill the air with hatred</div> <div> and the ground with blood.</div> <bR> <div> Fear becomes our ally,</div> <div> warning us to flee.</div> <div> We escape leaving our spoils,</div> <div> our toils, to the enemy.</div> <div> We abandon our lives,</div> <div> leaving our land, to strangers.</div> <bR> <div> We take our memories</div> <div> and cling to our humanity.</div> <div> In time our children will persist,</div> <div> but they will never forget.</div> <bR> <div> We must kill the hatred,</div> <div> before the hatred kills us.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>         <A NAME="__the_visitor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Visitor</div> <bR> <div>                          It was the month of December that I clearly remember,</div> <div>                                   a strange woman knelt on my lawn.</div> <div>                              Her name was Louise, she had lost her car keys,</div> <div>                                 and thought they were hid in my lawn.</div> <bR> <div>                              I wished her well, then thought what the hell,</div> <div>                                    so I joined her out on the lawn.</div> <div>                            Our search was in vain, through the pouring rain, </div> <div>                                    nothing was found on my lawn.</div> <bR> <div>                                I invited her in and poured her some gin,</div> <div>                                       as Louise started to yawn.</div> <div>                               I couldn't ignore how only moments before,</div> <div>                                    nothing was found on my lawn.</div> <bR> <div>                                 Where was her car? It seemed so bizarre,</div> <div>                                     how did she come to my lawn?</div> <div>                                I took her a glass and thought I might ask,</div> <div>                                   how far was her car from my lawn?</div> <bR> <div>                               She drank all her gin, it was time to turn in,</div> <div>                                      the night was almost gone.</div> <div>                                  She told me her car, couldn't be far.</div> <div>                                    I was starting to feel like a pawn.</div> <bR> <div>                                I offered a ride which she quickly denied,</div> <div>                                     she wanted to stay until dawn.</div> <div>                                 I did not mind, she thought I was kind,</div> <div>                                    for helping her out on my lawn.</div> <bR> <div>                              I bid her goodnight and showed her the light,</div> <div>                                    she told me to wake her at dawn.</div> <div>                           When I turned back around, she was not to be found</div> <div>                                    my friends, Louise was gone.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="__a_bitter_taste_of_hell"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Bimini" >A Bitter Taste of Hell</FONT></div> <bR> <div> You lurk in the depths of Hell,</div> <div> tangled in your web of torture.</div> <div> Spinning lies, making mothers cry,</div> <div>  stealing honest men's fortunes.</div> <bR> <div> You prey on trust, you practice deceit,</div> <div> always throwing temptation at men's feet.</div> <div> You come alive when foolish men dive</div> <div> to meet you at your peak.</div> <bR> <div> I've seen you before at temptations door,</div> <div> your hand it did so beckon.</div> <div> It was only by chance that I took a glance,</div> <div> I never did stop to reckon.</div> <bR> <div> I turned away when I saw your face,</div> <div> but little did I know,</div> <div> when I tried to run, that I'd be over come,</div> <div> and you would not let me go.</div> <bR> <div> I closed my eyes and prayed not to sin,</div> <div> and the Lord, he stood beside me.</div> <div> For when you asked for my soul,</div> <div> he sent you back to your hole,</div> <div> but I know you will come again.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A NAME="_parade_of_sadness"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Bimini" >Parade of Sadness</FONT></div> <bR> <div> It was a cold day,</div> <div> the wind was unrelenting,</div> <div> car headlights led the way</div> <div> for the parade of sadness</div> <div> that crept on the horizon.</div> <bR> <div> Faces, old and new</div> <div> appeared before me once more.</div> <div> They had come to bid farewell,</div> <div> to pay their respects to an old friend.</div> <bR> <div> It was a gloomy day,</div> <div> though not a cloud in the sky.</div> <div> Remorse unavoidably laid down it's shadow,</div> <div> as our spirits began to</div> <div> seep into the void.</div> <bR> <div> It was a cold day,</div> <div> the wind was unrelenting.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="__the_sea_of_infinity"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Sea of Infinity</div> <bR> <div> Adrift amid the sea of infinity,</div> <div> darkness settles around me.</div> <div> Pinholes of light,</div> <div> seep through the canopy of night.</div> <bR> <div> Coldness wraps itself around my bones.</div> <div> Colors clash, and begin to dance,</div> <div> holding hands in the twilight above.</div> <bR> <div> Churning hopelessly, the waves of Eden</div> <div> still search for the shores of immortality.</div> <div> The tides of apathy pull me closer and closer</div> <div> toward oblivion, one day I will cease to exist.</div> <bR> <div> Space and time play tricks on my mind,</div> <div> for they are equal here.</div> <div> My watch, my map, are only ornaments</div> <div> decorating the abaft of this floating prison.</div> <bR> <div> I am at the mercy of the sea,</div> <div> no shelter, no harbor to comfort me.</div> <div> The salty winds crack my flesh,</div> <div> sting my weary eyes, and push me toward a horizon </div> <div> that I will never see.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="fear"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Fear</div> <bR> <div> Confined to my prison, shackled with fear.</div> <div> I'm never quite certain what lurks near.</div> <div> The hint of a sound or vision surmised,</div> <div> might lead me to panic. I feel paralyzed.</div> <div> I bide my time peeping through cracks</div> <div> at wasted daylight. The panic attacks</div> <div> when reality smacks on the door, uninvited. </div> <div> Days turn to years, in this prison of fear, </div> <div> yet I remain here, unrequited.</div> <div> This is my home, these cold walls of stone. </div> <div> I'm chilled to the bone with fear, uninvited. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dark_m.htm" TITLE="Dark"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=30 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="598" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Liquid Thoughts"><U><I>Liquid Thoughts</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="angelou.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maya Angelou"><U><I>Maya Angelou</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="dickenson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Emily Dickinson"><U><I>Emily Dickinson</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="frost.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Robert Frost"><U><I>Robert Frost</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="hardy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ThomasHardy"><U><I>ThomasHardy</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="hughes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Langston Hughes"><U><I>Langston Hughes</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Edgar Allen Poe"><U><I>Edgar Allen Poe</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I> </I><A HREF="thomas.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dylan Thomas"><U><I>Dylan Thomas</I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>