ThePalestRider
Poem Published
Today 8:04pm
Today 8:04pm
Words Like Bile
Words erupt from rotted lips
Inverted rites of the prophets
Like rats from plague infested ships
Blasphemies that hang in the air
A dirge of inhuman sound
Chants to the denizens of the dark
Nameless things beneath the ground
Cusp the goblet and sip damnation
Liturgy profaned as space bends
Witness the scale of cosmic sin
Hooked claws reach out to rend
As creation starts its death heaves
Word heinous and deeds vile
Eruption of perdition immaculate
Prayers like fountains of bile
The sweet litany...
Inverted rites of the prophets
Like rats from plague infested ships
Blasphemies that hang in the air
A dirge of inhuman sound
Chants to the denizens of the dark
Nameless things beneath the ground
Cusp the goblet and sip damnation
Liturgy profaned as space bends
Witness the scale of cosmic sin
Hooked claws reach out to rend
As creation starts its death heaves
Word heinous and deeds vile
Eruption of perdition immaculate
Prayers like fountains of bile
The sweet litany...
#curse
#dark
#magic
#night
#shadows
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Nvmb
Poem Published
Today 5:23pm
Today 5:23pm
Unmaking
Before the first breath, I was the end.
The silence no time could transcend.
I am the truth beneath all lies,
The death that swallows even skies.
There is no light, no spark, no flame—
Only the hollow that bears no name.
Do you hear it? The fading hum?
The pulse of all undone, undone.
I am the shadow, I am the maw,
The crack where every thought will fall.
I take, I unmake, I leave no scar—
The void eternal, where none are.
No voice, no form, no star will gleam—
I am the end of every dream.
You think...
The silence no time could transcend.
I am the truth beneath all lies,
The death that swallows even skies.
There is no light, no spark, no flame—
Only the hollow that bears no name.
Do you hear it? The fading hum?
The pulse of all undone, undone.
I am the shadow, I am the maw,
The crack where every thought will fall.
I take, I unmake, I leave no scar—
The void eternal, where none are.
No voice, no form, no star will gleam—
I am the end of every dream.
You think...
#apathy
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
#fear
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Nvmb
Poem Published
Today 5:18pm
Today 5:18pm
Beneath My Skin
I found you shivering in the dark,
A wounded thing, a dying spark.
I wrapped my hands around your flame,
Whispered love, and took your name.
You call it torment; I call it grace,
To leave my mark on every space.
You begged for peace; I gave you fire.
Your broken heart became my choir.
Fall into me—
I’ll make you whole.
Break yourself—
To heal your soul.
I am the hunger beneath your skin,
The sacred void where you begin.
I wear your pain like a second heart,
A tapestry I pulled apart.
You tried to...
A wounded thing, a dying spark.
I wrapped my hands around your flame,
Whispered love, and took your name.
You call it torment; I call it grace,
To leave my mark on every space.
You begged for peace; I gave you fire.
Your broken heart became my choir.
Fall into me—
I’ll make you whole.
Break yourself—
To heal your soul.
I am the hunger beneath your skin,
The sacred void where you begin.
I wear your pain like a second heart,
A tapestry I pulled apart.
You tried to...
#bittersweet
#dark
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#loneliness
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adagio
Poem Published
Today 1:52pm
Today 1:52pm
Eye of Ums
Sleepless in my shoes
a tongue left undone
With the wicked eye of Ums
listening to ebb and flows
the riptides of my mind
Caressing a haunting shadow
a memory in my bed
with the wicked eye of Ums
a tongue left undone
With the wicked eye of Ums
listening to ebb and flows
the riptides of my mind
Caressing a haunting shadow
a memory in my bed
with the wicked eye of Ums
#dark
#erotic
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crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
Today 5:52am
Today 5:52am
deprived
erotic darkness deprived of senses
in a solitary isolation
light dies here in the gloom
without the slightest comforts
in the darkness my other senses grow sharp
the taste of fruit is divine
a reward for good behavior
a system to make me behave
to respond in a pleasing manner
the dark retorts and I sneer
a night with no covering, left bare
vulnerable, until I am stripped of my facades and succumb
giving my enforcer what he needs
he is socializing me or grooming me to meet his Master's needs
paraded for his...
in a solitary isolation
light dies here in the gloom
without the slightest comforts
in the darkness my other senses grow sharp
the taste of fruit is divine
a reward for good behavior
a system to make me behave
to respond in a pleasing manner
the dark retorts and I sneer
a night with no covering, left bare
vulnerable, until I am stripped of my facades and succumb
giving my enforcer what he needs
he is socializing me or grooming me to meet his Master's needs
paraded for his...
#dark
#lust
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tree1325
tree
tree
Poem Published
Today 4:00am
Today 4:00am
Currently
Drinking alone by a
dying fire, savoring the
warmth of the fading
embers. It's the only way
I could imagine spending
a night like this.
Arms bared, angry red
just like the last four coals
still shimmering amidst the
shadows and ash. A
fifth one emerges
brighter than ever before
diminishing suddenly.
Just like me, I
think bitterly, but
not as harsh as
the raw smoke
filling my lungs.
Every puff, every sip,
a pathetic, desperate
attempt to smother
what...
dying fire, savoring the
warmth of the fading
embers. It's the only way
I could imagine spending
a night like this.
Arms bared, angry red
just like the last four coals
still shimmering amidst the
shadows and ash. A
fifth one emerges
brighter than ever before
diminishing suddenly.
Just like me, I
think bitterly, but
not as harsh as
the raw smoke
filling my lungs.
Every puff, every sip,
a pathetic, desperate
attempt to smother
what...
#dark
#depression
#emotions #loneliness
#emotions #loneliness
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tree1325
tree
tree
Poem Published
Today 3:54am
Today 3:54am
The Call of the Void
Aching, yearning, pulling
Fighting, claiming,
Calling
Always around, always demanding
To be known, acknowledged
Hidden in the dark. No, it is
The dark, oh, enticing danger
Personal, so close, that’s just
How things work, gotta dig the
Claws in, see the shimmering blood
To know all that can be known,
Inside and out
A possessive love, the worst
Of all, sickly sweet, nothing
That you need but everything you
Want. Draining, drowning. Nothing
And everything, all at once
The pit of...
Fighting, claiming,
Calling
Always around, always demanding
To be known, acknowledged
Hidden in the dark. No, it is
The dark, oh, enticing danger
Personal, so close, that’s just
How things work, gotta dig the
Claws in, see the shimmering blood
To know all that can be known,
Inside and out
A possessive love, the worst
Of all, sickly sweet, nothing
That you need but everything you
Want. Draining, drowning. Nothing
And everything, all at once
The pit of...
#dark
#emotions
#hurt #loneliness
#hurt #loneliness
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Gorotika
Poem Published
Today 1:36am
Today 1:36am
Expiration date
#dark
#death
#depression
#despair
#suicide
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Paulajobi
Paula Jobi
Paula Jobi
Bumped Yesterday 10:34pm
11th Dec 2024 4:42am
11th Dec 2024 4:42am
A Charlie
#dark
#death
#disappointment #violence
#disappointment #violence
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1 Comment
Nvmb
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:04pm
Yesterday 7:04pm
Flicker
I saw the light break through the dark,
A trembling flame, a fragile spark.
For just a moment, I could breathe,
A fleeting dream, a chance to leave.
But shadows whispered in your voice,
And I was drowning in the choice.
Was it freedom calling me,
Or just a lie you let me see?
Let me go—
Just once, I’ll run.
Before the night
Eclipses the sun.
But your hands pull tight, I can’t escape,
A fleeting light consumed by fate.
I hear the echoes of my name,
A broken sound, a fleeting flame.
I thought I’d...
A trembling flame, a fragile spark.
For just a moment, I could breathe,
A fleeting dream, a chance to leave.
But shadows whispered in your voice,
And I was drowning in the choice.
Was it freedom calling me,
Or just a lie you let me see?
Let me go—
Just once, I’ll run.
Before the night
Eclipses the sun.
But your hands pull tight, I can’t escape,
A fleeting light consumed by fate.
I hear the echoes of my name,
A broken sound, a fleeting flame.
I thought I’d...
#dark
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#loneliness
#sadness
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Nvmb
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:02pm
Yesterday 7:02pm
Reckoning
You wear the night like a second skin,
A fragile truth I can’t begin.
You took my name, you took my face,
And left me drowning in your grace.
I see you now, the lie, the cage,
The twisted love, the boundless rage.
Tell me, was it ever real?
This hollow void I let you steal?
Face me now—
Take your crown.
Do you feel it breaking down?
Take my soul,
Burn me whole.
But I won’t beg—I won’t let go.
You’re in my blood, you’re in my breath,
A silent hymn, a living death.
You whisper promises I’ve heard...
A fragile truth I can’t begin.
You took my name, you took my face,
And left me drowning in your grace.
I see you now, the lie, the cage,
The twisted love, the boundless rage.
Tell me, was it ever real?
This hollow void I let you steal?
Face me now—
Take your crown.
Do you feel it breaking down?
Take my soul,
Burn me whole.
But I won’t beg—I won’t let go.
You’re in my blood, you’re in my breath,
A silent hymn, a living death.
You whisper promises I’ve heard...
#bittersweet
#dark
#emptiness
#frustration
#heartbroken
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adagio
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:52pm
Yesterday 6:52pm
Tot of Decadency
In the infinite obsidian twilight with a tot of decadency
a naked shadow of debauchery clinging to my soul
with a tongue of pearls caressing my prowess
on it's Odyssey dripping the scent of my Opus
with torrents of sighs in my sleepy time eyes
a naked shadow of debauchery clinging to my soul
with a tongue of pearls caressing my prowess
on it's Odyssey dripping the scent of my Opus
with torrents of sighs in my sleepy time eyes
#dark
#erotic
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