Going Down? All good things come to an endStanding on the edge of the precipiceLooking down into the voidOf creative oblivionToo closeDistracted contemplationIs a dangerous ventureLose your sightLose your footingIt’s a long way for whereYou intended to beOnce you start to fallThere is no stoppingFaster Faster stillNo slowingOr coming backFrom a misstepUpon The slippery slopeContinue reading “Going Down?”
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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
Phantom Zone
Phantom Zone Spinning Spinning in Eternity Helpless Blank and Powerless I am dressed in all Black And she laughs Calling me General Zod
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”
Persian Sky
Persian Sky wake from a dreamNo, a shuddering nightmarethe aether above, guilded in crimsonfire licks the tabernacles, and Holy fontskiss the ring of your Father say the Lord’s name without ironypray to St. Mary bead by beadas the amber clouds of smoke falldo you forgive themis this His destructictionfall be the wayside of Sodom &Continue reading “Persian Sky”
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”
MY HEART
MY HEART I have been hurt in such away that I have absorbed all the darkness into light, and loved so deep and much beyond real that my light has turned into darkness……. 93 Raven BLACK 🖤🥀🐦⬛
Time For Change
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… That 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 youIContinue reading “Time For Change”
Lost
Lost Wondering city streets A bottle of cheap ass wine my sideIt’s been empty for nearlyTwenty Two Fucking YearsYet I don’t tell a soulAnd No One even cares I’ve done Shit that would haveMade our populous ExtinctShit that would make you cringe(If you knew the Truth)Let’s just sayKarma is another word forSurvival Cockroaches reading NewspapersDungContinue reading “Lost”
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”
The Tomb of Los Angeles
The Tombs of Los Angeles The rain came downCold and distantKinda weird for this time of yearMy bones dew tight Swaddled in motorcycle leatherBlack turtleneck, Crowley MAGICK The air arid with a distinct freezeI felt my thoughts wondering awayAnd hereI recover Thawing marrowFinally relaxing across the ThickChez Lounge that holds meProtects me, enveloping meLike anContinue reading “The Tomb of Los Angeles”
Beatnik Chicks
Beatnik Chicks~ Girls who wore Black? YeahThat’s where it’s at Punctuation situation Invocation rhyming Words, and ideasInto Cognative reality Science meets a metaphorYou got Nuclear FusionLine of fireHurricaneWeeping Willow In the last refrain Your caught in the nowStuck in a momentPulling for attentionOn Sister Mary’s hem Of another Bad habitThat one day soonYou’ll swear offContinue reading “Beatnik Chicks”
Music In The Wind
Music In The Wind Smooth tremoloJazz Kool riffsHold you tightRunning up And Down your Spine Electric BoogieGuitar HoundsSaxophone nuanceSmokey essenceRaphsody in heart breakStrung out HARD Deep on the Third floor Miracles happenRIGHT Before Our EyesHuman Touch becomes youSoothing and alluringPenetrating ocular realizationsBreathing HARD Exciting All there Is Blue Notes Fly in orbitAround and Around OnesContinue reading “Music In The Wind”
*(ASSimilation)*
*(ASSimilation)* Below is a A poem by D.U.M. Here is D.U.M. in his own words D.U.M. is a poet, writer & author who’s work over the last 30 or so years has been published in such journals as BBQ Sandwich, EATING Crow, CRusty Fuck & many others. He currently lives & writes in Upstate HELLContinue reading “*(ASSimilation)*”
Teenagers
Teenagers Skipping class, smoking in the time we were supposed to be on the clock in homeroom. Talking Bowie, how “It Ain Easy” or that we had “Five Years” (what a surprise) and how “he thinks he’d Blow our minds……. We knew, yes we knew. I learned a thing or two watching H.R. Pufinstuf… ShitContinue reading “Teenagers”
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.”
Tabs in Egypt
She is the markings , the writing on the wall …. The message seen the Mirror…… The pen that defined all? SHE….. And Our Egypt …… Together! Thank you…… #MotherLodge Externally Raven BLACK 🖤🥀🐦⬛ 93⚡93
H. I. M.
Love Is The LAW A. Crowley H. I. M. Heirophant Illuminated Messiah Deep South Buried the True Mother Lodge Sand and Echoes Summon the Chosen Fewwithin her Ancient Halls The Deeds in BloodSingFrom the Edge of The Rocky Lodge The Wonderous LAWNoblest KING Embraces the Golden Chalice We are HE as HE is RisenReborn, AdornContinue reading “H. I. M.”
Childhood Memories in Connecticut
Childhood Memories in Connecticut (For my friend….. Deborah Tosun Kilday ) Children Running amuk Thriving deep in Forest dwellings Splendor in the in a maze of trees Playing hide n seek in the winter snow The footsteps always led us Back To each other The Spring arrives Upon Persophonie’s breath Among the shadows of youthContinue reading “Childhood Memories in Connecticut”
🌙 Crescent Moons 🌙
This is a Very exciting, truly innovative way to shop, share, and Style. Gothic aesthetic, Horror, including Vampyre & Witch lifestyle, and art, music and literature. The Undead are living Dead. Welcome to the coziest place 6 feet under and have a monster’s ball! This is the Coming of Raven Black. Underneath the Crescent MOONS🌙Continue reading “🌙 Crescent Moons 🌙”
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The Calling / New Beat Manifesto
The MOST Important post of Poetry Month! Thisssss is Ron Whitehead ! Let us Hear and Feel him Roar! Poetry Lives !!!!!!!
New to This Blue Planet
New to this blue planetI am on a brand New Mission Chosen to fill a VOID, believedTo have started at the end on the Second World War. There are projects I’m am creating, projects that I am steering clear of…. I believe in a Brave New World.Reaching out to Souls, proud I am of theContinue reading “New to This Blue Planet”
Maria Par Son Nom
maria par son nom They say that Beauty is only skin deepShe rides the winds from the east her hair everlasting jubilationShe is the beauty in the deepest valleysShe is the beauty of the Highest peaked mountains She is gloriousThe ancient beauty that gave stars their names…. She is magick The birthing if a gloriousContinue reading “Maria Par Son Nom”
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🖤🥀🐦⬛
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”
Love Cats and Magick
Love Cats and Magick This is you, This is me, even in your darkness, I see and feel the light. This is me. Holding you. Embracing you. I said I would never let you go. That is what a Man does. That is what Lovers do. They keep their promises and Never Never Left Go.Continue reading “Love Cats and Magick”
Conceived in Eden
Conceived in EDEN Samaiel and Lilith, exploring the forests and their bodies… The power of sex magick burning for the eternal source… This, is where freedom was literally born…. Raven BLACK 🖤🥀
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?”
For You
I did have this waiting for you, if and when the time is right… There is truly nothing I want more than for you climb onto me and take in my full length and girth as you ride yourself into oblivion!And all I want in return is to suck your whet, soaking fingers, putting themContinue reading “For You”
Three Things
What are three objects you couldn’t live without? 1) Ok, my phone, I do everything on from writing to creating music, to branding, to writing my book that’s on Amazon to publishing my friends book that lives in the UK and movies, and music and digital art… Pretty important 2) my make-up & wardrobe. I’veContinue reading “Three Things”
In Love With It’s Shade of Black
Dripping from the mouths of Ravens, I recognized myself within the silhouette. The closer darkness came to me, I knew there was no turning back…… Raven BLACK 🖤🥀
At night, I hear William Shakespeare weep
At night, I hear William Shakespeare weep……. If you wondered… Or Wanted to BE…? Here we are together….. Not for nothing? But, the most beautiful and talented couple of all time….. Love in Darkness, Sex, and Pain Here….I give everything to you The world is an oyster in the palm of my hand and you?Continue reading “At night, I hear William Shakespeare weep”
Romance is Not Dead
Romance is Not Dead Romance is not deadIt’s us the air that fuels these tired bonesUp here in the cemeteryIt calls upon my nameI see beauty and pain around me…..yes, I hear your nameThe wind is howling like thunderOnly wicked places to hideEven I … try to protect youFrom Mephistopheles harsh liesYou and I areContinue reading “Romance is Not Dead”
Home to Me
Home To Me: Silence is Darkness’s older siblingDancing in the Raven sky aboveMy name… Echoes in the Night 🌙🦇😈 Raven BLACK🖤🥀 Silence is Darkness older sibling. I love that. People often fear the silence as much as the darkness, because both things confront us with our own thoughts and fears. But this is also theContinue reading “Home to Me”
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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”
“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””
Born Again
Born Again Rise up from the ashes Phoenix fireKindred spirits burnLaughing downThe buried groundSix feet underLost and FoundDream on believerDream onFeel the full weightOf the brick in your mouthProtection, detection Tied to a bell dead ringerOf the night breedStumbling along The graveyard shiftA few good pints Crimson mixed with ryeDrunken splendorHas taken a lifeAnd buriedContinue reading “Born Again”
The House of Raven 🐦⬛ 