Orchids n' Blood

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By Inkblot74

SOFT SWEET PETALS DRIFT AWAY
LILLIES IN A DREAM
AUTUMN IS THE LAST BREATH
OF DEATH'S TO COME
EXPLODING AND SETTLING
SEDIMENT TO STONE
DYING BENEATH THE CURRENT'S SPEED
DISMEMBERING IN THE FINGERLING-COLD
RAPIDS OF THE SOUL
EVERYWAY SEEKING A SILVER SHINE
OR THE LAVENDER LINE OF AN ORCHIDS TIME
A POOLING SCREAM DEVOURS THE NEED
THE GRIM STYLE OF PUTREFACTIONS RISE
ITS SWEET TINT CRYING AND DISEASED
WILL FALL AWAY WITH THE FINAL SLEEP
ORCHIDS AND BLOOD WILL FILL MY GRAVE
AND WASH AWAY THE POUNDING REIGNS
THUNDERING, SHREIKING, WHISPERING MY NAME
DEATH
RELEASE THE CAPTIVE SONS TO THE DAY
SO TO LOVE THE NIGHT THAT STALKS
SWINGING THE MIRRORED SCYTHE THIS WAY SWUNG
FULL BLOWN BLOOD THIS WAY FLOWS
WILTING INTO REPOSE
ORCHIDS SEEM TO CRY IN THE FLASH
THAT SPLITS THE SKY
STILL ALIVE IN THE RAGE OF THE KNOWN
NO HELP, NO VINE IN THE SINKING HOLE
JUST THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT DEATH IS MY ONLY RIGHT
SUN, THE WIND, OR THE WARMTH THAT BRINGS LIFE
CAN SAVE MY KIND
ORCHIDS IN A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
STALKS LIKE A EUPHORIC DREAM
BLUE WITH DEATH
INNOCENT LIKE AN INFANTS SWEET BREATH
FAINT WITH MOTHERS MILK
VIRULENT
VIOLENT
SNOWBLIND



© By inkblot On 3/12/2007 5:18:02 PM

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