Haunted house in my mind (with Reading)

Oh yes! I do know a lot about the dark corners of our psyches. Those places where we should never go or have been taken. Reminds me of the 'The road to Hell' I posted a little while back. When you know these places so well that you are a tour guide rather than a tourist in the incursions. I am so happy you liked the narrative and narration Rac. Thank you so much! Ah, a fellow drawler, perfect... love it. And 'gallon-o'-sugar tones. I love that description. lol I didn't realize I had so much sugar normally. :p And I adore this comment.

A palpable piece k...when all seems lost the winds of change will appear...keep an eye for me out your window I'll be the one with the pet spider rapping upon your knocker x

Change is inevitable. When all seems lost there is always something new on the horizon it would seem. I will keep an eye out for ya Tim. Rapping on my knockers huh? :p I especially want to hold that pet spider. lol That's so cute. I held a tarantula once, it was as big as my entire hand and he kept probing me with his fangs. He never bit me though but there was a guy standing there watching him intently or maybe he was watching me but whatever, there was the spider guy there in case anything went horribly wrong. lol

I know haunted houses are supposed to be scary and spooky but for some reason I love a good scary haunted house story. This house in your mind has a place to cast spells. Cast some amazing spells and then leave that house. This felt like a dream and awareness poem filled with darkness at every turn as you oversaw your own fears.

I love a good haunted house and horror movie. I would love to live in a haunted castle. Have tea parties with the ghosts.... ;) I remember going into the underground areas of Edinburgh where the plague victims were put to die. That was awesome, some people were getting really freaked out but I love that stuff. I suppose sometimes I need to pretend to be scared so I can be saved. ;p Guys love to save the girl right? haha... Oh my mind  composes so many spells, I definitely have to have a place for that and sometimes the magic overwhelms so you have to leave for a bit. But can you ever really escape it... That's a great and intuitive description NG. Dreams often being awareness and my dreams can get pretty crazy, moving swiftly along. I bet we could cast some really strong spells together. ;)

Well obviously so my sort of dark work but you could be reading a Pizza menu, I'd still be captivated by your accent
Great young lady. You officially made a broken poet smile
Love and light
Ron xxx

Oh yes! I know the sort of dark you like. ;) A pizza menu. lol Well pizza is pretty sexy and I really miss Pizza Express in the UK. Now that's some good pizza, like the American Hot. Funny enough... :p You should have one for me. And you know I love captivating you. You are the furthest thing from broken, you are awesome and don't you forget it damnit! So much love and light backatcha always. Three x's, love it.

Feels like you're getting closer to a watershed moment.
You've gone here before but this feels different.
I hope you continue to explore the evil that haunts you.
It can take many years or in a flash something so profound you're stunned you haven't seen it before when it was right in front of you.
You're not evil ....

BIG LIKE

A watershed moment, that's interesting... I am interested to hear more on that thought. Sometimes we do have to change direction and follow those forks in the road to a  new place. Mine often leads me back to the haunted house in my mind though. I suppose it's a refuge of sorts, it's very dark but there is strong magic there and so much passion. The evil that haunts me will always be there as well and I suppose in a way it's a source of my determination and passion for life. Sometimes when you survive something that instinct becomes so much stronger. That's true, sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of you and when you have an epiphany it can truly be stunning. But I do know evil. Always love the BIG LIKE. :)

Your audio is engaging and intriguing, I love that drawl. The cats and mice lent a macabre image to the mien. Definitely seems to follow the themes you posted, though I'm curious as to your inspiration.

That's so I can drawl you in Daniel. ;) But even the UK couldn't take it out of me. :p Oh yes, the cat's and mice were meant to support the macabre view from a perspective of life and death. It follows with some of the themes. As far as the inspiration goes, that's a long answer I suppose. I attracted the darkness early on and so it became a part of me and something that I am attracted to in many ways but that's a much longer discussion. Our experiences really do shape us in so many ways and even if  compartmentalized they take up residence in the haunted house in the mind. They continue to haunt you and those ghosts show themselves in many ways. The manifestation of past trauma and torments. But there is also a magic that can come from suffering. A strong desire to live and the most intense passion for life. It's like that surrender in BDSM, the intense sensations drowning all your troubles during those moments... That's it own sort of magic.

I hear you. I appreciate your taking the time to lend valuable perspective. 💖🙏🏻

Another fantastic dark spill. I am a fan of the darkness for sure. My thoughts especially with the end is the mind being the haunted house. Tormenting the person.

Another of my take aways haha

Really enjoyed this a lot, friend 😁

Well, I love it when you join me in the darkness and that you are a fan of it. I have plenty to share. Yes, the mind or at least part of it is the haunted house and there are many torments that reside there but there is a funhouse in the mind too and perhaps I should write that one also. Well and a brothel too. lol There are so many things hidden, and not so hidden. I always love hearing your take DC... and so happy you really enjoyed it! Thanks for visiting my haunted house to hang out while I cast some spells. ;)

The darkness of our mind is hot indeed.  Keep on writing my sexy woman.

Oh yeah! there can be some really crazy and steamy stuff hidden in the darkness always clawing it's way out. The strongest desires and the most intense sensations reside there and once released you can never go back again. You have to have it. Those needs can be so hot that they burn you, but you love the pain! I will keep on writing for you, thank you for the encouragement Francisco. ;)

Ms KristinaX with you I can go all night and all day long.  You will be moaning and saying no don't stop and harder.

I really enjoyed the reading of this. Even though it is dark. I pictured the haunted house. The piece is evocative.
I think of my mind as a house also, empty.
Regards
James

Hey James, I am really glad you enjoyed the reading, that makes me happy. I always hope it adds something. I really like that you could join me in the haunted house see the imagery within. Even though it's dark there is a evocative magic there as well within that sometimes comes from the darkness but it is intensely passionate and full of life. The mind certainly can be like a house, full of different rooms and compartmentalized memories and thoughts. Some are happy, while some are traumatic and sad, and others are full of passion. I really love the rooms that are full of passion... Those are the ones that allow you to get away from the bad things. Thank you so much for stepping into my haunted house for a moment and sharing your thoughts. I wish I could fill your mind with good things to occupy the emptiness.

Hi,

The attic, the memory
The cella, the subconscious
The kitchen, the appetite
The toilent, the place to let things go
The living room, the consiousness
The bedroom? the passion? the sexuality?

That's one way of looking at it.

Regards
James

I really love your perspective, I love the metaphors and analogy. That's definitely one way to look at it. One that I like a lot! Thank you for sharing James, I really appreciate your thoughts.

Sell that house, damn it! ;-)

Haha, I can't sale my haunted house in my mind... It's a part of me and it's far too scary for other people anyway. Although some do want to build on to it so it has grown over time. So many more rooms, like a labyrinth of memories and experiences. Anyway, it's a really good thing I don't scare easily. Passion and determination can overcome just about anything. What about you Billy, do you like haunted houses?

I would feel very uneasy living in a haunted house but fascinated at the same time.

I have spent so much time in dark places that I suppose it just feels more comfortable now. But haunted places can be fascinating, and I do enjoy being fascinating, thrilling, and maybe a little scary too.

Scary and haunting, setting us up for the dark arts that take place in there. Loved hearing you narrate this with the creepy background music.
Great work.

There is something about scary and haunting I feel so comfortable with. I suppose I have spent too many hours in the haunted house and so it became very familiar and perhaps in a way comfortable. So many dark arts have taken place there and each spell leads to yet another. So happy you loved hearing it Wally, that definitely helps me to know if it's worthwhile to do them. :) I love creepy music too! I thought it fit pretty well. Thank you for continuing with me on this journey!

Dear K,

I’ve always known you write a poem within a poem with your special brand of formatting. Now I’ve proved it. Both are poignant in their own way depending on how the reader peers into your soul.  Thank you for letting me play.
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Broken windows and old walls,
Terrible view  

cursed house
it smells of darkness,

For spirits, quite suitable,
for people would immediately depart, this house

carrying out any rituals,  
This house was created for me

always raining
don't fall asleep

only tears, the face of sadness
spirits here, tormenting

Loneliness, evil and sadness.
Suffocating as I bleed out

I really love that you see the poems within the poem and find my special brand of formatting worthwhile. :) I figure it mostly goes unnoticed besides the aesthetic perhaps. There are an infinite number of views of the soul and I am glad you are able to share some of those with me. I love it when you come by to play and thank you for pointing out a poem within the poem and the formatting. It makes me happy that you noticed. :) You are such a beautiful presence here always Honoria.

I think you may be a real estate mogul. One house for carnal pleasure, another for creativity and the 3rd that embodies your darkness (excluding the carnal). The 3rd house, although useful for certain aspects (withcraft, rituals, etc), there are no buyers so it remains in your inventory.

The builder, which is you, used incomplete blueprints where the “troubling” darkness was mixed into the acceptable darkness. As if designed for two personas, however neither cares for the others “tastes”. So when in the dark house you have a roommate.

“Suffocating as I bleed out, and at the same time drown all the trouble” – death is not the solution only permanent storage.

Your voice, is sunshine that penetrates the rain that afflicts this house.

Maybe, I have certainly acquired enough places in my mind to visit over the years. Some are very dark while others are definitely filled with carnal pleasure and creativity. Although they all tend to bleed together really. They will all remain in my inventory forever... And the building will never stop.

The blueprints will forever be incomplete and I will never stop building. The troubling darkness always at the foundation I expose and below it, in the basement. What's acceptable to one person is not acceptable to the next. And I suppose we all have two personas, the one that lies deep inside and the one that we show to people. So yes, there is always a roommate.

It is possible to drown all the trouble but they resurface again. A continuous struggle I suppose. Death is just a new beginning.

What a beautiful thing to say. I really like that a lot DaVinci. :)

if the house plays mind games masquerading as insanity
find that place in mind holding calamity
where the world might ass well vibrate
if you seem locked in fate
go nocturnal
know the spirit that wants your funeral
use the houses magic
turn sick, show the dead your new trick
those that has met the end can still fall

Perhaps it is masquerading as sanity but was always insanity. I know my mind has plenty of calamity. But I do love the feeling of those vibrations you get when being crazy. I definitely love being nocturnal. Perhaps the light is just too much for my eyes and so I gravitate to the darkness. Or perhaps when you spend so much time there it just seems like where you want to be. There are always so many spirits there but mine is always the most passionate. The one that performs the most intense magic. Always showing the dead that there is a reason to live. And you can always fall, but I will always get back up again... even after the end. Passion will live on forever. Thanks for visiting me here in my haunted house sublime and sharing your thoughts with me.

Very different indeed, that kept me listening and intrigued... Dark but thought provoking, I enjoyed that little journey, thanks.

Everyone tells me I am very different indeed. :p I love that I could keep you listening and intrigued BITS and take you on a dark and thought provoking journey with me into the haunted house. There are many haunted places in my mind but I guess I feel most comfortable in the darkness now. And that's where the magic happens. Welcome to DUP, I am glad you decided to stop by and share your thoughts with me. :)

The dark is something I know all to well so I come back to it often but I am glad you love exploring the darkness with me. And I really adore that you like the audio, that makes me very happy that you feel it enhances the words and tone. I always hope that it will add something. So I always appreciate feedback on that to know if it's worthwhile to continue doing that. :) Thanks so much for stopping by my haunted house to share your thoughts. I love that!

Transcendent creepiness  
No joy  
Bleeding out
What do I get you for Valentines Day ?
I know  
Roach Killer

Oh yes! so creepy. ;) Always bleeding out. Are you creepy Iconic? Well that's a very good question... all the roaches are already dead, just more spirits scurrying around the place trying to eat me. :p I wonder what else you could get me. It's hard to believe it's almost Valentine's Day. Fondue would be very nice, haven't had that for a while. Do you have plans for V day?

It was going to be a surprise but I’ll tell you now.
Poetspeak started doing tattoos and he wants to give me you a freebie, what do you think about him tattooing Iconic99 on your inner thigh ?
I think it’s a great idea.  Whose more Iconic than you ?  Other choice is Chamber 13 wherever  you want it …

Well I always liked the number 13... so Chamber 13, well that could go a number of places... ;) Many of which you might want to get into. lol As it stands today, I have no tattoos... none visible anyway, I have plenty of tattoos internally but that's another story (well many stories)...

Death and decay fertilize new life and there is a primal rage to create when faced with death. That rage takes many forms from anger to madness to servitude as we collapse under the weight of our fears. But for me, that rage keeps me alive and on good days I can channel it into words. I never go there because I don't need to, I know it all too well. As do you, you taught me to see into the darkness knowing it is but a part of life. Cherish you haunted house, it is a window into your soul [a fun house mirror actually because that's how they work]. Just remember darkness is always balanced with light, you have great darkness and so great light. But just like emerging from a tunnel we are blinded by the glare, we can't see the light but I see it in you and think you're perfect even if you think you're flawed.  

Death and decay are part of the renewal process that keeps creation moving forward I so suppose although it can be very hard. And when faced with death we gain a much greater appreciation for life. And I have known all of the forms you speak of intimately and still know them today, feeling the weight of my life but it fuels my passion for even more. So I totally understand how it keeps you alive and writing as well. And I am so grateful that you are and do. And if I taught you to see into the darkness and find something beautiful there then that makes me very happy. My haunted house is a part of me so I have no choice but to embrace it. And rest assured there is a fun house in me as well so I often look into those silly mirrors that distort everything thinking oh yeah that's pretty interesting and fun. I suppose that is my soul... There is always a balance so for all my darkness there must also be so much light. Perhaps it's from my doppelganger but I try. ;) I am often blinded by the glare and so I love the night. Perhaps I was always meant to be a vampire feeding on the night for eternity; I could live with or be dead with that. Still I really love what you see APPS. I am definitely flawed, but I suppose it's our flaws that make us more interesting. So we can be perfect, strange, and flawed together. :p

👏 👏 👏 👏 absolutely 💯 percent amazing 👏 love this poetic ❤ musing of yours you are absolutely talented 👏 ❤ 🙌 💙 I am very very impressed by your passion for the dark! And your love in forbidden realms considered to be witchcraft and sorceress medieval mystic ways im truly captivated and amazed!! Please 🙏 keep 👏 on writing ✍ ok 👌 peace ✌ and blessings always 🙏 ❤ 💙

Hey Richy, feeling kind of down so it was really nice to get your comment. :) Absolutely amazing is what I always want for you... And I am so happy you like my musing and think I am talented. I love that. I definitely have a passion for the dark, but I am very accustomed to it and forbidden realms. I will keep casting some spells for you as I wander around them...

Ok thanks 👍 hope you feel better soon kristina look forward to reading more of your brilliant work ok peace ✌️ and blessings always ok

I am totally a sucker for a good ghost story, horror movie, haunted house (or anything haunted), and spooky places. ;) I would love to have a haunted castle. :p So happy you thought it was excellent and a great job! I appreciate that so much and it's always good to see you sight. :)

Your reading is peaceful after all.
In spite of the dread in that house, your hopes are well maintained.
 If you are a soul huntress,...your soul  will never be in jeopardy due to your poem.  

 

Ah, I love seeing you on my page yet again. ;) I am really glad you thought the reading was peaceful. That definitely makes me happy. Sometimes our dread intensifies our hopes. Always on the hunt for souls. ;) I am glad you think my soul will never be in jeopardy due to my poem. I have enough reasons my soul might be in jeopardy already... :p

Hats off to you, KristinaX.

Please tell me this house is still up for sale! I'm packed and ready to call it home.

On a serious note, beautiful depiction of a dark, lonely place within your psychie that co exists within the deapths of every living mind. A place we naturally try to avoid through the course of our lives, but inevitably, we all venture to this location at least once. For some of us, although the gloom and doom may be uninviting, finding this place seems like answering the call to come back home. Often the darkness is the source of the most meaningful inspiration, and a place of mysterious beauty that cannot exist in the light. Xxx

The house is always for sale in one way or another I suppose. But it is a scary place so be careful. It may look so inviting and beautiful but ... it's scary...

Yes, every mind has dark and lonely places I think. We try not to go there but it pulls us in nonetheless. And it's true that sometimes this place reaches a point where it seems like home for some of us. The intensity of the gloom and doom becomes a necessity. This place becomes home and it inspires us to live and survive. I feel at home in the darkness, it took me early and it consumed me... Now I wouldn't know myself without it. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live in the light but I will always gravitate back to the darkness... always haunted...

Ah, great minds and all. I think you would write a great one about a haunted house so I will look out for it when it comes. That you feel mine was masterfully done and captures all of the elements makes me very happy. It means so much to me that you love it and I really appreciate that so much. :) It's always nice to see you Tim...

Can't tell which I enjoyed more. The poem or hearing the authors rendition. This speaks to me. I have lived within the darkness for most of my life. The light is uncomfortable and offputting. Sometimes I long for it. But one step outside and I am repulsed in horror. Thank you for sharing and even moreso for reading it to me....us.

That's a sweet thing to say, I am always reluctant to post a reading so knowing it adds something means a lot to me. I have often said I feel most comfortable in the darkness but there are many reasons for that starting from a young age. So anyway, I can certainly understand what you mean in that regard. Actually there are a number of dark ones that I feel like you would identify with in one way or another considering your writing and what you have said. Thank you for taking a moment to stop by, read, and listen. I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me so much!

I can definitely relate to the comfort of darkness being brought on from early age experiences. When you are raised in the darkness, when you spend your formative years there, it becomes your home. Home is comfort. Home is your safe space. Home is your refuge from the world. Home is where the heart is.