The Black Madonna The gifts of heaven can be hard and cruel, watching the ebony sea come, pushing and pulling too and fro. Distant fires can be seen and the repetitious chants of hunger repeat, repeat. The black silk sky flows like ink in heaven and in hell. I saw her dance in her porcelainContinue reading “The Black Madonna”
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Freedom in Darkness
Freedom in Darkness From smoke and desire To reach across the deserts fireI rise from a noir haloInto the vastness of nightTo be freeTo be one To be with the wind….. among these arid milesI will find my throne And you will be my queen Of heavy yesterdays Raven BLACK
Kris’s Miss
Kris Miss Something about junkiesNew York city sleazethe hands of clap, murder wrap, electric razor bleeds I seen you reflecting neoncigarette burns on your wristscity grime in your auburn wig, bruises on your knees Let’s celebrate the city that never sleeps24 hour opportunitycocaine flowing freely Take a BIG Bite from the Big Apple, yellow trailsContinue reading “Kris’s Miss”
My Cinderella
My Cinderella The Mad Hatter crossed the roomSo cross he had fire in his eyesAlice and the White Rabbit looked on with awe in reprise Back and forth back and forth he paced leaving stained and muddy footprints in his wake The earth trembled in fearIt quivered and shaked Alice was adorned with her VenusContinue reading “My Cinderella”
The Glow of the Moon
The Glow of the Moon Midnight chill runs down the length of my scarred and exposed arm. It tingles as much as it hurts as I wear this forsaken heart upon my sleeve. Ants, cockroaches, spiders, nothing like butterflies that lick my wounds…. Insects delight in devouring me slowly… my arms and legs just feelContinue reading “The Glow of the Moon”
Here Within
Here Within All is coldCenturies old Lost in the planesOf the King’s dark dominion Behind granite walls Mortars of stone Here I have come To pay homage to those that have fallen before me Rise up childRise Up! like the sunBurn all that you feelWith your fire touch I know your faceI’ve seen your reflectionContinue reading “Here Within”
VAMPYRE/ collaboration
VAMPYRE It was one more nightSo cold So lonelyWe found ourselves drawn in silence and solitude. The moon How it guides the lighted the way always another Choosing which one was next in search ofa lost soul In me lived a wild animal The part sleeping during the dayand at night the other lived ItContinue reading “VAMPYRE/ collaboration”
S.H.E.
S.H.E. SpellboundHand of GloryEvocation There was a Southern drawl in the air.From the North to the South no one alive ever one cared. The smell of scorched earthThe wind of death, a pound of fleshEvenly sharedMonsters came in the form of humans This year. A right eye, loosed tongue, a left earIt was clear DuskContinue reading “S.H.E.”
Koolest of the Kool
2 songs & a Poem …… Koolest of the Kool Youth cascadesThrough our consciousnessWet freshly cut grass Is a natural Time Machine I Remember youYou and Rock and RollYou were the Koolest of the KoolAnd I was the foolTo insecure and embarrassed Of who I was Not really knowingConfidence and trying Much too hardTo beContinue reading “Koolest of the Kool”
Big Girls Panties
I really don’t post quotes from other poets, writers, artists, musicians, and try to pass myself off as one. Or try to hoodwink you into believing that I am something that I am not. Honest to default? Heart on a sleeve? My words are my words, I don’t claim to be a nocturnal animal busyContinue reading “Big Girls Panties”
Vampires in Transylvania
Vampires in Transylvania Hallowed cellarsMusky scentsCreaking doors Dusty alleywaysCandelabra litForbidden stareLonging for lustPure desire…….Pain in his eyesLasts foreverThe jugular veinOpen for salvationFor now 🦇🥀 Raven BLACK🖤🥀🐦⬛
Blood and Dirt
There will Be MORE to come in the ensuing days as the spotlight…. TRUE Spotlight reveals All……(and much Much MORE) ……SO, uh Uhm …..I’m the liar? Call the #authorities Report me to #facebookTell my #family? Play #Victim and try to #Gaslight me? Sorry babe…… I’m #DONEThe “PEOPLE” were Correct From the Start#Sus #Sketch #User BloodContinue reading “Blood and Dirt”
Do You Remember
Do You Remember What do you rememberWhat do you remember about MEDo you rememberWhat was meant to beOrWas that just an illusionNothing but a Dream I dreamed I’ve held onto hopeI’ve held onto darknessI’ve held onto comfort,in simple memories Do you rememberThe way you made me smileThe way you could make me laughas the worldContinue reading “Do You Remember”
So Many Voices So Little Time
As So Many Voices So Little Time I agree.. It was a good write night But I can’t retire, not now, not yet. I have too many voices pulling at my seems…I hear their screams, and I must let them out… I can’t take them with me tonight, I must, I will… free them… SoContinue reading “So Many Voices So Little Time”
What is This?
What is This? What is this that slips across the hallway door at night. Ragged dirty dusty bones the kind that creep and crawl and send children into a fright. Unliving Dead trying move as silent as a door mouse. It’s shadow falls upon the walls slipping the affects of the degrause. It’s last memoryContinue reading “What is This?”
Freedom
And we dance, with freedom in our hair, centuries of exile manifest strength within these bones. We are one, this our sisters coven, born of blood and the pain of intolerance. We are might, we are Strength, we are the circle of The Cone of Power. We are women frolicking in the joy of ourselves,Continue reading “Freedom”
The Beach
The Beach If you could see what I seelost in the ocean wavesFierce, forlorn, curling white There is so much more out there Coming calling on the freezing windAnswers from Oracle lipsTasting the salty breezeGuiding amongst the shadowsThe harsh gusts pushing hard,to remind you that you’re not alone Mourning mists turn to night The greyContinue reading “The Beach”
For You
“But when you move away from me, even just the least bit, a blackness descends upon me, I feel engulfed.”~ Henry Miller, from a letter to Anaïs Nin and then for some unknown reasonIt doesn’t seem to matter. Mystery, madness, bedfellows Naked, hand in hand….. The darkness Is my home Night, Falls like a brilliantContinue reading “For You”
Darkest Jack
Darkest Jack ~ in these hours, these london streetsi hide my face from the people and my pain…so long are the shadows that once danced at my feetI cringe as they whisper my name Now Hello, HelloToo late, Too late you wont breath a single verse of lovenow Hello, HelloIt’s too late, Too late toContinue reading “Darkest Jack”
Mourning Silence
Mourning Silence She fell from the skyBroken dreams upon her back Pulling her down to the ground Never looking back or over her shoulderShe was at peace with the thoughtburning up deep inside There was no horrorThere was no pain lingeringAll in a moment It was gone I saw her as brillianceI once saw herContinue reading “Mourning Silence”
A Single Rose
A Single Rose Melody and melancholy lies, I wear Thorns in my eyes blind to the truth. My words, my heart, bleeds mercilessly, I’d rather die than want to believe. I knock upon your scarlet door, you are thick mahogany within. Armoured, protected, lonely with a fear of being alone, there is no penetrating theContinue reading “A Single Rose”
Haunted
Haunted The air before Spring has a certain nip. Dark and unexpected as you wait for the coming warmth. Catacombs and Rainbows fall with certain death while cemeteries, centuries old come to life doing the Charleston while a ragged moon seems to swoon kissing barren tree branches underneath already tired clouds, passing along in theContinue reading “Haunted”
Fall of Night
The Fall of Night Who am I but the harbinger of night and death. I circle above you in silence, I see visions of black and red. The innocent souls bleed for freedom, the guilty cry out against their fates. The time for judgement has passed along as what transpires is according to their ownContinue reading “Fall of Night”
Midnight Suns
Midnight Suns Eternal moonsMidnight sunsMy skin… Cold to the touch To be one With the evening skyBack alleys My place to now to feed Empty veins call my nameRaven BLACK, Vampyre WitchThe city sleeps and I wonderAm I, Will I remain… Alone A candle burns in a windowInside I see Her as I knew MeBeautiful,Continue reading “Midnight Suns”
“For All of my Goth Brothers and Sisters”
“Para todos mis hermanos y hermanas góticos”Reprinting by Black RAVEN Soon~🌒🌕🌘 93/93 “Todos somos Brujos y MagosTenemos las llaves del cosmosy las muchas dimensiones.Por ritos y diseñoSomos los creadoresdesde donde se alinean las estrellasDe voces antiguasnos regalaron el verdadero conocimientode los recursos divinosy por intencionesCreamos y definimos nuestro universodesde muy adentroNosotros mismos” *(Mateo Bowers)* ~93*********************************Continue reading ““For All of my Goth Brothers and Sisters””
Scarlet Woman’s Ghost
93/93Jack Parson’s Scarlet Women #OTO #Thelema #Crowley #Cameron Scarlet dreams beneath venetian blinds a warm breeze comes through the bedroom window, waltzing across linen sheets. Velvet skin and limbs, tied together in knots making promises, with their eyes that forever could not deny. Nocturnal wilderness, harbors magick and butterflies, bonfires stoke the pyre of fleetingContinue reading “Scarlet Woman’s Ghost”
Six Lines/ A Pain Endours
Six Lines/ A Pain Endours She comesand she is feltby mourning breathalong with silencefaceless shadowsserpentine desire She comesas raven clawthe huntressthe golden chalicethe holy torchUnspoken vaticination She comes with wild eyeslying heartdesperate intentionsFuneral grandeurTo ghost the innocent She CameAnd destroyedBreaking PromisesHiding her facewithin her actionLaughing at his pain MB93 2023🌒🌕🌘 SMIB 93/93
No Pressure
No Pressure It usually didn’t rain in southern California, but when it did the arid infrastructure wasn’t designed to hold even the smallest amount of seasonal rain at all. Great muddy puddles of yesterday’s would stretch from the center of the street all the way through to the depths of broken sidewalks of tomorrow’s. EachContinue reading “No Pressure”
Beauty and The Goat
Beauty and the Goat Bend and swoonUnderneath a Harvest moonYou are the goddess of beautyI am the ugly beast of burden I will always love you in the ways That cannot be perceived by men. I will follow you as Persephone into dark harshness if the underworld. Grab me by the horns, and do whatContinue reading “Beauty and The Goat”
Forest Song
Forest song Lost In miserable darknessRunning AwayLooking for DeathLooking for LoveYou’re fading awayYou’re fading awayStanding aloneJoining the treesJoining the treesYou are OneYou are OneYou have foundHome
Sad Song for Dracula
Sad Song for Dracula These … were lonely nightsLonely nights filled nothingnessNothingness filled his undead lifeHis undead life filled with a sunless skyLes Fleurs du Mal hung on the wallThe pained cry of of the harmon muteBrings cold tears drops from chandelierA silent reign of blood forsaken abodeThis empty hunger grows and it growsMemoirs decayingContinue reading “Sad Song for Dracula”
Concrete Juice Bar
Concrete Juice Bar Tammy LoveOn her knees at 1 am 42 Street givingelbow grease and jiffy wax to Jumpin Johnny’s Hot Rod Cock inside a dimly lit Buddy Booth …cigarette burned linoleum …. opentin of Moroccan hash, a slab of black bun tar Fanned out bell bottoms on fine fine Black Ass, inrollers and wavesetContinue reading “Concrete Juice Bar”
Wasted Angel
Wasted Angel Wasted angelGargoyle rooftopsguardiansSee the cummingOfSinister Samdressed inshadowsarmed with switch blade Talents He can carve his Name Into anybody’s soul All aboardLast reproachHeremains aloneIn a distant Dusty seat Of the LastScheduledPassenger cartheL trainSlowly rollsaway… Three stops laterAt precisely 12:05am(the dicks would later call in) BrandishingHis knife-edgedneon IntentExposes her breast In Full form In publicContinue reading “Wasted Angel”
Queen Bessie 👑
Queen Bessie 👑 Alone Wrapped in a thermal blanket of despair fingers knotted like a rusted bench vice in some drunken Mechanic’s shop A Real tar baby. Getting her fixes popping more loaded balloons than a New York clown on crack. PoP PoP PoPAnother then another Then another She may be Thick and Full ofContinue reading “Queen Bessie 👑”
Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer The sound of Cupid echoes from afar, the impossible blue of a lover saying goodbye A young girl standsover a brink…taking a final chance to be loved.Her ribcage hollow she dies inside… a little more each moment that passes byFetal position against the wallholding onto fragile pieces ofsanity not wanting it to beContinue reading “Silver Surfer”
Red
Red This is my homeBeneath the crimson skyWading through nightmaresBathed in Holy Water of theivesMajestic forests vermillion nightsA thousand years pass before the nextblood is spiltChildren gather in ancient circlesGathering the rites and sacred hymnsScarlet drops fall from heavy rain cloudsThe wind carries the hopeless souls far off into the vast distance of remorseFrom withinContinue reading “Red”
Tough Luck
Tough Luck White trash whoreRed headed step childKnock off Chuck’s with holesAnd broken laces High waters Stained tank topsKool Aid smile…If she could force one 7th grade rumor millIn full effectThere ain’t no judge or jury GUILTY AS CHARGEDGUILTY AS CHARGED Walk the halls in ShameCustodian’s sideways glancesAt her more than ample ChestVoyeurs DestroyersOne dayContinue reading “Tough Luck”
Wood Cellar Vinyl
Afternoon Sun .The afternoon sunBeats down on allthat are exposed sittin’ on Brighton LineSlowly descendingThen silently disappearingmotionless beyond our visceral cognitive perceptionThis dirty City Skylinepaints murals of abandoned hope here we raise pigeons as cabbage we exchange dreams for sexual favours. Holly still haunted by her absences of yesterday this callhome Huddled in doorwaysThe shadowsContinue reading “Wood Cellar Vinyl”
The Keep
Lucifer’s Retreat The Keep By*(Matthew Bowers)*~93posted by The Editor on December 21, 2021 JourneyForward OnwardInto frozenAbyss Krazee milesStretch beneathIcicle hung sky InsanityCalamityAwaitNot farUp windingRoad Decades and decadesWorth of damned Thirsty Souls hauntThe front stepOverlookingInfernal cliffs Innocence to be lostTo play and danceIn dirty martini ways Across ballroom floorsPainted with dustOrchestral thoughts echoWithin bleeding fracturedMinds BrilliantContinue reading “The Keep”
Final Act
Typical meTypical MeTypical MeI started somethingand now I’m not toosure CrownSad clownVying frownI’m giving uppretendingThat I don’tknow betterThat this time willbe differentThat you’d bebetter than the rest It’s always more ofjust the sameIf there are peoplethey’ll always let youdown that’s justthe scienceIt’s never quitehit or miss And I am sorry,I truly expected moreI’ll never learnanotherContinue reading “Final Act”
The House of Raven 🐦⬛ 