Darkness

[The Madcap]

Entrenched in a heart
Not human
Not quite animal
Dripping with evil
A living scream
Not of pain
But of anger
At all forms of insults
Perceived
Real
Deserved
The Darkness releases
Torrents of death
Upon the people
Ruled by steel
By fear
And by crime
Crimes against Humanity
Dwell in the fantasies
Of the black-hearted
No light in his soul
Atrophied and withered
Beyond redemption
Living in total blackness
Of the Nothing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Very dark, deservedly so, and quite eloquent, my dear Madcap! Thank you.

[The Madcap]

2. And we know who

It is about

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. No question there; none at all. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Here's a dark poem of mine: (Until now, nobody has seen it.)

Metaphor for Grief

Grief is like the titanic
sliding you inexorably
into the abyss

Horrifying
pulling you
crushing you
drowning
you

it’s dark and cold
inside your soul

the loss sits inside
you cannot move away
and you
don’t even want to

for the loss of your love
has taken your will to live

now part of you
is dead

like the Titanic as it
endures the
iceberg.

[The Madcap]

5. Very good...

I like how you bounded the poem with the images of the Titanic, one of the most notable images of unexpected loss in the 20th century.

I also like how you broke up the lines, especially in the second verse.

It really is a gut punch. Please share more. I hope this particular forum will eventually have more original poetry from its members.

Thank you for posting.

[The Madcap]

6. Also

I think it really captures the inherent isolation of grief. No one else can really understand the full impact of your own loss but you.