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Burnt Passion

~by St.Ego

My maiden was born in the flames of my desire
She kindled them and she was the spark
And as my fire spread, it consumed all she was
All she remains is the smoke from my flame
She drifts ever from me
Her beauty rests in her form and her substance
I can see her but she eludes my touch
She is a wisp of a thing and her existence mocks me
Soon she becomes but a part of the air about me
Ever taunting and but a peice of all the fires I’ve burned
And when she is gone I am left with her ashes as memories
These memories are fragile yet soft and become nothing to my fingers
Now and again the smoke becomes thick and irritates my eyes to tears
But it is easily cleared, always leaving room for another flame.

Deceptions

~by St.Ego

Trade in kind
With guilt and lies
With blindness cursed
And hollow cries
Led astray
When ego’s dawn
The mind awakens
The soul is gone
The truth uncertain
The secret told
Your lies are hollow
The tale unfolds
Awake in tears
Your cries of pain
You’re all alone
And want in vain
The eyes that watch
The hand that holds
The heart that knows
The lies unfold
And now you see
Try not to stare
Despite your lies
He doesn’t care.

Floodland, Bk II

~by St.Ego

Like a scream of light it was held forth
By desparate hands
That tore it free to ease the pain
A soul re-forged of broken promises
The waters churned in uneasy submission
He rides the weather
The wind is his voice
Of stone is his will
His soul, the floodland tide
And over all is the fire,
His temple
Upon the ruins of all that is lost
He stands
Offering sacrament and salvation
As he sends out the wind
To call home all the children.

Let It Be

~by St.Ego

Maybe it’s just the same to you
Or if I’m not there, let me know
I’d like to care, to understand
But I don’t, just leave me alone
I see your tears but do not ask
What hardship makes you cry
I do not want the tears to flow
I do not want to be told why
Do not look into my soul
Uninvited and a stranger
Let be the pain unknown
Let be uncertain anger
Do not push the luck ungeussed at
Do not surmise my mind
It’s not a pleasant land to walk in
Leaving all your hope behind
Madness leaves the mind to wander
Lonely, frightened, and forlorn
Insanity, a blessed wonder
Bereft of love, unborn
Let it all reside in wonder
Let it all become a lie
Let it be, the only sorrow
Letting all the wonder die.

Lust

~by St.Ego

Sometimes I think I hate you
But then I realize it’s just an unfulfilled dream
To hate you would be too easy, cheap
I can sit and realize I’ve been thinking about you forever
But it was only minutes ago that I tasted your lips
And these few minutes have lasted an eternity
I make the waiting linger forever, unable to let go
I do this rather than hope because I know
I can never again have you
To hope would sour my memories and
render them as insubstantial as dreams
But I know you and I were there, alone
cradled in the tender arms of night
And I know that I ended this because
I did not deserve it
If I hunger for you forever, it will be worth more
than shaming you again with my hopeless words
I may, some day, be worth you, but I do not forsee
such ecstasy
I will always yearn for your embrace but I am content
in my depravity
It was wrong for me to have you and it always will be.

Candles

~by St.Ego

Lakes of wax
A flood of sin
the warm caress
Of burning chastity
As those above
Purge the wicked
And send down
The impure
To collect
And to die...

Exodus

~by St.Ego

In the end there will be nothing
Nothing left to burn
In the end, the flame's extinguished
Drowned in the floodland's churn
Somewhere on the Ark that's vanished
Noah sails again
Somewhere in the water's churning
Noah rides again
On a ship that's gone
On an ocean vanished
You and I will drown
The end is near
The flame's extinguished
God is coming down
He'll sear your soul
And raze your mind
He'll leave you nothing, child
God will come
And take your soul
Bereft of sin and undefiled.

Icarus

~by St.Ego

Far too often have I been subject to the Fall
And every time I come too close to the sun
I am stripped of my wings.

I hear your voice telling me of the warmth
that awaits somewhere deep inside.
And with trembling voice & tears, I ask
do not let it burn these wings away.
I am nothing if I cannot fly.

Luminous Damnation

~by St.Ego

Not consumed by hellish blaze
Not blinded by a holy daze
But enlightened with revealing light
Of hell's resplendant spite
Hatred of deceptive faith
That shines on knowledge burning bright.

O Lord, Why Hast I Forsaken Thou

~by St.Ego

It's not enough to suffer angels,
martyrs, saints, and fools
You've got to understand your hatred,
pity, fear, and other tools
No one ever said it's easy
No one ever said it's fair
Taken under wing my children
These simple truths I have to share
In the guise of faith and mercy
Prophets tend to goad your soul
Hidden underneath denial
Lies a sacred truth you hold
Belief in everything that's holy
Comforts those who fear to see
Open eyes sealed shut by others
The light is plain, your soul is free
Fettered by the chains of worship
Sermons preached on books of God
Heresy at war with blindness
Breaking from the path they plod
Watch the lambs go to the slaughter
Facing not what lies inside
They can't see the world around them
Clinging to the lies they hide.


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