Submissions by ThePalestRider
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by the Boreal and fueled by the blistering.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Aug 2024 3:40pm
13th Aug 2024 3:40pm
Serenity and Sanity
0, when the mind doth wane, and reason parts,
And shadowed thoughts encroach upon the day,
Yet still within, the quiet of our hearts,
A sacred peace doth hold the dark at bay.
Though senses fail and visions cloud the sight,
With phantoms born of madness' cruel art,
Yet shines within a tranquil, holy light,
That guards the soul, though all else falls apart.
The whispers vile, that twist the mind to Woe,
May roar like tempests in the midnight hour,
Yet deep within, where God's pure waters flow,
The spirit basks in grace's...
And shadowed thoughts encroach upon the day,
Yet still within, the quiet of our hearts,
A sacred peace doth hold the dark at bay.
Though senses fail and visions cloud the sight,
With phantoms born of madness' cruel art,
Yet shines within a tranquil, holy light,
That guards the soul, though all else falls apart.
The whispers vile, that twist the mind to Woe,
May roar like tempests in the midnight hour,
Yet deep within, where God's pure waters flow,
The spirit basks in grace's...
#dark
#morality
#philosophical #rhyming
#philosophical #rhyming
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Aug 2024 7:52am
13th Aug 2024 7:52am
A Thousand Eyes Blinded
From crypts to tallest spires
Honest peasants to shimmering liars
Falling devils to beating cherubim wings
Can you not hear how the blood sings?
Sanity lost yet insight gained
I see past where the shadows reign
Of what lurks between the planets dark
Void song with a melody cold and stark
No more shall I walk this mortal coil
Within the freezing reach I'll toil
Living amongst the boreal heavens
Grasping beyond the choirs seven
We shall go beyond...
Honest peasants to shimmering liars
Falling devils to beating cherubim wings
Can you not hear how the blood sings?
Sanity lost yet insight gained
I see past where the shadows reign
Of what lurks between the planets dark
Void song with a melody cold and stark
No more shall I walk this mortal coil
Within the freezing reach I'll toil
Living amongst the boreal heavens
Grasping beyond the choirs seven
We shall go beyond...
#dark
#death
#evil
#horror
#rhyming
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Aug 2024 7:39am
13th Aug 2024 7:39am
Womb of Avarice
Misers deluded by their greed
Each drop of gold a wound as the soul bleeds
Gilded claws clutching deep into the soul
Bejeweled temptations taking control
Enriching damnation by which virtue is bored
Crucified above the glittering hoard
Each coin a toll down perdition's gates
Ruled by their own flaxen hate
Seek not the aureate path
Expedited towards divine wrath
Gleaming tumors deep within
Golden and auroral yet worthless sin
Each drop of gold a wound as the soul bleeds
Gilded claws clutching deep into the soul
Bejeweled temptations taking control
Enriching damnation by which virtue is bored
Crucified above the glittering hoard
Each coin a toll down perdition's gates
Ruled by their own flaxen hate
Seek not the aureate path
Expedited towards divine wrath
Gleaming tumors deep within
Golden and auroral yet worthless sin
#dark
#greed
#morality
#narrative
#rhyming
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SELF POEM
Published
8th Aug 2024 10:46pm
8th Aug 2024 10:46pm
Bayou Meditations
The still water of the stygian night
And the moon being the guiding light
By the mires where the gators lurk
Cypress tress jutting out like earthen dirks
Kneeling by the crawdad's mounds
Enjoying the marshy ground
Biscuits with molasses none of that jam tart
Cajun brood but a knight errant at heart
Pale face stifling a smile
Wanting a 100 acres with another Winchester rifle
To reap the swampy bounty for a crockpot
Fond memories spitting out steak's buckshot
...
And the moon being the guiding light
By the mires where the gators lurk
Cypress tress jutting out like earthen dirks
Kneeling by the crawdad's mounds
Enjoying the marshy ground
Biscuits with molasses none of that jam tart
Cajun brood but a knight errant at heart
Pale face stifling a smile
Wanting a 100 acres with another Winchester rifle
To reap the swampy bounty for a crockpot
Fond memories spitting out steak's buckshot
...
#identity
#narrative
#rhyming #SelfReflection
#rhyming #SelfReflection
64 reads
3 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
8th Aug 2024 10:29pm
8th Aug 2024 10:29pm
Bows of The Steppes
A scourge upon the land, like lightning rode this mighty band,
Steeds' hooves like thunder, and arrows like rain,
Sweeping across the Magyar's plain.
A duel of the bow and the lance,
The Iberian eagle, their last chance.
Walls thrown down, torn asunder,
Raging inferno roaring with beastly thunder.
Water runs red, mingling with blood,
Fallen defenders lie mangled in mud.
They’d see their homes and treasure aflame
Rather than let Batu ride off with their name.
Sabres and hammers storm citadel walls,
The blood of...
Steeds' hooves like thunder, and arrows like rain,
Sweeping across the Magyar's plain.
A duel of the bow and the lance,
The Iberian eagle, their last chance.
Walls thrown down, torn asunder,
Raging inferno roaring with beastly thunder.
Water runs red, mingling with blood,
Fallen defenders lie mangled in mud.
They’d see their homes and treasure aflame
Rather than let Batu ride off with their name.
Sabres and hammers storm citadel walls,
The blood of...
#dark
#historical
#narrative
#rhyming
#war
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LOVE POEM
Published
8th Aug 2024 10:19am
8th Aug 2024 10:19am
Hawks and Doves
In yonder fields where hawks and doves take flight,
There lies a tale of love's unending plight.
The hawk, with eyes afire, doth seek its prey,
While gentle dove in shadows doth delay.
The hawk, relentless, circles in the skies,
With talons sharp and piercing, hungry eyes.
He chases dreams that flit and fade away,
Unheeding of the dove's soft, mournful bray.
The dove, in purity, doth soar so free,
A symbol of a love that ne'er shall be.
She flies on wings of hope, yet ever spurned,
By hawk's fierce gaze, her gentle heart is...
There lies a tale of love's unending plight.
The hawk, with eyes afire, doth seek its prey,
While gentle dove in shadows doth delay.
The hawk, relentless, circles in the skies,
With talons sharp and piercing, hungry eyes.
He chases dreams that flit and fade away,
Unheeding of the dove's soft, mournful bray.
The dove, in purity, doth soar so free,
A symbol of a love that ne'er shall be.
She flies on wings of hope, yet ever spurned,
By hawk's fierce gaze, her gentle heart is...
#love
#metaphor
#narrative #rhyming
#narrative #rhyming
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STORY POEM
Published
8th Aug 2024 10:13am
8th Aug 2024 10:13am
A Judgement of Steel
The sovereigns and their lords
Beseech me to take up the sword
Of which I seeketh judgement
And take vengeance upon thine enemies
With honor bound, I tread this path,
To mete out justice, fury's wrath.
In shadows deep, my heart shall tread,
With steel in hand, by valor led.
Through battle's roar and clashing steel,
I stand as fate, their doom to seal.
For in this quest, my soul shall strive,
To see their foes no more alive.
Yet in the night, where silence reigns,...
Beseech me to take up the sword
Of which I seeketh judgement
And take vengeance upon thine enemies
With honor bound, I tread this path,
To mete out justice, fury's wrath.
In shadows deep, my heart shall tread,
With steel in hand, by valor led.
Through battle's roar and clashing steel,
I stand as fate, their doom to seal.
For in this quest, my soul shall strive,
To see their foes no more alive.
Yet in the night, where silence reigns,...
#courage
#dark
#narrative
#responsibility
#rhyming
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DARK POEM
Published
7th Aug 2024 10:31pm
7th Aug 2024 10:31pm
The Hound
In shadows deep, where ancient horrors loom,
There dwells a beast from night’s eternal gloom.
A presence felt, in whispers darkly spawned,
It roams the void, with sanity foregone.
‘Neath moonless skies, its footsteps softly tread,
A harbinger of fear, and boundless dread.
Its eyes, two pools of malevolent light,
Pierce through the veil of everlasting night.
The ancient tombs, where secrets dark abide,
Hide not from it, this terror they provide.
Unearthly howls, like whispers from the grave,
Echo in minds, where reason cannot...
There dwells a beast from night’s eternal gloom.
A presence felt, in whispers darkly spawned,
It roams the void, with sanity foregone.
‘Neath moonless skies, its footsteps softly tread,
A harbinger of fear, and boundless dread.
Its eyes, two pools of malevolent light,
Pierce through the veil of everlasting night.
The ancient tombs, where secrets dark abide,
Hide not from it, this terror they provide.
Unearthly howls, like whispers from the grave,
Echo in minds, where reason cannot...
#dark
#evil
#horror
#narrative
#rhyming
80 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Aug 2024 10:25pm
7th Aug 2024 10:25pm
That Which Guards What Cannot Be Reclaimed
In Eden's gate, where once pure bliss did reign,
Now stands a guard, with visage fierce and plain.
Archangel Gabriel, with sword of flame,
Doth bar the path, where none may stake their claim.
His eyes, like stars, with piercing light doth gleam,
And none may pass, nor even dare to dream.
The sword he wields, in fire’s eternal blaze,
Cuts through the night, in bright and deadly haze.
A sacred charge, this garden to defend,
From mortal hands that seek their fall to mend.
Yet dark it seems, this hallowed, guarded place, ...
Now stands a guard, with visage fierce and plain.
Archangel Gabriel, with sword of flame,
Doth bar the path, where none may stake their claim.
His eyes, like stars, with piercing light doth gleam,
And none may pass, nor even dare to dream.
The sword he wields, in fire’s eternal blaze,
Cuts through the night, in bright and deadly haze.
A sacred charge, this garden to defend,
From mortal hands that seek their fall to mend.
Yet dark it seems, this hallowed, guarded place, ...
#angels
#Christian
#heaven
#religion
#rhyming
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STORY POEM
Published
7th Aug 2024 8:24am
7th Aug 2024 8:24am
Dueling Mist
In misty veil, 'neath moon's pale glow,
Two duelists face where shadows grow.
Their sabres gleam with cold, sharp light,
Preparing for a fateful fight.
The fog, a shroud both thick and white,
Enfolds the night in eerie blight.
Yet in this gloom, the spirits glide,
Their ghostly forms drift side by side.
Eyes of spectres, hollow, cold,
Bear witness to the scene unfold.
Their whispered sighs, a chilling breath,
Foretell the clash of life and death.
Blades clash with a metallic ring,
A dance of death their weapons...
Two duelists face where shadows grow.
Their sabres gleam with cold, sharp light,
Preparing for a fateful fight.
The fog, a shroud both thick and white,
Enfolds the night in eerie blight.
Yet in this gloom, the spirits glide,
Their ghostly forms drift side by side.
Eyes of spectres, hollow, cold,
Bear witness to the scene unfold.
Their whispered sighs, a chilling breath,
Foretell the clash of life and death.
Blades clash with a metallic ring,
A dance of death their weapons...
#dark
#fall
#ghosts
#narrative
#rhyming
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Aug 2024 8:20am
7th Aug 2024 8:20am
Of Angels And Ice
Where art thou, glistening ice,
Who doth frame wings beating thrive,
Emissary of the celestial,
Where empire and angels revive?
Grant thy servants heavenly fire
Of this dead world's eternal snow.
Pray tell when the end time may show,
Seek the final march on Armageddon's field,
Adorned in the glistening light of faith's shield.
Prayers offered like sacrifice in the winter wind,
Cold whisper of the dragon tempts towards sin,
To collect the wage of wickedness paid in...
Who doth frame wings beating thrive,
Emissary of the celestial,
Where empire and angels revive?
Grant thy servants heavenly fire
Of this dead world's eternal snow.
Pray tell when the end time may show,
Seek the final march on Armageddon's field,
Adorned in the glistening light of faith's shield.
Prayers offered like sacrifice in the winter wind,
Cold whisper of the dragon tempts towards sin,
To collect the wage of wickedness paid in...
#angels
#prayer
#religion
#rhyming
#winter
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
6th Aug 2024 10:10pm
6th Aug 2024 10:10pm
The Dark Between Hells
In realms 'twixt hells where shadows deep do dwell,
A place forsaken, ne'er by light adorned,
There lies a darkness darker than e'en Hell,
Where souls lament, by Heaven's grace forsworn.
No fiery pit, nor brimstone's searing flare,
But void eternal, still and void of sound,
Where echoes of despair do fill the air,
And restless spirits wander, lost, unbound.
In this abyss, 'twixt realms of doom and sin,
No hope doth shine, nor mercy doth descend,
For here the damned, their endless...
A place forsaken, ne'er by light adorned,
There lies a darkness darker than e'en Hell,
Where souls lament, by Heaven's grace forsworn.
No fiery pit, nor brimstone's searing flare,
But void eternal, still and void of sound,
Where echoes of despair do fill the air,
And restless spirits wander, lost, unbound.
In this abyss, 'twixt realms of doom and sin,
No hope doth shine, nor mercy doth descend,
For here the damned, their endless...
#heaven
#hell
#narrative
#religion
#WilliamShakespeare
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