Willow Branches

Willow Branches

Memories trail far behind me
Branches from a willow tree
Whispering leaves screaming
Following wherever I run

Whippy lines entrap me
Tying me into my fate
Unbroken bonds of hatred
Cutting into dead flesh

Restraints of dark regret
Immobilise my hidden soul
All I can do is watch you
Carefully strangling my heart

Unicorn

Unicorn

A curling spire
Of ivory white
The world's desire
Eliminates spite

A burning mane
Fire burns blue
Shines from the plain
A message for you

Cascading tail
Beautiful lines
Each one is frail
Together, sublime

Shimmering unicorn
Silvery pure
Its magical horn
Is mankind's great cure

Tree Of Life

Tree of Life

A dead tree of life
Silhouetted in the sky
Empty black branches
Home of a raven

Sweet river trickling
Ambling round this tree
Memories of the past
Brought forth once again

Magnificant tree blossoming
Delicate flowers of love
Petals swept round by the wind
Forming a curtain of innocence

Hiding behind this blanket
You lay asleep with me
Content with knowledge of love
We were sure of eternity

But the petals blew away
Time derobed the branches
The cry of a solitary raven
Last words of a time gone by

Statue Of An Angel

Statue Of An Angel

An angel frought with power
Battling fire with his flame
Encorcelled in this spiral frenzy

He doesn't know his foe are gone
Preserved in his statue of ebony
Forever trapped in a moment of death
Committed to a cause long lost

Dark woods sing his mournful story
Hiding this act of pure corruption
This moment lies forgotten
Protected by a hawthorn weave

Commemorate this statue of an angel
When evil triumphs over true love
See the last angel, frozen in time

Soul In The Dark

Soul In The Dark

Don't cry
For when you are sad
I grieve for you

I don't understand your pain
It engulfs you
And your soul is lost to the dark

You're right beside me
But if I called
You wouldn't hear me

You are lost to this world
Which has given you so much
And taken so much more

I don't understand your pain
It engulfs you
And your soul is lost to the dark

I'm pulling on your lifeline
But you're not getting any closer
You don't want to come

You're addicted to the pain
Every day you need more
Whilst it tears you apart

I don't understand your pain
It engulfs you
And your soul is lost to the dark

I'm pulling on your lifeline
But I'm only dragging myself in
And the dark clings to my soul

Your sorrow eats at my heart
It weeps my blood
But the colour drains away

I don't understand your pain
It engulfs you
And your soul is lost to the dark

I don't understand your pain
But let me share it with you
Let me take it off your shoulders

Instrumental

I don't understand our pain
It engulfs us
And our souls are lost to the dark

Smoldering Blue

Smoldering Blue

Blue smolders into black
Leaving a hole in the sky
Spreading turbulances overhead

Uncover night's pale face
Pinpricks in her velvet gown
Light shines beneath her dress

Her voice calls out across the wood
Her heartbeat flutters away
Forests moving under her gaze

Armies scurry unseen in the dark
Claiming new territories for their queen
Left behind is a plague of souls

The spell of corruption remains unbroken
Rending apart family and friend
No hope for the unweary spirit

Sinking

Sinking

I miss you
I've missed you since you left
I know you left because of me
But I still want you back

I wander around this house
And it seems so small
It used to be so comfortable
Now nothing seems right

A wave of grief has swept me down
And covered everything
In the salt of my tears
And still it pushes me under

I'm drowning without you
You kept me afloat
Without you, I'm choking
On this tasteless brine

I know I won't be saved
The last boat has sailed past
And the lingering fireworks of our love
Attract no attention anymore

I'm left here abandoned
With no hope of reaching the coast
The waves just push me further
And each moment the light fades

This watery grave seems so cosy
Compared to the brash reality
The water welcomes me
Into its cavernous depths

As the last star fades into the blue
I close my eyes
And the last of my breath rises
To make my last ripples on the ocean

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

A secret kept so well
Promises long forgotten
Echo in this raging quiet

Can you find the truth
Hidden by the silent witness

Impossible to win
To escape betrayal
Only the final stand

Can you find the truth
Hidden by the silent witness

Misled by phantoms
There is no ending
To this sorrowful saga

Can you find the truth
Hidden by the silent witness

Serene Destruction

Serene Destruction

If no man is an island
Why do you surround yourself
With this boiling ocean of hate?
Whilst your very last land-bridge
Slowly submerges in your fear

And the rain from this storm
Hides the tears on your cheek
Thunder from the heavens
Muffles your anguished screams
Your soul is drenched in sorrow

Three drops of velvet red blood
Tarnish your thoughts of love
Soak that letter of broken promise
Yet your loneley island can not stay
As the ocean around you encroaches

Residue

Residue

Dry white powder
Settles on the concrete floor

Rusty doors ajar
Creaking on a reticent breeze

Premonitions of the past
Haunt the memories of the future
In a crowd of desolate thoughts

Death Lives in everything
Love burnt in hell's flame
Lonliness is the only consolance

Renovate this lost ghost town
With dry sorrowful tears

Decorate this eternal rage
Covered in a residue of peace

Night's Dream

Night's Dream

I lie here in the dark stillness
Trying to avoid my black thoughts
Yet succumbing to my night's dream

I see you standing on that hill
The wind rustling through your hair
Naïve, but still ever so pure

And I know it will not stay that way
Soon your sweetest sorrow
Will turn into the bitterest lust

I will sully those tranquil thoughtsS
how you the truest powers
Lead your heart into corruption

Soon your romantic ideas
Will burn into soft ash
Replaced with my influence

Your rose tinted heart
Can only do my bidding
You won't care about being my slave

Craving for my small attentions
Worshipping my every nuance
I will be your only deity

You will place wings on my shoulders
And light to wear on my head
Ignorant of my forked tail

Too late you will realise
That your soul has been punctured
Laid to rest upon my trident

You will succumb to me
Just as I have succumbed
Daydreams become nightmares

New World

New World

They call it the new world
Yet all it does is echo the past

They got rid of all the forests
But the darkness of its shade
Has found a new home
Burrowing deep into our souls

The bats of the caves
Have all been driven off
But their screams still resound
In the cry of a dying child

The birds have flown away
The magpie steals no more
Though its memories live on
In the fingers of a thief

A world once ruled by life
Shared eternity with death
Becomes God's solitary game
Of a politician's wish

Midwinter's Night

Midwinter's Night

I met a magical creature
Of a parallel universe
Glistening in the moonlight
On midwinter's night

The snow fell in sheets
Of the cleanest white cotton
Yet this beast was whiter
It shone a light of purity

I saw it leaning on a tree
An oak tree of magnificence
Yet it had deeper roots
Embedded in reality

The stars twinkled in the sky
So far away in infinity
But when I saw his eyes
I could see the universe

The cold was setting in
But my soul felt warm
And my heart melted
And I knew true love

I will love you always
And I'll remember you
Glistening in the moonlight
On midwinter's night

Lyric Of My Heart

Lyric Of My Heart

Passion has found a home in my heart
And it can not escape

Passion has found a home in my heart
And it doesn't want to leave

The magic that I now understand
Is greater than ever could be imagined
And it sings to me, in the depths of my heart

My heart resonates
To the tones that I know so well
It vibrates, and my body humms along

I rejoice with the lyric in my heart:
*******, I rejoice in you.

Love Letter

Love Letter

I've been lying here for hours
Wondering what to say
I thought I might send flowers
Coloured bright and gay

I'm clutching your last letter
With words of your bright love
Each new word is better
Like laughter from above

I read so many times
Your letter so sublime
Emotions like pure chimes
To waste them is a crime

I waited for the postman
Startled when he came
Arriving in his red van
He started down my lane

I opened up my front door
And welcomed in his hoard
Found letters just to bore
And one from you, my Lord

I quickly cracked the seal
Took in your richly praise
I missed the evening meal
At your letter I did gaze

I've been lying here for hours
Wondering what to say
I thought I might send flowers
Coloured bright and gay

Now I know the gift I'll send
I'll send myself to you
Our love today will never end
This ever-lasting brew

Kisses For Frogs

Kisses For Frogs

The meadows grown into bloom
Fresh flowers for her ebony hair
Princess in need of a suitor
Free for the first man who cares

But the prince rode past her tower
Leaving her to wait for another
And the frogs still patiently hoping
For a kiss from a princess' lips

Leaves on the trees turn yellow
And fall to carpet the brown earth
Yet the maiden inside her castle
Yearns a knight in shining armour

But the prince rode past her tower
Leaving her to wait for another
And the frogs still patiently hoping
For a kiss from a princess' lips

Snow so pure as her broken heart
Plaintive cries that are the wind
Still a princess waits for her love
His silhouette on the next horizon

But the prince rode past her tower
Leaving her to wait for another
And the frogs still patiently hoping
For a kiss from a princess' lips

New shoots of green life emerge
But still her heart won't flower
Even though she loved him so much
Sought his love from across the land

But the prince rode past her tower
Leaving her to wait for another
And the frogs still patiently hoping
For a kiss from a princess' lips

Invisible Line

Invisible Line

The invisible line
Bordered with blood
Drawn through passages
Of distended life

Outside is flooding
With inside's remorse
Inside becomes empty
As it all flows away

Nightime comes early
And Darkness descends
Stars shine above me
I reach out to touch them

Huginn And Muninn

Huginn And Muninn

My heart lies in this book
In blood of jet black ink
Emotions seep through the paper
Staining the next page in my life

Every letter balanced on a line
Beautiful carvings of my soul
Each sentance slapdashidly lain
Dodging black cancerous corruption

Solemn drawings cover this sheet
Darkly inhabitting a corner
Odin's own two ravens watch on
Memory and Thought bringing death

This must be the very last verse
Soon this book must close
Lines which will never be read
Words that you can't understand

Feather Off An Angel's Wing

Feather Off An Angel's Wing

See nature's greatest scene
As an angel unfurls her wings
To show us all unblemished truth

But her flight to heaven falters
Because you've stolen love's pure form
Plucked a feather off an angel's wings

Waylaid on her final pilgrimage
She turns to you for help
A last grasp for unfulfilled hope

You can only show her God's gift
She knows you've stolen love's pure form
Plucked a feather off an angel's wings

Cheated out of a God-given right
Doomed to these flightless wingsS
he falls away from heaven's gate

Pulling you down with her disgrace
You have stolen love's pure form
Plucked a feather off an angel's wings

Devil's Lustre

Devil's Lustre

Your heart beats the rhythm
Of your spirit's melody
Singing out in concert
Performing eternity's strain

All the lights flash on
Your audience is entranced
By your siren's vocals
The emotions that you warble

You place their hearts in limbo
Capturing their soul's essence
Feeding on their life force
Showing only false beauty

Trapping minds in abeyance
Left to wander through the stars
But giving them a gift
Gifting them with affliction

Disguised as alluring lust
They fall to the slaughter
Innocently following on
Worshipping on your blade

Exquisite death follows
Craving for bitter blood
Undressing their humanity
Betraying their infatuation

Never hearing your dissonance
Completing your corruption
Deceiving purity's way
Dividing heart from soul

Death's Tattoo

Death's Tattoo

Carved into my forearm
Marked for the next world
Here, I'm only free to die

The burning script bleeds
The art of the blade
Exhibited in flesh

This crimson tattoo
Borne of my blood
Paints this life black

Dawn

Dawn

The day is dawning on my heart
Slowly the light wakes me up
Energy from her rays warm my heart

Now I can see so many colours
Which I couldn't distinguish in the dark
My eye appraises the blinding light

The dew that has covered my heart
Gently dissipates into the air
Invisibly drifting away on a momentary breeze

I can smell the awakening of my heart
New buds of growth slowly flower
Silently singing their songs of beauty

Birds start chirping their morning melody
Reflecting the joy in my heart
Flying overhead at the height of my soul

The day is dawning on my heart
And I know that with you next to me
That dusk will never come

Casting Shadows

Casting Shadows

This evanescent glimps
All there is to see
As darkness is thrown
To crown the shadows

Nothing left to feel
But still the fear
Resign to this world
Of destined blight

One fleeting thought
No truth exists
Just a mirrage
And spectral gloom

Decadent smoke rises
No light to see by
The flame won't ignite
We're only casting shadows

Black Rose

Black Rose

Extravagant velvet petals
Show their dark intentions
Voluptuously enticing lust
Sensually destroying love

Facetted saphire foliage
Captured sorrow inside
Adicted to our sadness
Impervious to this reality

Forlorn silver thorns
Gleam of sharpened pain
Wanting to cut so deep
Can't heal and won't scar

A lonely black rose
Rests on her gravestone
Symbol of those lost hopes
The flower of the apocalypse

Ash And Cinder

Ash And Cinder

I stand here in this graveyard
Ashes litter the floor
Cinders burn my hands as they fall

I see fire on the horizon
But it's under control
Another flame burns another body

Not only your ashes rest here
The whole country's will join you
I will find you eternal companions

You desecrate this graveyard
With your false words of love
Leaving behind destroyed angels

The world is just like you
Real love becomes a pretence
But soon they will lie here too

I have become the goddess of flame
Everything in my path will burn
And I will redeem this earth

I stand here in this graveyard
Ashes carpet the floor
Cinders warm my hands as they fall

Ancient Thoughts

Ancient Thoughts

Trapped by the skraelingr
His voice echoes inside
Ancient thought undescribed

Follow his silent command
Answer one last question
Nowhere to start the search

Time will doom this quest
Life will remain the same
The question long forgotten