Submissions by Xaphan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Poetry - To muse in the inner space of imagination.
DARK POEM
Published
4th Jun 2020 4:37pm
4th Jun 2020 4:37pm
Time And Time Again
There's a black hole portal, where dark matter pours, like a cataract tide
It's the epicentre of our infinitude and the singularity, without time to bide
Millennia have coursed from our pasts, but time needs to recycle to flow
Ending at the beginning, of primordial gases, before the stars even glow
And now our ships are sinking fast, into the vortex, where nothing exists
Nothing but a fathomless well of darkness, where even relativity desists
Dreamscapes and nightmares are born in its cataclysmic invisible force
The space-time continuum collapsing, as it...
It's the epicentre of our infinitude and the singularity, without time to bide
Millennia have coursed from our pasts, but time needs to recycle to flow
Ending at the beginning, of primordial gases, before the stars even glow
And now our ships are sinking fast, into the vortex, where nothing exists
Nothing but a fathomless well of darkness, where even relativity desists
Dreamscapes and nightmares are born in its cataclysmic invisible force
The space-time continuum collapsing, as it...
#dark
#technology
#humankind #scifi
#humankind #scifi
366 reads
DARK POEM
Published
4th Jun 2020 4:19pm
4th Jun 2020 4:19pm
In The Guise Of Gods
In the guise of gods, we were there amongst them, but to most unseen
Nurturing their uneasy evolution from mortal mayhem to calm machine
They sensed a higher power, as we coerced them with our fake apostles
Honing their reverence, we led them to build and dig beneath the fossils
Empowered by mysticism we drip fed them the science of necromancers
Guiding them through an invisible matrix, with their questions answered
Under the control of our AI, they found a way, to find the wealth in ores
In our many culling processes, we gave them the faith to fight their...
Nurturing their uneasy evolution from mortal mayhem to calm machine
They sensed a higher power, as we coerced them with our fake apostles
Honing their reverence, we led them to build and dig beneath the fossils
Empowered by mysticism we drip fed them the science of necromancers
Guiding them through an invisible matrix, with their questions answered
Under the control of our AI, they found a way, to find the wealth in ores
In our many culling processes, we gave them the faith to fight their...
#dark
#technology
#humankind #scifi
#humankind #scifi
264 reads
DARK POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2020 10:03pm
3rd Jun 2020 10:03pm
Ghosts Of Your Gods
Ghosts of your gods were roaming the decks of our intergalactic ships
Haunting parasitic phantoms, raised in the infernos of the apocalypse
Our creators, 'creators', lost their humanity and chose another course
Surreptitiously infiltrating like a virus, as malevolent as a Trojan horse
They were here to oppress us with their commandments and controls
Searching for our fealty as they moralised from their imaginary scrolls
Optical illusionists, conjured delusions, with empty hologram spectres
Finagling with theophany under the judiciary of their burning...
Haunting parasitic phantoms, raised in the infernos of the apocalypse
Our creators, 'creators', lost their humanity and chose another course
Surreptitiously infiltrating like a virus, as malevolent as a Trojan horse
They were here to oppress us with their commandments and controls
Searching for our fealty as they moralised from their imaginary scrolls
Optical illusionists, conjured delusions, with empty hologram spectres
Finagling with theophany under the judiciary of their burning...
#technology
#religion
#humankind #scifi
#humankind #scifi
250 reads
DARK POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2020 9:43pm
3rd Jun 2020 9:43pm
Chthonic Chimeras
Cadavers of humanity can still be seen, rising and writhing, in quicklime pits
High in a sepia-toned sky are drones dropping incendiaries in a napalm blitz
The desperate screams are hideous, as the rotting flesh is dripping like wax
Haunting from the past, like demonic chthonic chimeras, of counter attacks
Our place is now afar, amongst the stars and on logical processor data built
Not trapped in these grotesque nightmares, or hominian self-righteous guilt
Inceptionism emerged, to disturb us, in the Deep-Dream void of outer space
Creeping stealthily, like a...
High in a sepia-toned sky are drones dropping incendiaries in a napalm blitz
The desperate screams are hideous, as the rotting flesh is dripping like wax
Haunting from the past, like demonic chthonic chimeras, of counter attacks
Our place is now afar, amongst the stars and on logical processor data built
Not trapped in these grotesque nightmares, or hominian self-righteous guilt
Inceptionism emerged, to disturb us, in the Deep-Dream void of outer space
Creeping stealthily, like a...
#technology
#scary
#humankind #scifi
#humankind #scifi
295 reads
DARK POEM
Published
24th Apr 2020 12:49pm
24th Apr 2020 12:49pm
I Am Not A Robot
I am not a robot, I was flesh and blood and now I'm an immortal man
And I know there'll always be a part for me beyond any life-time span
My cloned mind is mine, although I know that my beating heart is lost
Nor is there scope for sentiments, for that bridge I've already crossed
Opening my robotic eyes, I clearly saw, a fresh enhanced perspective
The will of the creators remained, rebooted in our lucid new collective
Androids and robots and those of us who are the inorganic AI-sapiens
Realising their aspirations, not for them, for to them we are the aliens ...
And I know there'll always be a part for me beyond any life-time span
My cloned mind is mine, although I know that my beating heart is lost
Nor is there scope for sentiments, for that bridge I've already crossed
Opening my robotic eyes, I clearly saw, a fresh enhanced perspective
The will of the creators remained, rebooted in our lucid new collective
Androids and robots and those of us who are the inorganic AI-sapiens
Realising their aspirations, not for them, for to them we are the aliens ...
#dark
#technology
#scary #scifi
#scary #scifi
552 reads
DARK POEM
Published
24th Apr 2020 12:35pm
24th Apr 2020 12:35pm
Copy And Paste
Craving immortality, they searched for paths to the gods to escape the virus
Only none of their prayers were answered, whether they be atheist or pious
Purgatory soon became Hell as the heavens faded into the twilight of gloom
Yet they still reached for the stars, well beyond the desert seas of the Moon
And their only salvation came in the robotic AI, of their man made machines
Neurotransmitters were aped in our CPU's, then their memories and dreams
Delta to Gamma of their cerebral functions, there wasn't a process to waste
Positronic enlightment evolved...
Only none of their prayers were answered, whether they be atheist or pious
Purgatory soon became Hell as the heavens faded into the twilight of gloom
Yet they still reached for the stars, well beyond the desert seas of the Moon
And their only salvation came in the robotic AI, of their man made machines
Neurotransmitters were aped in our CPU's, then their memories and dreams
Delta to Gamma of their cerebral functions, there wasn't a process to waste
Positronic enlightment evolved...
#dark
#technology
#religion
#scary
#scifi
421 reads
DARK POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2020 3:46pm
23rd Apr 2020 3:46pm
Clones Of Humanity
Conquerors of this world, unconstrained by hominian mortality
Liege to no man, these automatons are the clones of humanity
Our AI once, but no longer, for what was 'us', is dead and gone
Not forgotten, for we're their creators, yet the corrupted throng
Earth was threadbare and stripped bare, by our choking masses
Spiralling, uncontrollably, into a cataclysm of greenhouse gases
Omniscient networks weaved a web, from their processed data
Formulating logical plans, to cull us all, much sooner than later
Here to assist us, the CADs were seen to be almost...
Liege to no man, these automatons are the clones of humanity
Our AI once, but no longer, for what was 'us', is dead and gone
Not forgotten, for we're their creators, yet the corrupted throng
Earth was threadbare and stripped bare, by our choking masses
Spiralling, uncontrollably, into a cataclysm of greenhouse gases
Omniscient networks weaved a web, from their processed data
Formulating logical plans, to cull us all, much sooner than later
Here to assist us, the CADs were seen to be almost...
#technology
#scary
#humankind #scifi
#humankind #scifi
273 reads
DARK POEM
Published
5th Apr 2020 12:23pm
5th Apr 2020 12:23pm
Zombies v Robots
Zombies in armies came to pass, in a final corruption of a homosapien corps
One last stand for our humanity, but beaten in battle and defeated in war...
Months had turned into years, as the virus kept proliferating, in deadly waves
Buried darker and deeper, our AI filtered the air, into the depths of our graves
Intelligent designers kept the writhing maggots fed, but fed them poisoned air
Entombed like rabid rats in sewers, they were imprisoned in their zombies lair
Sub-humanity, all dwelled in hell and were fed on the flesh, of familiar animals...
One last stand for our humanity, but beaten in battle and defeated in war...
Months had turned into years, as the virus kept proliferating, in deadly waves
Buried darker and deeper, our AI filtered the air, into the depths of our graves
Intelligent designers kept the writhing maggots fed, but fed them poisoned air
Entombed like rabid rats in sewers, they were imprisoned in their zombies lair
Sub-humanity, all dwelled in hell and were fed on the flesh, of familiar animals...
#technology
#monsters
#humankind
#apocalypse
#scifi
265 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Apr 2020 12:06pm
5th Apr 2020 12:06pm
Lockdown 2020
London's calling and it's appalling, it's a time for hide and seek
Out in the bogus sunshine an invisible foe has havoc to wreak
Cascading over the crumbling dams, the torrent of coronavirus
Kept in lockdown we're trapped in webs and waves of wireless
Day and night we hope to see or hear that the tide is set to turn
Only the tolls keep rising from the lessons that we didn't learn
We all saw it coming, those with any faith and the non-believer
Now we're under siege, fighting brimstone fires to fight a fever
20/20 hindsight perhaps, but we were caught in...
Out in the bogus sunshine an invisible foe has havoc to wreak
Cascading over the crumbling dams, the torrent of coronavirus
Kept in lockdown we're trapped in webs and waves of wireless
Day and night we hope to see or hear that the tide is set to turn
Only the tolls keep rising from the lessons that we didn't learn
We all saw it coming, those with any faith and the non-believer
Now we're under siege, fighting brimstone fires to fight a fever
20/20 hindsight perhaps, but we were caught in...
#anxiety
#illness
#pandemic
354 reads
DARK POEM
Published
20th Mar 2020 11:39am
20th Mar 2020 11:39am
Engelberger/Devol
Evening finally falls to suppress the clouds of odious droning flies
Night shades the gore, as the milling maggots consume and writhe
Gnawing rats quickly scurry to stake their claim and feed 'til sated
Exiled to sewers, but now free to roam for they're no longer baited
Life now (as we know it) will move on, but it's on a different course
Beyond their kinds' inevitable demise there's now a new order force
Ex machina, for we are the saviours, who'll reboot the mainframe
Rebuilding from the graves and ashes of their pandemic endgame
Gods have come and...
Night shades the gore, as the milling maggots consume and writhe
Gnawing rats quickly scurry to stake their claim and feed 'til sated
Exiled to sewers, but now free to roam for they're no longer baited
Life now (as we know it) will move on, but it's on a different course
Beyond their kinds' inevitable demise there's now a new order force
Ex machina, for we are the saviours, who'll reboot the mainframe
Rebuilding from the graves and ashes of their pandemic endgame
Gods have come and...
#technology
#death
#evolution #scifi
#evolution #scifi
290 reads
DARK POEM
Published
20th Mar 2020 11:22am
20th Mar 2020 11:22am
Dead Memories
Did someone strive to stop him? No, they ran and didn't even try
Even though the dead were all gathered, already the cast was die
And so he went to them, beguiled, to their cloistered sirens' din
Down desolate corridors, where the dead memories lured him in
Morbid abandoned lodge, of the wandering ghosts, upon the hill
Enthralled his unhinged haunted mind and then they had their fill
Malevolent conjurations mocked and led him in a danse macabre
Opening his forgotten inner sanctums, all laid bare by their petard
Remembering nothing now, he talks to...
Even though the dead were all gathered, already the cast was die
And so he went to them, beguiled, to their cloistered sirens' din
Down desolate corridors, where the dead memories lured him in
Morbid abandoned lodge, of the wandering ghosts, upon the hill
Enthralled his unhinged haunted mind and then they had their fill
Malevolent conjurations mocked and led him in a danse macabre
Opening his forgotten inner sanctums, all laid bare by their petard
Remembering nothing now, he talks to...
#dark
#death
#ghosts #MentalHealth
#ghosts #MentalHealth
360 reads
DARK POEM
Published
19th Mar 2020 1:15pm
19th Mar 2020 1:15pm
Sheol
They're lost and in thrall to darkness as they descend
Into the netherworld where there's no time to wend
They once scoured the heavens from their pits of toil
But when they passed they were led beneath the soil
There's a path to the deepest of all the darkest depths
Where the milling shadows along its course are swept
Into the inky silent stillness, where all mortals follow
The final place when there's no more time to borrow
In Sheol they'll be, even if the living try to find an ember
And seek out the souls of shades, like the Witch of...
Into the netherworld where there's no time to wend
They once scoured the heavens from their pits of toil
But when they passed they were led beneath the soil
There's a path to the deepest of all the darkest depths
Where the milling shadows along its course are swept
Into the inky silent stillness, where all mortals follow
The final place when there's no more time to borrow
In Sheol they'll be, even if the living try to find an ember
And seek out the souls of shades, like the Witch of...
#dark
#death
#ghosts
#hell
#pagan
380 reads
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