Midnight Garden

Midnight Garden

A Poem by Damien Thibodeaux
"

Have you ever made love in a cemetery?

"

 

Midnight Garden

 

In the hours after dark,

just as the clock strikes twelve,

we meet in front of the iron gates

leading to our midnight garden

You smile at me and grasp my hands

I am your yesterday and you are my tomorrow

 

But, when we close our eyes to sleep,

our nights become one under the full moon

Walking hand in hand down the brick paths,

which lead us through aged stones of forgotten names

to a place of passion and secret desires,

where we lay on the earth among them

 

The blue glow of the moonlight on your skin

casts silver shadows on your breast

and reflects the hunger in your eyes

The taste of your sweet flesh

awakens something deep inside my core

And I lose myself in you

 

Giving in to the moment, like ravenous dogs

devouring the beat of our rhythmic breath,

we will disturb the quiet essence of this place

There will be no rest for the interred this night

until ecstasy washes over us

and leaves us exhausted in its wake

 

Under watchful eyes of silent voyeurs,

longing for this human touch

for which they are now eternally denied,

we walk hand in hand back down the brick paths

Just before dawn, we exit our midnight garden, we part

Me to my yesterday, you to your tomorrow

 

July 2013

 

© 2013 Damien Thibodeaux


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Black...morbid...and romantic. You should be proud of this writing. It tells a story and captures the imagination with a feeling of ominous lore and fantasy. I hate cliché vampire stuff, but you took this to another level. Leaving the blood sucking part to the imagination. This was more about the bonding experience between two people that shared something dark and lovely.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Thank you so much, Muse. I am honored to receive your review. This may turn out to be my best effo.. read more
This is definitely one of those poems that require multiple readings to truly grasp it. Definitely creepy.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Thank you Nikole! It is my job to provide a little "creepy" to the world. I am honored to have you.. read more
Darkly beautiful and romantically elegant...Bravo........................

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Thank you Sami. I really appreciate you stopping by to read me. Your kind words make my day.
Sami Khalil

10 Years Ago

My pleasure...:).......................
So eerie a scene you have created here and the fact you say "Me to my yesterday, you to your tomorrow" leads me to believe one of the participants in this sizzling passionate scene was but a ghost. Great imagery in this sensual thriller. Lydi**



Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

That's exactly the image I was trying to create. Thank you so much for your review Lydia. You have .. read more
Lydia Shutter

10 Years Ago

Glad I figured it out! :)
I wonder how you extended your imagination of rendezvous to such height.
This is outstanding and enjoyable.
This single line impressed me like an epic:
"I am your yesterday and you are my tomorrow"

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Thank you so much Zainul! I was inspired by my muse for this piece and I like graveyards at night. .. read more
zainul

10 Years Ago

You are most welcome.
I am very delighted to know the secret.
This is really very intere.. read more
Beautiful piece. Dark romance at it's best.I had an encounter like this many moons ago.dark romance is a unique experience. Well written.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

I agree, a dark romance must be cherished, as it's much too rare. Thank you for visiting, brother. .. read more
An almost eerie feel to it but quite beautiful, as though making love to a past spirit, joined together again in this magic dimension. Nicely pen'd.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Frieda, Thank you so much for reading and reviewing my poem. I appreciate your kind words and I'm g.. read more
Frieda P

10 Years Ago

My pleasure Damien, I really enjoyed this one.
This is a bit of a departure for you...
I don't see darkness and death here, but rather joy, and a defiance of death.

An affirmation of life.
Well done, my friend...

Posted 10 Years Ago


Angel

10 Years Ago

Damien, you were my first friend in the Café, and you are still a favorite of mine. I don't get to.. read more
Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

I'm afraid a very busy change in lifestyle keeps me away from the cafe, and I regret, from writing a.. read more
Angel

10 Years Ago

Well, whatever is keeping you from us must be very important. Just know, my dear friend, that you a.. read more
This piece has a vampiric quality to it. I really enjoyed the dark romanticism.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Damien Thibodeaux

10 Years Ago

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing, Robert. I'm glad you liked it.


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Damien Thibodeaux
Damien Thibodeaux

Atlanta, GA



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Just a poet and lyricist with a dark side. Left-Handed and Right-Minded ADD and OCD Inspired to write by Edgar Allan Poe. Hoping to rock you with a little deviance and southern gothic charm. .. more..

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