Lestat Comes

Walking into Night; True fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, and Lestat.

 

 Lestat Comes

  

Sunset; our walkway to nether heaven

In silence I watch its delicate descent

Here comes the dark with its lesser lords of hunger

Under this moon collage I'd diligently dreamt

Here comes Lestat in a cold breath of void light

Suddenly sucking the air from my lungs

Now a true witness to the fall of night

My heartbeat throbs in new form to this song

 

‘Swallow me and finish me completely

Split me through bone and fiber to the core

I don’t want a lord who will die for me

I want to be utterly, utterly devoured’

 

‘Immortal kiss fix my spine to the earth

Feed on my pain’s warm rivulets

Drain out goodness, love and ruddy mirth

Crush the voice box of Juliet’

 

Lestat Takes

 

He lets her fall at his point of no return

Feather wings pinned down by silver drops

Molten and falling from the smiling scorn

On the marble face of the older, ancient corpse

 

Watching from beyond the line of trees where I’ve fled

I decide it is time to simply carry on

Drifting far across from the yesterdays that lie dead

Denial has urged; ‘Come away, dreamer, come!’

 

Lestat laughs loudly, grinning, as I glide farther away

‘Ah, run away, dreamer, run!’ he calls

‘It’s best not to dare wake up; best not to stay

And find out you’re not so alive after all!’

 

‘I’m too alive!’ I call back to him, yes; despairingly,

‘I rise up and float from the graves; I just can’t stop dreaming!’

Lestat smiles; ‘Then come, dreamer, come,

For in that case you are just like me.’

 

Lestat’s Offer

 

Sunrise; our drawbridge to the more ordinary things

Barren without the help of night’s souvenirs

I’ve gathered some to take along on my life journey

And closing realms shrink rapidly as the sun appears

 

‘Come follow the moon forever with me next time’

Lestat whispers from the spaces behind daylight

He is gone as the blazing sun arrives

But I’ll wait another death, soon, another tonight.

 

Lestat  Comes.

 

[Fare Well; For Now/Forever? Good Night ;-)]

 

Author's Note

True fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, and the Vampire Lestat, I've used symbolism to describe the death, rebirth and renewal of some parts of myself.... scraping the pain out of my heart.
I'm open to your interpretations........ just wrote this during moments of intense sadness and loss. I think I will enter it into 'The Darkness' contest too.

Reviews

[Dani California]

I am a HUGE Anne Rice -- Vampire Chronicles fan. :)
And Lestat -- is my favorite character! :)
It was Louis, until I realized that he
was not as strong as I had once believed.

Back to the poem --

I am soooo pleased to see this.
And it is magnificently written!

"Lestat laughs loudly, grinning, as I glide farther away
'Ah, run away, dreamer, run!' he calls
'It's best not to dare wake up; best not to stay
And find out you're not so alive after all!'

Wow. Afraid to face reality... hiding safely within
the magical walls of our dreams.. stay there...
shhh.... don't move... or we might wake up....

and find that without the dreams,
we are dead inside..
(that was my interpretation)..

This is an outstanding poem!
Beautifully penned....
Brilliant.. thank you!

[Wildecat]

Ahh I see you are a fan of Anne Rice too. Enjoyed this poem, nice write.

[Ice Queen of the Vampir..]

Wow, this is an amazing poem. I love how you wrote this and it's just wonderful. Great job!!!

Heather

[Audrey Owens]

Interesting. Although I don't know why (it might be the mood I'm right now hehe!) but while I could see the references to death, rebirth, etc, I also saw a hint of sexuality embedded within. Very nice indeed.

[Natalie C]

Omg Natasha, I am speechless, there is so much going on this piece, that it actually makes your readers mind's wander from time to time, to places where their hearts have actually felt the same.
Great thinking using the whole Lestat concept as a metaphor form trail and turbilations within your own life.
Just loved the gradual "growth" form darkness to light, and yet leaving some space, knowing that the darkness really never is that far away!

Great work my friend, me loved it!

[Amanda]

a nice write, Natasha...i too am a fan of Anne Rice and also her son. it depicts the cycle of life and and our emotional state at various times in our lives....i may be wrong, but thatis what i got from this story.

good job on it dear :)

Always,

Amanda