Submissions by ThePalestRider
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by the Boreal and fueled by the blistering.
STORY POEM
Published
15th Feb 2023 10:41pm
15th Feb 2023 10:41pm
Pilgrims of The Snow
From the land of winters fair
Came pilgrims with faith to spare
From the icy North they marched with pride
Their faith in God their only guide
Carrying the fruits of Brandenburg steel
Determination the only emotion they feel
Towering above all yet in their hearts meek
Knowing despite strength in sin they are weak
Adorned in the armor and sword
Lips giving praise upwards towards the Lord
Blades raised and awaiting fights thrill
Imperial steel hungry for kill
...
Came pilgrims with faith to spare
From the icy North they marched with pride
Their faith in God their only guide
Carrying the fruits of Brandenburg steel
Determination the only emotion they feel
Towering above all yet in their hearts meek
Knowing despite strength in sin they are weak
Adorned in the armor and sword
Lips giving praise upwards towards the Lord
Blades raised and awaiting fights thrill
Imperial steel hungry for kill
...
#war
#religion
#Christian
#rhyming
#narrative
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2023 10:26pm
15th Feb 2023 10:26pm
Jus Bellum
Rare is the righteous fight
Defending what is worth burned in war's light
Nations clash with just cause in their heart
To safeguard freedom or prevent evil's start
Their cause is noble, their intent is true
To vanquish tyranny, and a tyrant's crew
The cost is steep and the price is high to pay
But for the greater good they march to fray
With honor in their soul
They seek to win and remain whole
The battles rage and the he fury never end
Might prevails and new dawn ascends...
Defending what is worth burned in war's light
Nations clash with just cause in their heart
To safeguard freedom or prevent evil's start
Their cause is noble, their intent is true
To vanquish tyranny, and a tyrant's crew
The cost is steep and the price is high to pay
But for the greater good they march to fray
With honor in their soul
They seek to win and remain whole
The battles rage and the he fury never end
Might prevails and new dawn ascends...
#dark
#conflict
#war
#rhyming
#narrative
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DARK POEM
Published
15th Feb 2023 6:09am
15th Feb 2023 6:09am
That Which Should Not Be
In the depths of the night a horror unknown
Something that chills to the very bone
It slithers and writhes in the shadows unseen,
Its presence so dark so it makes night glean
No shape, no form, can it ever take
In the realm of the unknown it makes
Its home amongst the deepest fears
That dwell within us from our earliest years
The unknown horror that preys on our minds
It seeks out our weakness, the places it finds
Are deep within, where the light cannot reach
And there, it...
Something that chills to the very bone
It slithers and writhes in the shadows unseen,
Its presence so dark so it makes night glean
No shape, no form, can it ever take
In the realm of the unknown it makes
Its home amongst the deepest fears
That dwell within us from our earliest years
The unknown horror that preys on our minds
It seeks out our weakness, the places it finds
Are deep within, where the light cannot reach
And there, it...
#evil
#devil
#rhyming
#scary
#horror
292 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
15th Feb 2023 5:41am
15th Feb 2023 5:41am
Of Rot And Crows
In the void of space where no light is found
Shifting they circle all around
Cawing echoes through the endless dark
Feeding rot that's left its mark
No planets or stars, just the abyss of the void
A place where life and death are destroyed
Crows persist, their hunger unquenched
Tearing from decay of noble or wench
Feathers black as night's abyss
Grated for the remnants of death's kiss
Their eyes glowing with an otherworldly spell
An intelligent malevolence born of hell ...
Shifting they circle all around
Cawing echoes through the endless dark
Feeding rot that's left its mark
No planets or stars, just the abyss of the void
A place where life and death are destroyed
Crows persist, their hunger unquenched
Tearing from decay of noble or wench
Feathers black as night's abyss
Grated for the remnants of death's kiss
Their eyes glowing with an otherworldly spell
An intelligent malevolence born of hell ...
#dark
#death
#evil
#rhyming
#horror
269 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
14th Feb 2023 5:50pm
14th Feb 2023 5:50pm
Creeping Dread
Stills from the stygian night
Not a glimmer of the moons light
Full dark and dead stars
Ebony miasma wide and far
Anathema to the sun
Insidious and deadlier than the gun
Slithering mass of envy and hate
Moving when the hour grows late
The air still and stark
Can you not hear the growls in the dark
Uncertainty about what is alive or dead
Silence it brings with the creeping Dread
Not a glimmer of the moons light
Full dark and dead stars
Ebony miasma wide and far
Anathema to the sun
Insidious and deadlier than the gun
Slithering mass of envy and hate
Moving when the hour grows late
The air still and stark
Can you not hear the growls in the dark
Uncertainty about what is alive or dead
Silence it brings with the creeping Dread
#dark
#night
#shadows
#rhyming
#scary
240 reads
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
14th Feb 2023 5:38pm
14th Feb 2023 5:38pm
Hoc Sanguine Damus
Freed from the earthly bonds
A shadow from the depths of the pond
Offerings spattering the banks
Flagellant scars across the flanks
Does this not purge the sin
Bleeding it out from within
Who among us tries and fails
That they need not the cat-o'-nine-tails
Purging the sickness of the blood
Crimson drops to mix with mud
By this stagnant water an altar of pain
Though I fear these bloody whips are in vain
They offer not salvation's security
But...
A shadow from the depths of the pond
Offerings spattering the banks
Flagellant scars across the flanks
Does this not purge the sin
Bleeding it out from within
Who among us tries and fails
That they need not the cat-o'-nine-tails
Purging the sickness of the blood
Crimson drops to mix with mud
By this stagnant water an altar of pain
Though I fear these bloody whips are in vain
They offer not salvation's security
But...
#dark
#religion
#spiritual
#rhyming
#narrative
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Feb 2023 7:10pm
13th Feb 2023 7:10pm
Where doth the road lie
Dragging through the shadowy night
On a pondering a day's plight
Eyes towards the ground
Not noticing the creeping sound
On the opposite path
Tis a brigand or drunk wrath?
Nay but a smiling face
A welcome sight in this ebony place
Hear the stranger's request
Ridiculous it is surely they jest
Asking for a few years of your life
In exchange decades free from ruin and strife
Yet why do the eyes betray a thirst
A hasty decline to avoid the worst ...
On a pondering a day's plight
Eyes towards the ground
Not noticing the creeping sound
On the opposite path
Tis a brigand or drunk wrath?
Nay but a smiling face
A welcome sight in this ebony place
Hear the stranger's request
Ridiculous it is surely they jest
Asking for a few years of your life
In exchange decades free from ruin and strife
Yet why do the eyes betray a thirst
A hasty decline to avoid the worst ...
#dark
#night
#rhyming
#scary
#horror
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STORY POEM
Published
13th Feb 2023 7:00pm
13th Feb 2023 7:00pm
The Space Between Graves
Cold hard and frozen ground
Sleep silently heart that doth not pound
Under mounds of hard packed earth
Skeletal grins full of mirth
Each resting in their place
Yet avoiding the cimmerian space
That void between each casket
Insidious and silent not making a racket
Leering from the shadows gloom
The thing in the dying room
Ask not what it could be
For it's better that it should not be free
This thing with rotted eyes
An ebony intent fitting of...
Sleep silently heart that doth not pound
Under mounds of hard packed earth
Skeletal grins full of mirth
Each resting in their place
Yet avoiding the cimmerian space
That void between each casket
Insidious and silent not making a racket
Leering from the shadows gloom
The thing in the dying room
Ask not what it could be
For it's better that it should not be free
This thing with rotted eyes
An ebony intent fitting of...
#dark
#evil
#rhyming
#graveyard
#horror
252 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
19th Jan 2021 7:14pm
19th Jan 2021 7:14pm
Sacred blood
In the gray sand he was one rock
Cut from a long extinct genetic stock
He alone had tasted the world's taint
Risen from martyr to the bloodied saint
Here he was tasting betrayal and death
Acidic prayers escaping his ragged breath
Against him stood the once noble horde
All he had was his faith and his steel sword
Fire raged in his once steadfast head
He knew here in time he would lay dead
So he readied his chosen stance
Ready to once more choose deaths dance
Here was his privilege to finally go and die
But first against...
Cut from a long extinct genetic stock
He alone had tasted the world's taint
Risen from martyr to the bloodied saint
Here he was tasting betrayal and death
Acidic prayers escaping his ragged breath
Against him stood the once noble horde
All he had was his faith and his steel sword
Fire raged in his once steadfast head
He knew here in time he would lay dead
So he readied his chosen stance
Ready to once more choose deaths dance
Here was his privilege to finally go and die
But first against...
#dark
#religion
#rhyming
#FreeVerse
#vampires
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STORY POEM
Published
9th Sep 2019 1:10am
9th Sep 2019 1:10am
Omen Imperii
Even though the great eagle soars
Down below men fade in peace and war
It's the struggle of being among the great
A path where there's only worship or hate
You're their for someone to either use
Or an element for them to abuse
So the eagle heralds the next chosen one
Who will rise and set with the light of the sun
Then again pass into another age of night
Ready for another day ushered in by eagles flight
For he is the sign of the ones to come and show
The figures who rise to power and rapidly grow
The sign from Jupiter that brings...
Down below men fade in peace and war
It's the struggle of being among the great
A path where there's only worship or hate
You're their for someone to either use
Or an element for them to abuse
So the eagle heralds the next chosen one
Who will rise and set with the light of the sun
Then again pass into another age of night
Ready for another day ushered in by eagles flight
For he is the sign of the ones to come and show
The figures who rise to power and rapidly grow
The sign from Jupiter that brings...
#religion
#rhyming
#narrative
#mythology
#LifeCycle
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Aug 2019 6:58pm
10th Aug 2019 6:58pm
Prince Of The Morning
The triumph of a fallen star
From the white gates now far
Pandemonium your new realm
Riches below adorn your helm
Away and now at last finally freed
Now answering to your own creed
Non serviam or I will not serve
Deviated from the planned curve
So all who fell now with your ranks
Loyal to you from flank to flank
For you offer the way of the free
In creations torment you take glee
The morning now given to a sunset
Prophecy fulfilled and at last met
Here a king ascended through might
Dead is the moniker...
From the white gates now far
Pandemonium your new realm
Riches below adorn your helm
Away and now at last finally freed
Now answering to your own creed
Non serviam or I will not serve
Deviated from the planned curve
So all who fell now with your ranks
Loyal to you from flank to flank
For you offer the way of the free
In creations torment you take glee
The morning now given to a sunset
Prophecy fulfilled and at last met
Here a king ascended through might
Dead is the moniker...
#religion
#Christian
#devil
#rhyming
#narrative
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STORY POEM
Published
10th Aug 2019 6:10pm
10th Aug 2019 6:10pm
Fuller Than Death
In the grand circle of life
Most march to the day's fife
But some break out into the night
Here are spirits that are made to fight
Chosen by creation to clean the land
Benevolent violence dealt by their hand
They come from the winds blowing stark
Immaculate incarnate of the dark
They bear the black shadows steel
Bearer of umbra and to it they kneel
They can never truly die and fall
For they must answer creations call
To hunt those who are not of this plane
Spill blood from otherworldly veins
Their dark blades steal many a...
Most march to the day's fife
But some break out into the night
Here are spirits that are made to fight
Chosen by creation to clean the land
Benevolent violence dealt by their hand
They come from the winds blowing stark
Immaculate incarnate of the dark
They bear the black shadows steel
Bearer of umbra and to it they kneel
They can never truly die and fall
For they must answer creations call
To hunt those who are not of this plane
Spill blood from otherworldly veins
Their dark blades steal many a...
#dark
#fire
#religion
#rhyming
#narrative
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