Desire

This was the first dark poem I wrote, almost thirty years ago. Inspired by my love of Gothic horror and vampires.

~Desire~

Light, extinguished 

By the stagnant gloom of dark desire.

Thirst, like pain in the hearts of the cursed;

Tearing every glimmer of humanity.

Thirst driven like a blade,

 A desperate need;

Intensifying

 Till it breaches the border of insanity.

No mercy, 

As those who crave, feed upon the light,

Absorb it till there is only the echo of its 

Memory.

Torture:

To be lost in uncontrollable need;

In the hypnotic beat of waiting hearts;

The alluring scent of mortal blood.

Sweet warmth

Drawn into ravenous mouths.

Submission –

Frenzy in the yearning soul.

Pleasure like a tide

To fill the cold and the heartless;

Ecstasy at the sweet, fragrant taste of human life.

Hunger devours every wisp of mortality;

Corrupting innocence.

Consuming purity.

Vacuous.

Beauty drained by the night,

By the stark, cold face of the moon.

All love lost to the chill of

 Unending darkness.

~