Poems – Page 8 – The House of Raven 🐦‍⬛

Underneath the Stars

Beneath the gloomThe glowing moonA bitter smile upon a frownTurned around The shadows Of an emptinessShine like pale reflectionsIn sullen moments Without atonementLunar nexus to the call Stone vesselOmnipotent heirNo rhymeNo reasonTranquil sea of despair I would offer my treasureMy pearly crown of thornsA gift upon my altarA glimpse into the very depthsof the tirelessContinue reading “Underneath the Stars”

Personal Hell

SpellboundBloodhoundLivid in my veinsA mess all around meSuffocationI can’t breatheMother Superior’sGot a gunThat loaded stealsPointed directly betweenMy eyesThere ain’t no countingFrom one to tenNo time to turn backI forged the bondsOf pain and lonelinessDecades agoRegretRegretStaple gun reasonsShacklesHeavy iron chainsSuspend me to the wallA whipping boy of shameScreaming EchoesAnger and Hatred fillThe Air …Familiarity Does breedContemptThereContinue reading “Personal Hell”

Heart Shaped Pool

StankRunningLiquidToxicHOTSmokingLethalChemicalNauseaDeliriumTwistedChromeMonsterDrippingIronFlowingScarletSecretingRoadsideGlassConfettiSmashedCrashedReflectingDestroyedRuinedLacerationsPolyesterTournecateThinSinewyThreadsBarelyHoldSkullToShouldersKitchen TablePrintGownStainNoSeepingWetWithYesterdaysPossibilitiesLayneBarrenLifelessOnRoute90AfternoonSunRelentlessUnforgivingAStarSexNoMorePlatinumBlondWigMeltingScene (matthew bowers) ~93©2021

Pheonix in Dance

GloriousPerfectionSelf-reflectionBorn of FireWith True DirectionFrom FlamesTo AshesTo Flames againA renewalTemperedSpiritualAlchemyFriendContinueToRiseIgnite theSKYIlluminateYour truthThere’sNothingTo HideBesideThe DragonThe strengthProudNobilityReachingInsideYou’ve foundThe KeyIts always been thereNow with nurturingFrom chrysalisTo butterflyYour livingAgainPureImpuritiesRemovedThe CallingOf this vesselBrings lightInto viewRise UpHigherRise UpBrighterGo forthWhere IcarusFailedShare the wordA livingTaleReborn………… (matthew bowers) ~93© all rights reserved

Electric Word

Bed timeStory lineLiquid imagination The author, poetComes to lifeIn the mind’s eyeOf creation Character’s yellingLaughing, cryingAs the alchemist’sPractice Scrying Whispering The sirens singThe gods recievingOfferings Retelling mythsAndAncient talesPropheciesAnd parables Campfire nightmaresFull moon eclipseGhosts and goblinsFrom the abyss PagesYellowedTornAnd Worn Neon thunderThe child’s born New world keysDimensional beingsTime travelerAdventureCelestial meanings Line by lineWord upon wordForming kingdomsWhereContinue reading “Electric Word”

Sand

Sorry,notfeelingquitemyselfHauntedwith the flavourOf melancholy bluesSuicide stripeswith razorteeth I’m lost in a personal hell No saving grace Or Escaping the true fate That I myselfhave forged There are no answersOr secret keysMy shadow if filledwith heavy echoes Reverberating MADNESSthat only I must endure I have fallen inWith quicksandHeavy tar pits ofAncient molasses That killed beastsMuch strongerandContinue reading “Sand”

Truth

93 Truth I Have experienced and gone through Twin Flame reality It is first hand true knowledge that I share… you cannot change the Will of others Through MagicK Such indifference to my reality, spirituality, and works….. I am nothing but a compilation of complaints….. disappointments Horrible reception This life But I still see theContinue reading “Truth”

Death’s Beauty

SilenceMourningMorningFateKissesSoftlyBeyondDeathsGate HungerWickedAbsyntheDelightDisappearBeforeComingLight HoldingDarknessDistantVeilTragicTurnsPiercingNails MysteryHiddenEyesUnseenMortalCoilLifeBetween TouchingDarknessFadingBlackDesireCallingTurningBack MomentsVanishConsumedWithinHeavenHellWithoutSin FallenAngelsDancingFireGod’sIllusionBurningPyre ComeWelcomeMyEscapeHolyLiesBeneathNightscape TiredWornCemeteryEyesEmbracingBeautySurrenderingButterflies (matthew bowers) ~93

Vampyre

Silent, hunger, Vamp, vixen eyesPorcelain skin, She hypnotizedVictims of nightCool autumn airBeauty in disguiseYou better beware…..Mists of LondonStreets of TransylvaniaThe echo of footstepsWet, approaching behind youA velvetine whisper A moment of trustCaught in the throesConsumed in blood lustEmptying the vesselTo the brink of lifeless mortalityA victim no more, A transformation to RoyaltyQueen of DarknessWith anContinue reading “Vampyre”

Lady Rainbow

She’s a bad assShe don’t take shitBut when it comes to out right fights man,She kills them with looks and wordsShe’s all colorfulLike a brand new boxOf Crayola crayonsShe’s excitement, artFilled with spiritual knowledgeShe’s a rainbow,a fountain of youthA punkrock LunchLydia styleVampyres, Jung, NietzscheShe is MagicKShe is the StarsShe is DiamondsIn another life,on another continent,inContinue reading “Lady Rainbow”

Walking the Dead

Simple animationFlickeringbroken lines drawnblack and white ……While the youth laugh A chariot to FulsomeCarryingnonbelieverswithout sin ……Lord have mercy German city tenantsDisturbingopen gravesno hope to give ……Achtung mornings A wild man from BorneoKeeps secretscrawls back insideyesterday’s lies ……All’s forgiven With purple shades drawnWalking the dead With purple shades drawnWalking the dead Hunger rises taking namesSpreads likeContinue reading “Walking the Dead”

Hollow Buddha

How come I cannot find you if I see your faceit is emptywith invisible eyes…frowning I cannot touch youthe streets, the cityis empty hollow voice crying where Are the voicesthe unity, the fireand harmony where is the pain that bringsus togethera circle of vision thatstarts the wheels. To change or kill a worldit needs toContinue reading “Hollow Buddha”

Frantic

Panic in the back roomDangerous eyes dartback and forthCheap unspoken labourCold tile sweat poursstreaks of chaotic numbnessHeart palpitations Ring LOUDjitterbug anxiousnessFever gut punch rollWalls crash silhouette laughThrough black window drawn curtain Event horizonMonday mocking rises5am cooler snapTime clock stopMoments vibrate executionRegister rings buzzzzzBells ThunderArcane madnessFace reality of self proclaimedExileinto the streetsAngst loaded jawHeavy handedLiquid fuelContinue reading “Frantic”

Within the Night

I lit and held a candle in it’s darkness Only to reveal the sultry image of a soul that might have been lost, some time ago, in the reflection of the naked mirror that stands before it Collisions of a train, lost thoughts marinade reality; a poet with no pen or direction claims the nightContinue reading “Within the Night”

Friday Night Live~

Spotlights shineWarm theBlindingIn your eyesFacelessCrowdsSilent TheEverymanChangedCreatedTHEScene…Busting up rules “First thoughtBest thought” InspirationRainsDownLike a DeityRolling,MuseRecoiling. ParentsHide their kidsFromCloudsOfSmoke ReeferA couple ofBenniesAmphetamineRitualsCigarettes&Beer New YorkAnd San FranciscoTaxi DriversThem craziesHave more stories WildExperiencesBecause THEY!They’ve seenAnd been through itALL LikeThe fixture in the cornerShadowedSilhouetteStoic FormNot stirringOrMurmuringBothTaking it All inAnd is ObliviousTo it All The crackingRedLeatherBarstoolSeat cover HomeTo the ravenA crowAnContinue reading “Friday Night Live~”

The Coven

Almost exactly on it’s one year anniversary, my page The Coven has officially reached a clean 1000 likes. I had started the page to explore MagicK, build up a community, and even created a group by the same name. Then with other things coming up, projects, life, etc. I had stopped posting on the pageContinue reading “The Coven”

Something Witchy This Way Comes

Join The Calling email list and receive a sample pdf of the New Something Witchy This Way Comes by *(matthew bowers)*~93 <script async data-uid=”50c326cf20″ src=”https://chipper-designer-2807.ck.page/50c326cf20/index.js”></script>

Factory Girl

You were wild and oh so youngI bet you think this sounds like a songBut beneath a plastic painted Maybelline smileI could feel all of your pain Took up the gunShot your self so full of holesAnything to feel numbAs you were captured on celluloid PoP Art masterpiece museAlways on displayWith a revolving door ofContinue reading “Factory Girl”

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Something Witchy This Way Comes My first book Something With by This Way Comes is on it’s way… This is Me as Aleister Crowley … Just a bit of fun…

Snow-

I do remember!!!!! Loved fresh snow fallstaring out my bedroom windowinto my back yardinto the field behind itAll the snow covered treespicnic table, canoecrowning with white brilliance….blindinglike holy rapture….. (matthew bowers) ~93©2021

The Gospel of Metatron 2021-

Don’t ever be an arrogant, act spoiled like that of an egg left in the sun, don’t be cruel, or self righteous for that’s the equivalent of kicking yourself in your ass. You end up shooting yourself in your own foot and invariably just doing stupid shit. Those things you speak of are “Ego” andContinue reading “The Gospel of Metatron 2021-“

Release-

Pent upInsideThick HeavyBlackManifestation72 captiveWe are LegionFor we are manyWe are releasedAnd dineOn your modernDay societyFeeding freelyFrom banquetsEven weCould never have I imaginedSo much painHateDeliberate causeDivide and multiplyAcross this broken landAndWe ThriveLike Never beforeIt’s Open seasonFor soulsWhile our hungerAnd thirstCan Never be quenchedThis is prettyDamn Close (matthew bowers)~93©2021

Scorned-

Through the veilKarma laughsFive locusts crushedSacrificed to the gods The emporer exposedTo be a holy jokeClothed in transparent linen A thousand maidensGive way to laughterQueens, princesses and concubinesAlike… turn their backs upon ego The greatest KingBecame the fool *(matthew bowers)* ~93©2021

On This Hallow’s Eve-

Prepare the nightAll things seen & unseenRestless spiritsDance in the world’s betweenAncient magicKTales told so long agoNecromancyOf the will-o’-the-wisp’s glowNature CallingPagan child reaching outBurning bonfireTo the song of Pan’s flute(matthew bowers)~93©2021

Seasons of Change-

Apples fall seasonedCrisp cinnamon delightsPantries- screen doors-Open to the Fall airPumpkins and potato sacksRich dreams embrace the cold… where sunflowersTower like Gods in the gardenLeftover ants scurry in linesRetracing paths, carrying waterTo their goddess queenAnd colors explode In an event horizonReds, Yellows, Oranges Fill the Autumn sky… *(matthew bowers)* ~93

Greater God-

My voice echoes through mountainsI am wiser than ancient bearI know everything for I am one In these back woods if you didn’t know I light fires with my eyesCommand the weather with my beardI am the original god of huntingDon’t dare forget my name Young elk, you are to pale too weakTo young toContinue reading “Greater God-“

A Letter to Paul…

I hear your pen scratchingThe keys of your typewriterClicking clickety clackProse, poetry, I felt gentlenessHonesty, humbleness, greatness The best example of humanityOffering insights into ourselvesWe saw each other throughYour candid observant eyesSo in touch with your Self You knew who you wereA heart worn on your sleeveAs empath I felt your kindnessEven as you expressedContinue reading “A Letter to Paul…”

Universal Rhythm~

Emulate, radiate, one day be as great, shine like the sun, without falling. Icarus Icarus have I learned nothing at all… We must learn our strengths and be kind with tempered egos, I’ve read the writing on the wall. Summer Sunset before Fall. Beauty comes with many faces and songs. From Montana Skies even toContinue reading “Universal Rhythm~”

Zoso~

I ain’t got No Time for egosAin’t got No Time for Dime store principalsAin’t got to time to be pushed aroundAin’t Got No Time for YOUBetter mind your mannersWhen you look both ways to cross the street at nightHeaven help the tired and sick that are gonna make things turn out Right…..Pick yourself up offContinue reading “Zoso~”

Tired~

When it’s become obvious that the world is against youAnd you just hear that clicking in in your mindThe sewer rats become mongrelsPhiening flesh and boneClimbing over dusty corpsesTime to lock them shadows awayTurn off the clocks turn out the lights and call it in for the night Blessed beSo mote it beNamaste~93

Awake~

AwakeMy VampyreMy childrenOf the nightNocturnal harvestEver in bloom We take refugeFrom the early hoursBeneath hidden wallsWe are the desireWe are what is left of manWe are the true breedCollectivePerfectBeautifulWe are the godsCenturies old and wise The foolish rodentsWalk and laugh ignorantWhispering talesAnd singing songsOf their own lamentCrimson warmth flowsFreely withinTheir paper skinFor we areWho weContinue reading “Awake~”

Mountain Meadows-

Eyes once dry Marbles shootAgainst Cat’s EyesGodfather cracksPlacementBeyond the safetyOf the protectiveCircle Like ripplesMosquitoesOnKamikaze missionsBuzzzzzzzzzOver headIn perfect formationLike covered wagonsSomewhere in Utah Before the masses Blood and oceansSettler’s livesTakenAndBlamedOnThe Red man FramedFor SlaughterHistory books hideThe white washed liesWhere there is no honor Or Redemption In a secret coupHoly WarAgainst a NationThat throws innocentsInto the meatContinue reading “Mountain Meadows-“

Decade of Decadence-

Jigsaw pieces, memories, I recall living the dream. The tik of tok reverberating clock the glitter of the scene. Long night’s drawn into an early morning’s trap. Crystal vision, neon makeup, broken mirror dreams. UnHoly nights undead teens lingering in New York and Los Angeles. The bitter fruit of yesterday’s folly has left us nakedContinue reading “Decade of Decadence-“

Time For Change-

I lost myselfAt the bottom of a bottleBut there I wasStaring back I recognized those eyesThat wild crazy smile, Dig? I’ve Been DownAroundFeeling the scene… What sceneIt’s Has BeenIt’s In-between The Calling Memories of ghost barsHaunting me from afarToo long agoBut I still wear them scarsI can show youI can show youI can show youContinue reading “Time For Change-“

Desert Queen-

Celluloid Memoirs~

Coughing up memories of yesterday Elderberry wine perfume Telephone wire rip cordsWithered voices now silent Alone within hallowed walls Windowpane dusty eyesA vouyer weeps, sleep walkingAmong forgotten giants Gold glitter star once shownBright in the nightNew Moon smile Champagne flowed freelyLike blood in the streetsOf Rome (matthew bowers) ~93

Ouroboros Effect

Writer / Voice – *(matthew bowers)* ~ 93 Editing – Librus Monastico Sound Mix – *(matthew bowers)* ~ 93 An FnB Production2021©

Alien Boy-

Two cool barrelsUpward ceiling boundMetallic taste of oilAnd steel, denounceDespair and pain 45 horses cumA Colt on the vergeOf release….. THUNDER and red red rainAgainst virgin wallsDown into poolsUpon the floor Where Iron fillsThe open airWith the inevitableStenchOf death Efforts are lost Wasted The lackOf quid pro quo The busiest pensNotable friendsArmed with quillsAnd WifiContinue reading “Alien Boy-“

Mysteries Unknown-

Mysteries Unknown- I’m an empty glassWith no reflectionMy shadow bareOf what remains Toxic logicVulnerable mindCollecting dustUponthis forgottenBar I think I really did itThis time Within the uniformOf a foolA screaming mimeFlailing shadow wordsAt strangersAnd curbsideapostles My guts decayBound inKnotsClenchedto hard tobreathe I’ve said to muchI’ve Opened these scarsThe hissssssss of regretEscapes into the vile airContinue reading “Mysteries Unknown-“

Spoken Flow~

Somewhere along the the lines, I forgot who I am. Not some kind of shining bird, but a piece of dirt. Ah, let’s face it, if you knew who I am, you’d be running for cover, to get the hell out of the way. Steel reinforced junk, just sitting next to the road, “That’s aContinue reading “Spoken Flow~”