Dark Bard

 

The audience are gone

The curtain falls

And I scream my aching pain

For I’m sure no one will hear

 

And I walk into darkness

To embrace my shadow

The proof of my existence

And what belongs to me

 

And I turn them off, lights

For no need for you to see

No need for me to be there

For lost now is me

 

And I walk them paths of hell

For no longer I can bear be good

For no longer I can stand still

And await mercy of god

 

And I walk the road to death

For they are what’s left for me

For no longer I can heal

No longer I can breathe, and no longer I’m free

 

And I surrender to this world

For no longer I can rebel

No longer I can make a change

And ends the story I tell

 

And I walk them forests of guilt

For I never have told

For I was always late

For now my heart is old

 

And I shout them words of injustice

For I can be just to myself

For until the dawn I’m left alone

A book on dusty old shelf

 

And so I follow my shadow

To the edge of my grave

And so start the sorrow

After all goodness I gave

 

For now dies the man

And the devil is now awake

I did all I can

And sunlight now I forsake

 

Let there be no light

For no one deserves to see

And let there be no fight

For nothing is left of me

 

And words let them lie dead

For no one is left to read

Darkness the soul they fed

And the heart is dry to bleed

 

And a veil covers the bard

For he lost all he had

And turned around to find

None is left behind

 

And so it turns to be

That the dark bard became me

Lost will to keep up

And darkness now I foresee

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful and dark poem. Easy to fall to disappointment. Sometime we can find more hope in the darkness then the light. A excellent poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Aline S. Iniestra]

Drawn into darkness...love it. It was quite a long suffering through stanzas to finally come with a huge "i quit". Strong poem, loved it!!!!

[Bard Constantine]

As the resident Bard of Darkness, I approve of this poem...