Dark Tides

The sky is starless in a black opal night

but the full moon is discontented~

The insecure sun coveting moonlight,

 and ebony winds are disenchanted...

Dark tides murmur within cold-blooded seas

as emerald seaweed clings to the shore~

The cold dark waves beckon and tease,

while a fabled nymph seduces deaths door...

Upon a sunken vessel of pleasures

 is a harbor in the deep sea trenches~

Skeletons in an ocean of treasures,

 blood rubies, and bones of pirate wenches...

A beacon light warns of treacherous shoals,

within bleak ocean of lost phantom souls.

©SyberRose

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Ency Bearis]

Fantastic poem pleasure to read. I love the picture too, nice one.

[SyberRose]

Thank you Ency...I loved that photo too...who doesnt like a mermaid ha...Rose

[David Lewis Paget]

Very Gothic, Rose. Love the imagery, especially the - blood rubies, and bones of pirate wenches...
You paint a vivid picture...

[SyberRose]

thank you David...Im happy you enjoyed Dark Tides...it was fun writing it...:)

[B-poet]

The essence of your diction just pulls me into the tide of your eloquence written in poetic form. Great write here. The picture also resonates your riveting poem as well. :)

[SyberRose]

Thank you so much, and I love that picture too...thanks for peeking in tonight:)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A crafted and telling piece that is written with perfection, well done.

[SyberRose]

Thank you Thomas...glad you enjoyed...and thanks for peeking in:)

[Stella Armour]

love the conclusion of this write Rose.. another of your wonderful pieces

[SyberRose]

thank you so much...im so happy you enjoyed Stella...hugss

[Angi]

Oh Rose. This one is wonderfully dark and pirate~like. Sea stories with mermaids and wenches, treasure and bones....oh yes. The images painted here are crystal clear. The rhyme scheme builds and flows. Nice read! Angi~

[SyberRose]

Thank you Angi...It was fun writing...this is what I come up with when I have writers block ha. I'm glad you enjoyed...Rose:)

[Angi]

Well dang. I wish I could have writers block like you do. Mine produces squat.

[BL]

You make the sea an enchanting place to be, within that you have created a mood of uneasiness as you describe the elements so well and then to compound it all theres a pretty mermaid that would make any ship go off course.

While men are at sea for a length of time I am not surprised they create their own beautiful images of woman and she might as well be beautiful.

[SyberRose]

I love mermaids...something sensuous about them and I can see why sailors loved them ha...thank you for peeking in today and taking time to read...:)Rose

[SteveB]

Vivid images and a rolling flow evocative of the sea. thank you so much for sharing this. I particularly liked the images in the forst stanza - the doscontented mon and disenchanted winds set up the remainder of the piece very nicely to my ear.

[SyberRose]

Thank you so much Steve...nice to hear from you today...glad you liked it...Rose:)

[QuietlyCrash]

Your imagination is so beautifully dark. I absolutely adore how this reads so smoothly. Fantastic job.

[SyberRose]

Thanks for taking time to respond and glad you enjoyed this piece...Rose:)

[Frieda P]

You paint a discontented moon so beautifully Rose, just gorgeous this one.

[SyberRose]

Thank you Frieda...Don't usually write this dark but something different for a change away from romance haa...glad you enjoyed...Rose:)

[Frieda P]

Muchy enjoyed your dark side Rose. ;-)