Obsidian Heart

Atramentous Edge

She douses her rusted spikes
in hell's nine infernos

And stabs them serenely
into her pallid iris

She howls in agony
thrust in Death's ravenous throes
and screams diabolically
in the dark splendor of her crisis

Silver specks
of shattered dreams
slit her pitch-black veins

Carving a tale
of betrayal
into her web
of wilting
bones

Only an entrancing flicker
of demonic shadows remains

Burying what's left
of her beneath their
blood-splattered thrones

A winged dungeon
of darkness
seeps into her
twisted brain

As she tugs at her
golden bracelet
a gift from the skies

Chunks of severed flesh
enmesh her nails
like a cursed
night's stain

Melanoid nightmares
tattoo her wrists
as the golden
hue dies

Torn in limbo
between two dimensions
of demons and of shadows

She counts
the demented beasts
mauling her crumbling soul apart

And she sighs
with resignation
as she floats through
death's meadow

She dives into
the worst of three
her obsidian fading heart



By Samantha Pruitt

Author's Note

Melanoid ... dark colored

Reviews

[wordman]

dark and vivid filled with suspence

[Lyn Anderson]

I love this. I especially love the use of melanoid in this manner. A dark and twisted magical faery ride.

[Jennie Baron]

Actually I knew the definition of "melanoid" and had to look up "atramentous." It's been a while since I had to have a dictionary handy to read a poem! :) I can't say enough about the imagery in this one. It's chilling and frightful. Well done!

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

Yeah I use to add definitions to uncommon words I started up again cause my husband was like ... "lol I'm too dumb to read your work anymore... You use too many big words for me" lol and I said your not dumb you just need to expand your word pallet you are a poet after all

anyway thanks

[Madalyn Beck]

I like this. It's definitely unique! Dark and edgy and I love how it gave me a few ideas of my own! Hahaha! Great write! (:

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

good all any poet can do is hope to inspire

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

and thanks