The Wanderer

I wore the lingering decadence

And through this long decay

Where preaching of the storyteller

begged my heart to pray.

 

I lay asleep in dreams of dreams

Through these labyrinths I roam

Visions portraying the horrid obscene

To a place I once called home

 

I saunter the waking pestilence

Like a skeptical young lass

How the atmosphere sought vehemence

To the irrepressible mass

 

I wander about these ruins

The mortuaries and the tombs

Beseeching for a thousand years

To eventually win its doom

 

And so I mourned for the innocent

And I prayed for the oppressed

And if God accursed the infidels

May I be laid to rest.

Reviews

[Anne Timmins]

You write very well and you are very versatile ... I enjoy your thoughtful pieces

[Fréyjä Helvití]

Thank you so much...

[Simon Welsh]

More dark imagery. I love these poems.

[Fréyjä Helvití]

Thank you dear. :)

[InsanityWriter]

Wow. This is powerful and beautiful. :) Great rhythm and rhyme! (;

[Fréyjä Helvití]

Thank you.. :)

[Ahmad Cox]

There is so much emotion and hidden deeper meaning in this poem. I really appreciated it. Thanks for sharing.

[Fréyjä Helvití]

You're welcome dear. And thank you as well...

[Adam Lebzo -RonninWarri..]

another beautiful one!
I claim to be a gothic writer, though never sunk that deep, trying to keep it attached and rational for other people to understand. However, I can see the beauty in such pieces.

PS. I am a metal drummer and growler :)

[Fréyjä Helvití]

Am I supposed to be impressed Adam? LOL... Thanks for the review...

[Adam Lebzo -RonninWarrior-]

No! I simply said so because you said you are a metalhead, simply to say we share the love of metal music.

[Fréyjä Helvití]

well you got my attention on metal drummer... Nice to meet you...

[Adam Lebzo -RonninWarrior-]

Check my profile if you want! Got one of our songs on it... I'd be honored if you heard it

[Adam Lebzo -RonninWarrior-]

Nice to meet you too

[Rob Santana]

Wow!! The mortuaries and the tombs I like that line. I also like the word OBSCENE. I don't know why just do,haha. Yea go head say it.....weirdo,haha

[Fréyjä Helvití]

It's natural for us metalheads to be delighted by dark or creepy terms. haha. Like morbid stuff... LOL

[Rob Santana]

yup thats me...MORBID..

[Ahmad Cox]

Wow amazing tone and use of subtle metaphors sets the tone very nicely. I really enjoyed this one.

[Chance]

This is great. "I saunter the waking pestilence" great line. The last stanza if fantastic. The only line a felt strange with was "Like a skeptical young lass" that was tough for me to go with after the previous lines weight but it was a great juxtaposition. I like this work a lot thanks for sharing.

[John Phoenix Hutchinson..]

Congratulations this poem has been "approved" for publication in...

THE MAGICAL MYTHICAL MYSTERY COMPENDIUM.
-Metaphysical, Mystical & Fantastical Poetry of the Arcane

By John Phoenix Hutchinson and Others. (c) 2012

Please feel free to submit other poems as you are not limited to one entry. Also please write a short "bio" about yourself and send to me via private message. This will be published along with your poem. Thanks J.P.H.

Anyone wanting to make Submissions to this Writers Cafe "e" book Project can do so on my group page, the deadline is 1st of November 2012.

[John Phoenix Hutchinson.]

3 out of 4 Well done :)

[Fréyjä Helvití]

thank you again sir... That will be all i guess. :)

[John Phoenix Hutchinson.]

Hrmmm one more might make it later on near deadline day.....its on my "good poem nearly made it list". If you could write me a short bio from the view point of the third person that would be great.

[Steven Cash]

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