Devil's Dance

Bloodied faces, bloodied gowns,

From the deep flow the sounds,

The sounds of hapless sighs,

Forever in pain to die.

 

They dance and move,

The time is coming soon,

Their happiness and love are lost,

Their souls forever pay the cost.

 

On the night, the devil's night.

When the moon goes out of sight,

They worship a fallen idol,

Fire and flame, the sacred trial.

 

In the dark, stands a child,

Weeping, weeping for a while,

His eyes look your way,

In a whisper hear him say:

 

"God forgive your sin short-lived,

Now in regret you live,

I cry and say goodbye today,

Forever unknown to you to stay."

 

See him turn and walk away,

No more has he to say,

The dance is danced for you tonight,

So say farewell to the light.

 

Late at night the dance goes on,

No melody to the haunting song,

Stay and dance, the night is young,

With devil and friends you are among.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Many kind of dancing. The Devil dance allow the spirit to open the eyes to the real world. World is getting colder and harder. Need more kind people and less hate. Can dance with a good heart too. Thank you for the powerful poem. Create question and thoughts. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Adabelle Davis]

Oooh...shivers, Bridget! Loved it!

[The Scholar]

Ok, the last stanza gave me shivers. Serious shivers. How macabre. Great job.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A tepid piece that leads the reader to thoughts of sheer mythical thoughts, well done, good read.

[ravenjess]

Wowzers awesome poem. I loved it. FAVE

[Revolutionary]

I wrote a poem along this theme called Go To Sleep.My poem is about a high priestess in a Satanic church talking a young mother into sacrificing her b*****d son.I love your poem,I just hate to see other people have the same ideas as me.How dare you think like me.Ha Ha

[Aianarie (INACTIVE)]

GREAT imagery here, Bridget. I can clearly see this scene in my head and it's fantastic. Another superb poem. Keep it up!

[MOON]

Good imagery the Devil Dance.

[Diwakar - "The Warrior ..]

it's really devilish :-)