Submissions by Xaphan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Poetry - To muse in the inner space of imagination.
DARK POEM
Published
29th Mar 2025 8:44pm
29th Mar 2025 8:44pm
Flesh Hovel Lane
They once rode out, for the fox hunting, Quorn
Over the hedges and fields, with passengers borne
But the old, the unfit, the weary and the lame
They'd all be butchered, down Flesh Hovel Lane
Spent, they were knackered and given no quarter
Led down the lane and sent to their slaughter
It's a gruesome story and it's a terrible tale to tell
For the hounds of the hunt, were always fed well
The butchery's long lost in the macabreness of yore
And the abattoir's gone, by Pillings Lock on the Soar
But it's still a dead end, still narrow,...
Over the hedges and fields, with passengers borne
But the old, the unfit, the weary and the lame
They'd all be butchered, down Flesh Hovel Lane
Spent, they were knackered and given no quarter
Led down the lane and sent to their slaughter
It's a gruesome story and it's a terrible tale to tell
For the hounds of the hunt, were always fed well
The butchery's long lost in the macabreness of yore
And the abattoir's gone, by Pillings Lock on the Soar
But it's still a dead end, still narrow,...
#dark
#death
#historical
#horror
#suffering
33 reads
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2025 2:19pm
23rd Feb 2025 2:19pm
Autumn Crocus
When the heart is empty, the mind might focus
To find, a fiery fate, with the Autumn Crocus
Although the thought is toxic, like an acid kiss
Nothing else will matter, if not being, is bliss
A clock stops ticking, when there's a broken cog
And reality's a phantom, when it's milling fog
For if the eyes cannot see, a course, to guide
There's no way ahead, that's not death defied
If there's no aroma, when the flowers bloom
The only time that is left, is a time, too soon
For to feed on a harvest, that's poison laced
Is bitter,...
To find, a fiery fate, with the Autumn Crocus
Although the thought is toxic, like an acid kiss
Nothing else will matter, if not being, is bliss
A clock stops ticking, when there's a broken cog
And reality's a phantom, when it's milling fog
For if the eyes cannot see, a course, to guide
There's no way ahead, that's not death defied
If there's no aroma, when the flowers bloom
The only time that is left, is a time, too soon
For to feed on a harvest, that's poison laced
Is bitter,...
#dark
#death
#horror
#MentalHealth
#nature
64 reads
DARK POEM
Published
10th Feb 2025 11:52am
10th Feb 2025 11:52am
Poetry From The Darkside
Evil monsters lurk within and they lurk to reap
They're in my mind and they're mine to keep
They'll hide from light, but when darkness grows
They'll whisper incantations, in lines of prose
They're always there, but not well defined
But the spells they cast, are to blow my mind
They're cloak and dagger, unreal, but stark
And so grotesque, they'll manifest the dark
They feed off nightmares, they feed off fear
I can hear their vile verses, for they are here
Their poetry from the darkside, is meant for me
For in my...
They're in my mind and they're mine to keep
They'll hide from light, but when darkness grows
They'll whisper incantations, in lines of prose
They're always there, but not well defined
But the spells they cast, are to blow my mind
They're cloak and dagger, unreal, but stark
And so grotesque, they'll manifest the dark
They feed off nightmares, they feed off fear
I can hear their vile verses, for they are here
Their poetry from the darkside, is meant for me
For in my...
#dark
#death
#monsters
#nightmares
#WritingPoetry
95 reads
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Feb 2025 11:35am
10th Feb 2025 11:35am
Dunkelflaute
Doom laden skies held, not one breath, of wind
Under the achromatic mantle, torpidity binged
No turbine turned, there was no sunlight power
Kismet ordained, to drain, every megawatt hour
Eerie evenings, turned countrysides, into tundra
Lights burned bright, until the blackouts umbra
From the murk, came night and the cloying cold
Listlessly lingering, from the valley, to the wold
And dawn would seep, then creep, into each day
Unfolding itself into the simplicity, of bitter grey
Though time inexorably passed, beneath the veil
Enveloped, by...
Under the achromatic mantle, torpidity binged
No turbine turned, there was no sunlight power
Kismet ordained, to drain, every megawatt hour
Eerie evenings, turned countrysides, into tundra
Lights burned bright, until the blackouts umbra
From the murk, came night and the cloying cold
Listlessly lingering, from the valley, to the wold
And dawn would seep, then creep, into each day
Unfolding itself into the simplicity, of bitter grey
Though time inexorably passed, beneath the veil
Enveloped, by...
#environment
#humankind
#nature #oppression
#nature #oppression
77 reads
DARK POEM
Published
7th Feb 2025 2:18pm
7th Feb 2025 2:18pm
Nihilism
Nothing, of terminable being, will ever make sense
Illusions of meaning, are just a delusional defence
Humanity's dysfunctional and will lie, to keep sane
It needs order from chaos and something to blame
Life is a mistake, for it's where the ghosts are alive
Infused with corporeality and an ambition to thrive
Sooner than later though, all will return to the end
Merely traces of ex-entities, with nowhere to wend
Illusions of meaning, are just a delusional defence
Humanity's dysfunctional and will lie, to keep sane
It needs order from chaos and something to blame
Life is a mistake, for it's where the ghosts are alive
Infused with corporeality and an ambition to thrive
Sooner than later though, all will return to the end
Merely traces of ex-entities, with nowhere to wend
#dark
#emptiness
#LifeCycle #philosophical
#LifeCycle #philosophical
94 reads
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Feb 2025 2:05pm
7th Feb 2025 2:05pm
Names Of Guardians Of Delphin's See
There are many Names Of Guardians Of Delphin's See
Although there can only be one, the others cannot be
Poseidon, Neptune, Mazu, or even, Ran/Aegir
Or is it Tiamat, or Oceanus, or merely a nereid seer?
For in the darkest depths, of the eternal abyss
Immersed in Protean tales, mythology persists
So to which hydrocrat, is a dolphin's homage paid?
Or is it none of them, for they're all man made
The aggressive delusion, upon terra firm's, rife
And only in dolphin seas, is there intelligent life
For there's nothing beyond, a siren's...
Although there can only be one, the others cannot be
Poseidon, Neptune, Mazu, or even, Ran/Aegir
Or is it Tiamat, or Oceanus, or merely a nereid seer?
For in the darkest depths, of the eternal abyss
Immersed in Protean tales, mythology persists
So to which hydrocrat, is a dolphin's homage paid?
Or is it none of them, for they're all man made
The aggressive delusion, upon terra firm's, rife
And only in dolphin seas, is there intelligent life
For there's nothing beyond, a siren's...
#atheism
#nature
#religion #sea
#religion #sea
74 reads
ANGER POEM
Published
6th Feb 2025 5:11pm
6th Feb 2025 5:11pm
You're A Psychopath
You can walk on by and I'll do the math
I think there's an even chance, you're a psychopath
For in my mind's eye, your insanity's cemented
Your actions and demeanour are clearly demented
Your aura's vile and your soul's pernicious
Your flailing fists and feet are naught but vicious
Maybe you were goaded and took the bait
Or maybe you're an evil vassal, fuelled by hate
I don't know you, I don't know who you are
Just keep your distance, be away and far
For though your victim's memory might be hazy
There's no doubt, that...
I think there's an even chance, you're a psychopath
For in my mind's eye, your insanity's cemented
Your actions and demeanour are clearly demented
Your aura's vile and your soul's pernicious
Your flailing fists and feet are naught but vicious
Maybe you were goaded and took the bait
Or maybe you're an evil vassal, fuelled by hate
I don't know you, I don't know who you are
Just keep your distance, be away and far
For though your victim's memory might be hazy
There's no doubt, that...
#anger
#masculinity
#MentalHealth #violence
#MentalHealth #violence
126 reads
ANGER POEM
Published
5th Feb 2025 8:55pm
5th Feb 2025 8:55pm
I Don't Need You
Will you release my brain? It needs parole
Please set me free, from your mind control
I don't need you, to read me, the riot act
I don't need you, to feed me, a counter fact
Get out of my face, for it's mine, not yours
You don't need to know, about my idle cause
I don't need you, to quell me, to be strung along
I don't need you to tell me what's right from wrong
Go and lead the sheep, of every brainwashed flock
But I want no part, of your vast, malevolent bloc
I don't need you to see me with your soulless eyes
I don't need...
Please set me free, from your mind control
I don't need you, to read me, the riot act
I don't need you, to feed me, a counter fact
Get out of my face, for it's mine, not yours
You don't need to know, about my idle cause
I don't need you, to quell me, to be strung along
I don't need you to tell me what's right from wrong
Go and lead the sheep, of every brainwashed flock
But I want no part, of your vast, malevolent bloc
I don't need you to see me with your soulless eyes
I don't need...
#hypocrisy
#lies
#manipulation #politics
#manipulation #politics
138 reads
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jan 2025 11:32am
29th Jan 2025 11:32am
To Ginny
Goodbye my love, this is my forlorn, farewell
For when midnight chimed, twas a fateful knell
With one, last, tired breath, we were torn apart
Hence, these words, are from my broken heart
I know you were stubborn and would not be told
You were also kind and loving, with a heart of gold
So I will take some solace, on your summer's day
And from my idle reveries, you will never stray
Now that you're free from fear, I can ease the pain
Even though, my love, time's not ours to claim
For the anguish ended, when you lost the fight ...
For when midnight chimed, twas a fateful knell
With one, last, tired breath, we were torn apart
Hence, these words, are from my broken heart
I know you were stubborn and would not be told
You were also kind and loving, with a heart of gold
So I will take some solace, on your summer's day
And from my idle reveries, you will never stray
Now that you're free from fear, I can ease the pain
Even though, my love, time's not ours to claim
For the anguish ended, when you lost the fight ...
#death
#despair
#grief #love
#grief #love
82 reads
DARK POEM
Published
5th Aug 2023 11:48pm
5th Aug 2023 11:48pm
Forever's Reoccurring Dream
Beyond, the crystal clear glass, there is nothing at all
Except the impenetrable dark and an unfathomable fall
There's no moon, or stars, there is just a vacuous waste
Futilely lit, by a rotating beam, that dissipates to a trace
In the light room's sanctuary, there is no time left to bide
Or a way to escape, down, through a trapdoor open wide
For in this see of silence, everything, is cloak-and-dagger
Where only oneirism persists, above a descending ladder
There're shadows and light and a descent to a metal floor
With a virtual way out,...
Except the impenetrable dark and an unfathomable fall
There's no moon, or stars, there is just a vacuous waste
Futilely lit, by a rotating beam, that dissipates to a trace
In the light room's sanctuary, there is no time left to bide
Or a way to escape, down, through a trapdoor open wide
For in this see of silence, everything, is cloak-and-dagger
Where only oneirism persists, above a descending ladder
There're shadows and light and a descent to a metal floor
With a virtual way out,...
#dark
#dreams
#death
#night
#shadows
226 reads
DARK POEM
Published
29th Jul 2023 9:55pm
29th Jul 2023 9:55pm
Disciples Of Nostradamus
Everything, you think you know, or to which, you are aligned
Does not exist, it's a mirage in a matrix, intelligently designed
Your free will's fake, but maybe, to delusions, you have sworn
The reality is though, you're a vassal, you're a worthless pawn
Within the coercing domains, of AI, gods and climate control
Are their ideologies, that have, or will soon, take a deadly toll
The path ahead is clear though, if you choose to soundly sleep
For the shepherds ways are wiser, if you're in a flock of sheep
But they're fallacious seers, merely...
Does not exist, it's a mirage in a matrix, intelligently designed
Your free will's fake, but maybe, to delusions, you have sworn
The reality is though, you're a vassal, you're a worthless pawn
Within the coercing domains, of AI, gods and climate control
Are their ideologies, that have, or will soon, take a deadly toll
The path ahead is clear though, if you choose to soundly sleep
For the shepherds ways are wiser, if you're in a flock of sheep
But they're fallacious seers, merely...
#environment
#religion
#humankind
#apocalypse
#manipulation
277 reads
DARK POEM
Published
21st Jul 2023 9:54pm
21st Jul 2023 9:54pm
'SLEEP' (from dusk to mourning)
..from dusk to mourning...
#dark
#death
#sleep
#SelfReflection
#philosophical
415 reads
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