The Screaming ~ OpenLinkNight Week 3 ~ dVersePoets

Here in my little country bubble, I am surrounded with people who simply do not understand my desire to write.  Whether they get read or not, I write because I have to. I have journals and notebooks from the age of ten to prove it.  When I don't write...I shrivel up and start to doubt not just me but the world in general. When I do write, I work it out, I settle the great debates, and I choose to keep going.  When I don't write, even the people who don't understand my compulsion notice...I get messed up, my thoughts aren't clear.  They don't know I'm not writing, but they notice.  So, it is with a huge thank you to you readers who DO understand, who share my compulsion, that I offer up this piece, for better or for worse.  And it is an even bigger thank you I offer to OpenLinkNight and dVersePoets for bringing us driven souls together. Write on Poets...we need you now more than ever!

The Screaming

Darkness invites me, the mystery,

shadowless

I think I’ve no need to hide, to cower.

What I cannot see cannot hurt me

or so I have foolishly been lead to believe.

Ingesting the black, swallowing air

stagnant now

it thickens, the darkness swells

taking over…who I thought was me

The eternal mystery

Salvation waits not

at my door

Universes rise at my command

Visions within the black

As suddenly the eye I have never owned

Opens to potentiality

Nightmares race as kingdoms topple

A history of anarchy

As our true gods remain forgotten

For the sake of selfish endeavors

And tumultuous fortunes

Demons appear

And my conditioning forces me to run

Not realizing, I race away

From the self I had forgotten

Because that was what I was told to do

Stabbing quills puncture skin

Fueling ancient, wicket pen

My demon

And like the hero that never was

I rise to face it

Feather tipped, bloody whip

My fist clenches

Death grip

And I allow his embrace

Feeding the need

Driving the passion

Cold yet burning

And suddenly empowered

I can finally hear them

And in constant silence

I laugh out loud

And like the greatest symphony

I overpower

the screaming

and let my demon sing.

Join us at dVersePoets and share your words with the world!