Perdition : Writing

The Sentence

The Sentence

A Poem by Perdition


She aspired to change me,and in that cruel affair became changed within her self andTHAT changed all things; immeasurably.
The Door

The Door

A Poem by Perdition


A mystery before me, the colors fading. Standing as a gateway lures, beyond appearance, beyond mere wood or the haunting grain that imbues, but rather..
The Morning Child

The Morning Child

A Poem by Perdition


She smiled and all the days of darkness ceased. The world, as if by some internal candle or perchance in love's calamity was again lit and warmed and ..
Far Too Easily

Far Too Easily

A Poem by Perdition


I blinked and her wrists spilled down to fluidic pieces, thinking well too well. Thinking we held some hour against the work or wit and that I was any..
Alms For the Journeyman

Alms For the Journeyman

A Poem by Perdition


Out beyond the strange hour, beyond the daydreams and doorways, beyond the first steps over cold and unforgiving ground, under const..
 Orphans of the Dark

Orphans of the Dark

A Poem by Perdition


They say it is forgivableThey speak of knowledge and separationOf metal carved harder than steel,They speak of bleach and of a sun t..
December In the Rain

December In the Rain

A Poem by Perdition


I remember the angel's face in the street light. Our age in pallor shone through the droplets and shadows that bled beneath ..
The Promise

The Promise

A Poem by Perdition


You stirred as morning paused to graze your skin. The sun, so stately rising vexed and sweetly sloughed its solemncause. Your eyes in wa..
Shadowing Ezra

Shadowing Ezra

A Poem by Perdition


Death! We would cry Between Ithacaand sad landscapes That word like clear-colored Coffee at the back of our thr..
Commonwealth

Commonwealth

A Poem by Perdition


Tonight speaks well enough The dimple crowns walls in well regard Wax mannequins morph And the c..