Circus of Freaks

Why all this darkness, a poem written in a tone of sadness and deep melancholy?
Life is not all black and blurry
I know you are going through difficult times, but you must not lose hope
My evaluation of your poem is that you write about what you are living now
Maybe this situation will change
I wish you the best

Sometimes you just have to express the darkness in different ways. Let out the sadness and melancholy through words, tears, or otherwise. Definitely having some difficult times but I won't lose hope. I will continue to do the the things I must in order to move forward in the best way possible. But largely this is about Halloween which I love, so this is in tune with season and holiday. I can definitely go deeply dark in that regard too. ;) I love horror movies and creatures of the night. So I want to share some darker writing in that regard. So I just wanted to draw up some dark imagery from the cauldron of my mind. ;)

One of the (if not THE) best Halloween poems I've read on DUP!  It conveyed just the right tone and just the right metaphor quality!
Excellent!
-Ted

Well damn! I do love that you think that so much Ted. That definitely made me feel better. I really like it but I wasn't sure anyone else was getting into it. And that would make me sad since I really love Halloween. In some ways I feel like this one shares some of the tone of 'Date with the Devil' but also is very different. I am always up for going to see an evil Circus of Freaks with lots of blood and gore. What an incredible show, right? ;) Like an evil Cirque du Solei. lol So much metaphor going on too so I am glad you can see it. I really appreciate everything you said, it's all wonderful. More Halloween poems to come. ;)

Love the title! Descriptive descent into the depths. There is a Welsh word 'tywyll' which captures the fall. Ending is clever.

Hey Rob, I am so happy you decided to descend into the depths with me. And also that you have taught me yet another Welsh word. That one is very good for me. I want to know that word in every language so I can compare which sounds the coolest. I have to admit that one is pretty awesome sounding so I think it will always be towards the top. I think you should write one using that word for me. ;) Perhaps throw in some other dark Welsh words too. No pressure. lol Okay, actually tons of pressure; sorry I can't help myself - I want what I want damnit. But it just means I really like ya. :p

The darkness in this write is amazing
I love you darker side.
Brilliant read, fantastic write
Love and light
Ron x

You know there is always Circus of Freaks going on in my head Ron. lol I love being able to let it out more this time of year and get away with not looking totally insane. :p But sanity is definitely overrated right? (it just makes you go insane lol) Darker might be my only side... ;) But I of it when you come to see my Circus and I am the best ride. I always want to give you something brilliant to read so that makes me really happy. Loving the Michael Myers look. Always bring some love and light to compliment the darkness.

🔥🎃Happy Halloween Kristina 🎃🔥
Glad to see you in spirits,Awesome writing as usual.
;;;;Jigg

Thanks jigg, Happy Halloween to you too, and I love how that looks with the emojis. It's perfect. Great look you got going on there also, creepy - I like it a lot. lol Oh yeah, definitely in spirits for a Circus of Freaks. But then I am always in the mood for that. :p Feel right at home in the darkness with a bag of popcorn teeth and some deviled eyeballs to sink my teeth into. Maybe some BBQ ribs too and some chilled brains with sweetened condensed milk and sugar for desert. Lots of blood and gore to go round but I can tell you love that too right? ;)

Omg! How’d you know 🤓
I did this makeup last year lol, I love Halloween ,I love stalking the sidewalks as ghosts ghouls and monsters while the twisting chilling breath of Halloween stirs our frightening imaginations along with the leaves blowing like spirits down our haunted streets 🎃🔥

I know everything. lol
Oh yes! I can tell you love it too. Stalking the sidewalks as a monster just waiting for me to come by so you can try and scare me. That sounds like the start of a poem, you need to write that. ;) No pressure... (when a girl says no pressure you know what that means right? lol) The echo of heels on cobblestone walking in the cold dark night alone. Just inviting all the creatures of the night to come out and play. Leaves blowing in a dance down the street... as a cold hand finds it's way down to the thighs to start a very dirty dance. ;) I am easily excited by all things Halloween.

Dirty feet Dancing ,casting dark spells into the beyond on Halloween,in a
Torn black dress exposing Octobers pail flesh reflecting Octobers past, dancing to a witch’s cauldron orange glowing with sinister glee.covered in sacrificial candy sweet sweat summoned by the grand king of Halloween.he brews the feeling of taboo and slick potions of wet dirty creations making the Jak-o-lanterns of devil’s night explode into fiery lust and abominations.
While The fire of October raises higher into the twilight of lust and evil,the blackend grey streaked sky from witches leaving the afterburn of moonlight to all the exhausted souls in a dark sleep so sweet
Trick-or-treat🎃🔥
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Well damn! you definitely did not disappoint Jigg. I am completely immersed in the beautiful imagery. Casting dark spells is my job damnit. ;) What could be sexier than a torn black dress exposing pale flesh... Blackened highlights around eyes that consume the soul in this dirty dance. The orange glow of a witch's cauldron definitely inspires glee. To taste the candy sweet sweat in the pentacle of sacrifice for the grand king of Halloween to take a body he so desperately desires. This wet dirty sacrifice to every taboo, making the night explode inside with fiery lust. Legs gripping the broomstick so tight... this afterburn of overwhelming sensations.

The Freaks cone out at night.  Keep on writing.

Well I do love the darkness and the night but you know that Francisco. And I can be a real freak too but I have needs damnit. ;) What's your favorite creature of the night? I mean besides me... You can tell a lot about a person by what they like. :p And when's the last time you went to a circus? I really want to see a circus now, especially a really dark and twisted one. There is a paranormal European style cirque that they are doing this year but no where near me sadly. I would have loved to see that. I am sure it's a great show.

I would rather be like the day walker Blade.  Would you be my sexy freaky for Halloween,  LOL?

Blade, what a great movie... I can walk in the day and take away the ability to walk in the night too. ;) And always freaky for Halloween. :p

Every kid's thought process as they look into the dark woods and wonder if the boogeyman is looking at them.

Getting the quill ink from your dark soul's ink well for this piece! Buffy by day, vampire by night. My rosary in my hand as I nibble on garlic bread.  😹✝⚰

Geez Leo, if kids are seeing what I had going through my head then oh my god. That would be really bad. There wouldn't be any wondering about the boogeyman looking back. lol

Yes, I was totally dipping into my dark soul's ink well. As I often do... ;) Okay I can tell you are Buffy fan but is anyone really named Buffy. I have never met a Buffy but why would I ever want to kill vampires. Buffys on the other hand. Nevermind. (just joking * cough *). Vampire by night for sure. Oh how I long for the night and the taste of red hot blood. Rosaries don't work against vampires. Shhhhh.... Now garlic bread on the other hand, depends on your breath after I suppose. :p

Buffy was a bad reference, I forgot about the slayer part - maybe more like a sophisticated, cute business woman by day. I have never seen the show.  I meant rosary beads which usually have a small cross affixed at one end.

Haha... Well Buffy is sexy. Slay the slayer... ;) 'cute business woman' sounds so formal but I like it. :p Never seen the show, yeah right! lol Yeah I know what you meant on the rosary beads, but crosses don't work... That's just something vampires want you to think. ;) But I know you want to be bitten.

Do I like the poem? Not really.... Did I like Apocalypses Now? Yeh, who really did. ..... Is Apocalypse Now one the the greatest films ever made? Hell yes.... Is this poem great? Without doubt a masterpiece of imagery, depth, and mood.... You have eclipsed us all on DUP, it seems obvious you have found a new home that has honed your skill and power. I am humbled by your work and the twists inside your mind I only wish I could follow. My own work pales to insignificance by comparison, and I could not be happier that you have grown so much.

That first line almost made me cry or at least pout. Would it be really bad if I said I have not seen Apocalypse Now; but I definitely will now. A masterpiece of imagery, depth, and mood... Well that totally made up for saying you didn't like it. lol You were just trying to make that more impactful huh, yeah I know your devious tricks. Screw with the witch, it's super fun. And geezus you are definitely screwing with me now. Completely trying to shut me up but I won't be silenced so easily damnit. Actually I might be silenced so easily damnit. I have no idea what to say to that, I am stunned. My new home is nestled very deep in the darkness but there is powerful magic there. ;) I know you can follow the twists and turns to find it though. I will have the Absinthe and tea ready. Your work is phenomenal and in no way pales in comparison to anything. Don't make me mad, that's when the black magic comes out. :p I absolutely adore that you think I have grown so much. That makes me incredibly happy as well.

Well, I'm not above making you pout for dramatic effect but I truly believe all great works of art must so strip our souls raw with imagery that they are not pleasant experiences. Everything else is just entertainment, and we may love how we're entertained but w/o the power to change our soul, it can never be great. You have the power to changes souls with your poems, that is greatness of art and it is a power I long for but do not possess. ... Yah, screwing the Witch would be fun [but I digress]. [Oh sh*t, did I just say that out loud?!?]  

Yeah that's a great dramatic effect for sure. lol I do understand about great works of art stripping away our souls raw with imagery and not being pleasant experiences. My soul has definitely been stripped bare and re-created by the darkness of the past. Through suffering your understanding, wisdom, and perception is truly transformed into something more. Entertainment can definitely be lots of fun but it's not transformative. It's definitely the real challenges, pain, and suffering that changes us the most. I am really happy you see such power in my poems, again with trying to take my breath away I see. ;) And you possess that, sometimes you just need someone else to tell you. Haha, I love it when someone speaks their mind. :p I so often just say stuff but that's why I have my lack of filter disclaimer. ;)

My thoughts after too much vodka.... or not enough
You scare me sometimes but I love the challenge
Waking up next to you .... Not Dead

BIG VISCOUS LIKE

Is there such a thing as too much vodka? Wait there is definitely such a thing as too much vodka. Not sure if you saw that comment. lol Where I explained exactly what too much vodka can do. I scare you all the time damnit. I don't do stuff half ass ever, always all in. Geez, you weren't supposed to know about the possibly never waking up part. I am always so careful with the bodies afterward. Well you would still take the chance wouldn't you? :p Yeah, you know you would, because what an incredible thrill it is. :p So many new BIG LIKEs. Why does it not surprise me that VISCOUS is the word you grabbed there. It is kind of sexy isn't it...

Yeah, I'd still take the chance
When I  go down I take the best with me
Just saying ....x

It's definitely worth the chance... Russian Roulette with your body and soul... but oh so much fun. ;) Just never drink a ton of cheap vodka on an empty stomach while everyone else is drinking beer. lol Yeah... won't be doing that again.

You got the creepy down with this one. Really enjoyed this piece, friend 😁

Hell yeah, even the DevilsChild wants a ticket to my Circus of Freaks. ;) Because I am all kinds of sexy creepy... I will get under your skin and haunt you until you give me what I need damnit. But you will love every minute of it because I never do anything half ass... I definitely take haunting very seriously, it's all about scaring people to death for the thrill of their life or something like that anyway. I must admit the dark and sinister circus in my head that spawned this one is definitely very immersive and has all kinds of crazy stuff going on. It would definitely be the most incredible show ever for Halloween. ;)

Well you woudn't be the first girl to haunt my world haha. But I am kind of in to that 😆

Haha, oh yeah I can definitely see that. You just don't feel complete without a girl to haunt your world right? lol That's the right kind of haunting to get deep into... :p

Kristina,

           The conversation u give off of interest within this poem is magnificence!👁️🍜🧅🍐🥥🥝🍻👄

I am here to show you magnificent things my dear Birchel. There is always a Circus of Freaks going on in my head. So you should definitely come to see every performance because I love seeing you here. ;) You know I will change it up for you. Eat fire for you... do crazy contortions. Be cut in half and put back together. lol You know all kinds of freaky stuff, because I aim to please damnit. And I can take it. :p Might even have to do a show with two girls. Just saying. lol (especially since you mentioned some things about aphrodite that put my mind in a certain place)... ;)

Thank u Kristina!🤍🤎🤎🤍🤍🤎🤎🤎🤍🤍👍🤎🤍🤜🤛💎🎶🍐🛳️

............Spiders climb from the bosom.........scary stuff indeed but then maybe there is someone out there who likes to devour spiders with glee.

Candied or dark chocolate spiders sound good to me. I could definitely be gleeful about that but I am weird. The dark stuff makes me feel quite at home\. Definitely a neverending Circus of Freaks going on in my head. :p Now I want a caramel apple with nuts and a really scary show to watch. The part with the hooks had me thinking of Hellraiser, when they tear the skin off. I still have not watched the new one but I heard it's pretty decent so I will definitely get around to that. What's really scary is that there are practically only two months left of 2022. Not really sure how that happened. I am really glad you stopped by to devour some spiders with me. ;)

Very dark and intriguing..
.I like your style of writing.... unique

Hey Jimmy. So glad you decided to come visit my Circus of Freaks. It's always very dark and intriguing. ;) So many different sights and shows to see. I love that you like my style of writing and think it's unique. That really means a lot to me and I am so happy you stopped by to share your thoughts with me. Happy Halloween.

Hey Kristina:)

You had me at the lemon moon!!
So horrifically creative and edgy.
Lots of strong visuals in each stanza amiga:
Killer ending!!

Ha, I knew it! I even thought that when writing it... that's something Adel would like or even write. ;) Because you always have such wonderfully colourful and immersive imagery. I do love the super sour taste of a lemon and the pale yellow as well. I was also hoping you would see this one because I knew you would appreciate a Circus of Freaks. lol Yeah, I could see us both in the audience having a ton of fun with all the horror and gore. I suppose I am dark and twisted. (did I say that... forget that). Strong visuals and killer ending... I love that! We could definitely be entertainers at the Circus right? ;)

Lemon drops are the bomb!!! hahaha

We would rock that circus - except it would be called
Circus of Fantasies. hehehehe

Love lemon drops and super sour stuff... Like the most intense key lime pie... ;)

Damn right! Circus of Fantasies... Geezus, be careful girl - you put all kinds of thoughts in my head right then. Okay, I am going to keep those to myself. For now. lol

I love all the dark descriptives! It’s fun to walk amongst those in the darkness. Bring it, right!? We’re brave 👻😈

Well you are a NightGoddess so I am really glad you came to visit my Circus of Freaks. ;) It's definitely a nighttime event that is only held in darkness. Your words are always creative so I love that you enjoyed the dark descriptives. And it's definitely fun to walk amongst those in the darkness. Away from the prying eyes of light and where you can truly bare the soul. Absolutely bring it! The creatures of the night will definitely take heed. ;)

Okay, you're right.  You'd have to be tied down.  I'd still do the exorcism on ya, but I only have so much holy water.  
Guess I will break out the red wine...  Lol.

What demonic possession has gotten into you, writing this terrifying incantations?!

Yes, absolutely... Take me to the torture chamber, I am used to it. It's home so I embrace it... All those red stripes just feel good on the skin. Exorcise those demons, there is only one way; through intense physical contact. Really have to push them out forcefully. They have definitely made a home there and don't want to leave. That's why I love exorcisms. Submerge me in holy water but red wine sure will do as well. ;)

Like I said the demons have made a home, permanent possession and so many exorcisms... every day. It's just something I have to have. If not, things start to get really evil. lol I have needs. So many incantations to get my way.  :p

Dearest, Kristina❣
This is viscerally frightening. I love this imagery, "The lemon moon pours." Is it wrong and just plain gross to be turned on by "Lilies from the flesh opening the buds,
Spiders climb from the bosom?"
Bravisima, ghoulish, glorious goddess💖

Where the hell have you been GW? I am here to frighten you in the most horrifying ways. ;) The lemon moon is so sour and I love the taste. Haha, I don't think it's wrong. Totally got be excited too so I am glad you can feel that. lol Lillies, flesh, buds, spiders, and bosom. I mean damn what an incredible combination right? It reminds me of some of my romps in the graveyard. Is that wrong? They were always very memorable, waking the dead. Ghoulish is great, I love partying with the undead. Creatures of the night... I am a creature of the night. A dark night goddess casting a pale enticing seductive glow to lure you in. ;)