Ashes of the Innocent

Walking down a road known to lead you nowhere,

You clutch your rotting core as it tries to pulse again,
The sickened words of angels linger on a frozen breeze.
Screaming at you and prying at the walls of your sanity.

Shattered dreams and the dust from broken hearts,

Follow your weary feet as you stumble in the dark,

Whispers follow you, tormenting your rotting soul. 

Death stays away from you, watching you walk on.

Captivated by your pain the shadows watch nearby,
Like scavengers waiting for their prey to slowly die,
They swim coldly through the burning atmosphere.
Stealing your thoughts and life as they soar past again.

Hollowed and empty, you press wearily onwards, 

On to a place you no longer know of,  a dream,

A city of broken hopeless old men who will die, 

Like cowards on their bent knees, begging to live, 

Begging to live for fear of death, yet wishing to die.

For they fear life too.

 

You feel a sharp pain in your chest
As your heart tries to beat again
Death feels your attempt to grow stronger
Tickled, he watches you walk bravely through his hell

 

His hell is a winter frozen kiss with a soft blade, 

A release from the pain, a drowning sorrow, 

The laughter of the dead melts your soul, 

Your heart convulses as Death squeezes softly

 

Watching your blood flow stronger, he embraces you
He wraps his arms around you, and strokes your skin gently
His warm body causes your body to combust into hellish flames
He places a kiss on your neck, leaving your veins to disintegrate

 

Such sweet sorrow he whispers to your piled ashes

Death and Life locked in a painful lovers embrace

Let the dance begin again, around another lost soul,

Who stumbles towards the city of the damned.

Author's Note

This poem was a collaboration between Burning Demon and I. :) I hope you all enjoy as you read, review, and rate it! :D

Reviews

[Sweets]

Beautiful use of imagery!
This poem is a masterpiece !
I truly loved it!
Great work! :)

[Anonymous]

Hauntingly perfect. A beautiful write, I say, indeed. I’ve got to say, I disagree with the reviews below mine about the ending. I thought it was horrifically lovely, as if the cycle of torture was to be continued in another story. I thought it was quite bone-chilling. I can honestly say that I was impressed by this piece. I applaud both of you.

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[Sarusai Hiryu]

The rest of the poem is great, but end it either with a bang or a whimper; this is a bit of both, but it does tend to become anti-climactic.
Wonderful imagery. Powerful, eloquent, chilling - this is indeed a remarkable poem.

[Ibreez Shabkhez]

Is burning demon a relative? the whole story was dramatic... the ending lost its effect.

[OT]

very well written you two!! dark and ominous at times - so very descriptive!!! you picked perfect words for that raw feel to it! nice! well done! a great collab

[{A}shley {B}lack @-;-]

A fantastic write truly gripping with the dark imagery and descriptive language throughout you done a really great job with this

Maybe a three way of dark minds to make a master poem or perhaps a new group needs to be formed for all us dark poetic writers??

great piece though peeps very honoured to have read such talented writing

100/100

[halflives]

Oh my. The imagery desplayed in this is overpowering. The cleverly written, black world that you've created gives me the shivers! Truely incredible!

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

Beautifully written. Your wording and imagery are as dark and haunting as they are beautiful and captivating. A clever and very interesting piece.

[Dreamer<3]

Wow this is great!

[Arsenic Nemesis]

Very well written, the language was grim and wonderful, I loved it, keep up the good work!~