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Sunday, September 13, 2020

The Raven's Laugh .............. A Poe-esk write



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The Raven's Laugh




The raven laughed
And flew away
But came to me
Again, next day.

I didn't bid it 
Come to me
But still it came
Though stealthfully.

Sitting on 
A snowy bough
Peeking in
My window now.

It sat there watching
 Half the day
Not even cold
Drove it away.

Watching, watching
As if a spy
The bird with malice
In it's eye.

For from a dream
The thing had come
A living nightmare
And I, it's home.

For many nights
I'd fairly screamed
To wake myself
From what I'd dreamed.

Such bitter sorrow
Such sorrow felt
To see that grave
On which I knelt.

My own true lover
My only love
Blessed by the stars
And sky above.

Blessed by the Blesser
Of all things true
I'd prayed so long,
He'd sent me you.

Such happy days,
Such blissful nights
Till jealousy made
Wrong things of right.

And anger stole
My joy from me
And made me into
Your enemy.

We fought like tigers
And we fought well
Our lover's Heaven
Became our Hell.

You ran away,
I brought you home
I locked you in 
That place alone.

With one small window
To view the world
That could not save
My dark haired girl.

But every day
A raven came
Through snow and sunlight
Moonlight and rain. 

And sat there watching
You through the glass
Till you had withered
And from this life, passed.

I buried you
In a grove of green
Far from the city
And thus, unseen.

But I did not know
Till many days
That one had witnessed
My wicked ways.

That cursed raven!
Your only friend!
Perched by the window
Where it had been.

Covered now
By bricks and mud
To conceal the prison
Of your innocent blood.

And then the nightmares
Began to come
Would not relent,
Leave me alone.

All night in terror
I cried and cried
Dying over and over
As you must have died.

My beautiful lover,
Gone without trace
While your guardian raven
Laughed in my face.

Laughed like a human
With revenge in it's heart
Piercing my soul
With each screeching dart.

And then it was gone
And I didn't know where
How, when or why
And I didn't care.

I found a new lover
With long, jet black hair
Face like an angel's
So sweet and so fair.

Some might call her strange
Some might call her weak
Because she can't laugh
Nor can she speak.

But sometimes, I confess
I wake up in fright
To find her just watching
Above me at night.

I ask her what's wrong
She shakes her dark head
Then violently loves me
In our old hand carved bed.

That is carved with two hearts,
Rambling roses and lace
The moon and the stars
And your pretty, dead face.

(I love my dark and silent lover
With a heart still torn in half
But last night I woke in feathered arms
And I heard that raven laugh.)



©by Voo Shining Stone
Sept 13, 2020
2:33 a.m.

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So help me!!! As I was just now posting this.... A crow or raven right outside the window of this room...laughed Haw Haw two times!!!! It freaked me out!!! What are the odds of that happening!? Never see them around here......spooky!!!!! ðŸ‘»

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Friday, September 11, 2020

Song of Women with Lizzy Hale and The Hu WOW

Look, Woman....



Look, Woman....

"Look, woman......" you said
Trying to sound gruff, Trying to look tough, 'Cause I had been mad And soon became sad 'Cause things had gone bad I didn't know why I didn't know how I wanted to fix What was breaking Down now I hated to fight Hated the path and the plight That love has to trod When it exchanges sweet nothings For politics and God I wanted to go back To the fun and romance The tease and the tension Of an endless slow dance My heart was so heavy My eyes started to cry The mountains fell on me, The stars from the sky I wanted to shake you Make you make sense But misunderstanding Made me put up a fence That I never wanted With it's "Keep Out!" alarms "Look, woman....." you said And before I could shout "What!?"
My hard heart just melted And fell into your arms........ 🧡

©By Voo Shining Stone Sept 11, 2020 2:20 a.m.


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