Sepulchre Seduction

Sepulchre Seduction

A blackening heart…

In a darkening soul…

A love given in joy…

Wasted in loathsome betrayal

Of an honest heart,

Offered up in sacrifice

On the alter of your conceit.

In the gloaming of your soul,

Cry tonight for the times we had.

Try… try to whisper me a kiss…

And a new dark will rise…

Seething all consuming pain…

Thirst that never may be quenched…

Lost and wonton in sepulchre seduction.

by D. Denise Dianaty

Reviews

[willweb]

You know, I believe this is the second poem I have read over the years I have been reading poetry that used the word "gloaming". What a cool word, I am going to have to use that sometime. As for the poem you used it in, very dark, very eerie and covered in bruises. This has a feeling of dread wrapped up in a wrongful love/affection/seduction. Maybe like staring at an automobile accident, something you don't want to see but can't look away from. Pretty cool. I like this style.

[MomzillaNC]

It is a poem about "wrongful love/affection/seduction" -- and the healing strength of true love, loyalty, and devotion.

[MomzillaNC]

Oh… and thanks so much, willweb.

[willweb]

You are welcome. I guess the darkness of the poem was too powerful and I failed to see past it but that makes sense to me. It has been a long time since I read your work, it is nice to see you again.

[MomzillaNC]

Yeah, I'm not much on WritersCafe any more. I'm focusing on Medium because it pays me. I'm not getting rich, but I earn a dollar or so on every post.

I still post new creative writes here first, as I did with my newest poem, "Seconds," the other day. But, I then post to Medium and promote from there.

[MomzillaNC]

I like to get that copyright stamp WritersCafe includes with every post.

[willweb]

Cool, good luck with your poetic venture. i used to write on a site called Helium that paid for every read you got. At the end of the year I earned about $900.00. They eventually went under.

[MomzillaNC]

I've been on Medium since 2016. But, I only bought a membership back in March. After getting the membership, the partnership was free to join and started paying out right away.

It's $5 a month or $50 per year for a membership. You have to be able to access Stripe for a partnership as that's the platform's secure payment portal. Some places outside the States (like some African nations for example) can't access Stripe.

Lots of folks still buy a membership without becoming partners. The membership gives you unlimited access to read any and all Medium posts and publications.

So far, Medium has not paid out as high as you made in year. I average $20 to $30 a month so far. Still, with an annual fee of $50, I am more than making back my financial input.

[willweb]

It sounds good. I hope it works out very nicely for you.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

when love is great everything is bright. but ehen in an abusivr relation ship it is like your soul belongs to the devil. s wonderfully dark poem.

[MomzillaNC]

True. And, what gratitude we know when that healing relationship puts the darkness to the light.

[Fran Marie]

Try… try to whisper me a kiss…
And a new dark will rise…
a dark haunting piece of
well written poetry very
Poe-esque in its essence
I enjoyed reading...

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. It's one of those old reflective poems looking back on a relationship that broke me and seeing how the love I found showed me the real brokenness was in the person who hurt me.

[Zahra]

And a new dark will rise…
Seething all consuming pain…
Thirst that never may be quenched…
a strong write. well penned.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. It seems that the poems that people like most, are the autobiographical ones.

[Zahra]

And a new dark will rise…
Seething all consuming pain…
Thirst that never may be quenched…
a strong write. well penned.

[Matching Socks]

Seduction and betrayal...
I'll have two parts of one but none of the other please.
Excellent poem Momzilla.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. As all poets do, I wrote my own experience.

[Cameron Griffith]

Great use of imagery in this poem, the title is perfect for this poem. Great job, and I agree with a Poe-esque point of view.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you very much.

[Jordan Varner]

i love this. the title caught my eye straight away, and once i had read the entirety of it, i was left in awe. this is very Edgar Allen Poe-escque. i can't get enough.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you so much. I'm truly honored to be compared to the great Poe.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the title of this...and the darkness contained within...built on contradictions....all the love we give, thwarted and abused...

time to reconsider and bring our heart elsewhere.

[MomzillaNC]

Precisely. That recognition is too often so difficult to come by. Thank you.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Well lust can be a temorary fix for loneliness but can also make you feel more hollow than before once the high wears off.

[MomzillaNC]

Well, lust was not my intended topic… However, looking again through the filter of your review, I can see how it might be read that way.

And "whisper me a kiss" is a way my husband has of just brushing a kiss on my fingertips, or my cheek, like a tender caress with his lips. It's not a level of selfless tenderness the person this poem was about would ever have been capable of.

This poem was intended to be a conviction of the kind of lover who lures you to what you think will be forever, breaks and abandons you, then wants you back with all forgiveness to go another round.

Thank you for your review and for letting me see my own words a different way.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

I love when people see something different in my work than I intended. You are welcome.