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Witch in the Woods

A Poem by Phoen-ix

Spare me your skeleton key your oil lamp my widows peak In the undying light of uncertainty, of grave danger and my lack of dignity Your presenc..

Strigoi

A Poem by Phoen-ix

These stained glass cathedral ceilings I must repent under have shown me no mercy For they have shattered and admist the chaos I cannot find my s..

Pale Horse; Black Dog

A Poem by Phoen-ix

Stomped on the spinetrapped beneath a black bootCan you hear the angels singing?Gabriel's trumpet? Well I'vedeveloped a messiah complex and a wrath to..

Naive

A Poem by Phoen-ix

I know too much-have felt too much,and now I cannot go back.

Transitions

A Poem by Phoen-ix

I’ve inherited Woolf’s insanity I can hear her through the sound of the bathtub drain Her whispers imprint hieroglyphs dep..

Perverse

A Poem by Phoen-ix

I have dragged myself out from the pit of hell, yet somehow my mind can’t conquer the perversion. Evil is as pure as innocence, and while f..

Saint

A Poem by Phoen-ix

High priestess ofporcelain saintsCatching glimpses of her sweetness in theorange grove sheknelt down and placed at herfeeta bowl of milk and ayellow t..

Angel of Fire

A Poem by Phoen-ix

A golden halo, an aura of copper, nestled inside the divine Mother Twined together by sage and holy water An angel, knowing no bounds No me..

Lullaby

A Poem by Phoen-ix

You spent four months writingnursery rhymes for a baby thatyou would never knowandtonight,you're shaking like a newborn calf,under the waning moonLayi..

Devowed

A Poem by Phoen-ix

I have never been baptized but I devoted my faith into something higher when my head went under frigid water. A grey canvas washed clean; replenished ..