Submissions by HadesRising
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
NiGHt TeRRoRS
Drifting along inside of dreamland
Oh how it reaches the edges of the mind
Holding the smooth hand of Sandman
You never know just what you find
WAKE UP!
Screaming and covered in sweat
Falling into a void with no net
A man stalking you in the park
Things reach for you from the dark
Night terrors haunt this night just like all the others
Gasping now for a breath, your being feels smothered
WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
From this nightmare
You fight and you fight
But nothing works, it’s not right
Ripping and pulling...
Oh how it reaches the edges of the mind
Holding the smooth hand of Sandman
You never know just what you find
WAKE UP!
Screaming and covered in sweat
Falling into a void with no net
A man stalking you in the park
Things reach for you from the dark
Night terrors haunt this night just like all the others
Gasping now for a breath, your being feels smothered
WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
From this nightmare
You fight and you fight
But nothing works, it’s not right
Ripping and pulling...
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Standing Upon the Slain
Soon the stars will align to signal the mighty force
Riots will erupt in the streets, charging like a horse
The common people will take up arms, bear them for all to see
And the riders will pave the way for time to cease to be
Soon it will be time for you to choose a side
A purpose in this new world is something you must find
Glorious the battlefields will be at winter’s bleak surprise
Blood will pool as of lakes, a stain upon the eyes
Which God will you stand with?
They’re all the same
Will you be a new found myth?
Standing upon the slain...
Riots will erupt in the streets, charging like a horse
The common people will take up arms, bear them for all to see
And the riders will pave the way for time to cease to be
Soon it will be time for you to choose a side
A purpose in this new world is something you must find
Glorious the battlefields will be at winter’s bleak surprise
Blood will pool as of lakes, a stain upon the eyes
Which God will you stand with?
They’re all the same
Will you be a new found myth?
Standing upon the slain...
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A Better Oblivion
Step back and take a look at your life
If you could, would you go back and change just one night
To fix some really stupid mistake
But think, what would come and take it’s place?
Let’s take a look even further
Would you be willing to go back and kill the fuher?
But then what tyrant would rise?
Would he smear a crimson stain across the skies?
Would you go back and murder
Your grandfather or maybe your grandmother?
Would you then ever see today?
After all of that was that just your only play?
Is life so bad that you would risk
Oblivion just...
If you could, would you go back and change just one night
To fix some really stupid mistake
But think, what would come and take it’s place?
Let’s take a look even further
Would you be willing to go back and kill the fuher?
But then what tyrant would rise?
Would he smear a crimson stain across the skies?
Would you go back and murder
Your grandfather or maybe your grandmother?
Would you then ever see today?
After all of that was that just your only play?
Is life so bad that you would risk
Oblivion just...
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The Salesman and the Fool
Humor me, sit down and chat for awhile
Listen to my odd little tales
Like for instance, have you ever sold anything?
Something like your soul?
And if you did, what did you do it for?
Money, fame, power?
But me, I did it for the one that I would never have
Pale skin and flaming red hair
But to her I was utterly invisible
She consumed all my days and all my nights
My thoughts and dreams
I was haunted by her absence
Then one day a man stood on my porch
In a dark tailored suit and slimy grin
I knew him for a salesman
He told me...
Listen to my odd little tales
Like for instance, have you ever sold anything?
Something like your soul?
And if you did, what did you do it for?
Money, fame, power?
But me, I did it for the one that I would never have
Pale skin and flaming red hair
But to her I was utterly invisible
She consumed all my days and all my nights
My thoughts and dreams
I was haunted by her absence
Then one day a man stood on my porch
In a dark tailored suit and slimy grin
I knew him for a salesman
He told me...
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Whispers of a Broken Conscious
Can you feel it
Inside?
Like a parasite
Eating
Away at your mind
Feeding
On raw emotions
Seeding
The doubt inside
It’s buried so deep inside it’s a part of you
Making you want to place the blade and lean on the fucking point
Growing, getting bigger, feeding the rage inside so all you want to do is kill
Prodding and bending your mind until it breaks, fucking help me to get through this fucking stanza
I love to hate
Don’t you?
Everyone around
Not safe
For anyone to
Stay near
And hate to love...
Inside?
Like a parasite
Eating
Away at your mind
Feeding
On raw emotions
Seeding
The doubt inside
It’s buried so deep inside it’s a part of you
Making you want to place the blade and lean on the fucking point
Growing, getting bigger, feeding the rage inside so all you want to do is kill
Prodding and bending your mind until it breaks, fucking help me to get through this fucking stanza
I love to hate
Don’t you?
Everyone around
Not safe
For anyone to
Stay near
And hate to love...
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The Hounds of Blackmoor
The bell tolls, sounding of midnight
A burning candle, my only light
Lightning strikes, unreal and bright
Thunder rolls, the raven takes flight
I can feel my body giving in
Wracked with hate, piss and sin
In the midnight hour the black dog sounds
Soon they will place me in the ground
Why must I go to meet my maker?
When the maker never made me who I am
I’ve been all, smith and baker
Never once have I worshiped the ram
But never has Old Scratch offered me slight
Just kept on my left side to show me right ...
A burning candle, my only light
Lightning strikes, unreal and bright
Thunder rolls, the raven takes flight
I can feel my body giving in
Wracked with hate, piss and sin
In the midnight hour the black dog sounds
Soon they will place me in the ground
Why must I go to meet my maker?
When the maker never made me who I am
I’ve been all, smith and baker
Never once have I worshiped the ram
But never has Old Scratch offered me slight
Just kept on my left side to show me right ...
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Darkness Dies
The cold and rainy night
Brings to light the past frights
Stories told by parents
Become real…
I can hear something in
My closet getting out
Scratching at the wood
Creaking of the hinges
And a figure stands there
Red eyes cloaked in a hood
Frightened, you scream out loud
Parents look, nothing found
“Quiet, go to bed.”
But it’s real…
A mist slithers from the
Closet, from where it stood
Takes form beside your bed
Skeletal hands caress
Your face, you want to scream
The thing fills you with dread
...
Brings to light the past frights
Stories told by parents
Become real…
I can hear something in
My closet getting out
Scratching at the wood
Creaking of the hinges
And a figure stands there
Red eyes cloaked in a hood
Frightened, you scream out loud
Parents look, nothing found
“Quiet, go to bed.”
But it’s real…
A mist slithers from the
Closet, from where it stood
Takes form beside your bed
Skeletal hands caress
Your face, you want to scream
The thing fills you with dread
...
751 reads
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Crimson Shade of Red
You read these words to ease your mind
Looking desperately for something to find
Daily life troubles you all day
A brief distraction is something that you crave
Inside the mirror you will see
A simple cure for your insanity
So read the next line of this verse
Or get in line for your turn in the hearse
And find a way to get ahead
Or all you’ll see is a crimson shade of red
People see you, some kind of freak
Shattered and lonely and sometimes as weak
Hold up your head, learn to resist
Power of the mind is as strong as the fist
I...
Looking desperately for something to find
Daily life troubles you all day
A brief distraction is something that you crave
Inside the mirror you will see
A simple cure for your insanity
So read the next line of this verse
Or get in line for your turn in the hearse
And find a way to get ahead
Or all you’ll see is a crimson shade of red
People see you, some kind of freak
Shattered and lonely and sometimes as weak
Hold up your head, learn to resist
Power of the mind is as strong as the fist
I...
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Baldur and Hel
Underneath the roots of Yggdrasil there lays a land
The place is called Helheim, is a place for dead men
Upon the throne sit our lady Hel, the queen
Her mourning cold dead eyes make a man scream
Sister to Fenrir and of the great serpent
At birth the Allfather cast her to the pits
Spending eternity secluded and alone
With only dead and dying filling house and home
Their constant moaning cries always filling her ears
A city filled with broken men and a river made of tears
She spends all time secluded and alone
With no one beside her that she...
The place is called Helheim, is a place for dead men
Upon the throne sit our lady Hel, the queen
Her mourning cold dead eyes make a man scream
Sister to Fenrir and of the great serpent
At birth the Allfather cast her to the pits
Spending eternity secluded and alone
With only dead and dying filling house and home
Their constant moaning cries always filling her ears
A city filled with broken men and a river made of tears
She spends all time secluded and alone
With no one beside her that she...
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Chaining the Wolf
When I was young I was so innocent
Just a toy to be admired
I have slept in the city of the gods
From a giant queen I was sired
And I had grown to be proud and strong
A beast to those divine
To be a prisoner in the city of gods
But I will have what is mine
My coat is thick and I’m sharp of fang
Locked in a cage and fed on war
Tyr only showed me compassion
Not even He ad know what’s in store
The wolf I am, feared I should be
But then Thunder tried to chain me
With a thrust, I easily broke the links
No God will ever...
Just a toy to be admired
I have slept in the city of the gods
From a giant queen I was sired
And I had grown to be proud and strong
A beast to those divine
To be a prisoner in the city of gods
But I will have what is mine
My coat is thick and I’m sharp of fang
Locked in a cage and fed on war
Tyr only showed me compassion
Not even He ad know what’s in store
The wolf I am, feared I should be
But then Thunder tried to chain me
With a thrust, I easily broke the links
No God will ever...
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Sinmara
In his burning rage, she could quench the flame
(Sinmara)
In her grip, the door of death, forged the tig
(Laevateinn)
In her might, she rules by right, Queen of the Jotuns
(Sinmara)
The pale nightmare, calms the flames of Surtr
(Her caress)
She will sweep the land of all that is man
(Sinmara)
With her swing, Sinmara breaks the thing that she hates
(Asgard)
She will trick the cunning and expose him as the fool
(The Trickster)
In her wake, the gods will quake and seek shelter
(Odin)
Her lord will break all for what’s at stake...
(Sinmara)
In her grip, the door of death, forged the tig
(Laevateinn)
In her might, she rules by right, Queen of the Jotuns
(Sinmara)
The pale nightmare, calms the flames of Surtr
(Her caress)
She will sweep the land of all that is man
(Sinmara)
With her swing, Sinmara breaks the thing that she hates
(Asgard)
She will trick the cunning and expose him as the fool
(The Trickster)
In her wake, the gods will quake and seek shelter
(Odin)
Her lord will break all for what’s at stake...
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Bane of the Gods
Surtr has just one reason to Be
The Bane of the Gods
Fire is all that you will see
Surtr is the flaming beast
The Bane of the Gods
At his will, the world will cease
Surtr moves from the south
With the forest’s bane
There shines from his sword
The sun of Gods of the slain
He makes his throne on Muspell
To wait for Ragnarok
Fiery realm made of Hell
To the Aesir, he’ll go to fight
Bring him Ragnarok
He’ll go the shatter the sunshine light
Greater than the trickster
Fiercer than the wolf
Larger than the serpent...
The Bane of the Gods
Fire is all that you will see
Surtr is the flaming beast
The Bane of the Gods
At his will, the world will cease
Surtr moves from the south
With the forest’s bane
There shines from his sword
The sun of Gods of the slain
He makes his throne on Muspell
To wait for Ragnarok
Fiery realm made of Hell
To the Aesir, he’ll go to fight
Bring him Ragnarok
He’ll go the shatter the sunshine light
Greater than the trickster
Fiercer than the wolf
Larger than the serpent...
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