Cerebral Uprising by silverwingsoffire, literature
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Cerebral Uprising
Days become a cascade
of insignificance as their ghostly
remnants are borne into retinas.
Mind a-flutter with matters;
light and dark.
Some are starlight and some bend it.
Peristantly fingers grasp at and
entwine solemn syllables
mercilessly as the amnesia
multiplies and endemically spreads.
Brows become knit in concentration
as the flesh weaves
into a mask to help portray
the guise of comprehension.
A rubik's cube turned countless times
where none of the lines match anymore
and the kaleidascope of colours lies scattered.
This enigmatic series of events leads up to one
question -
Why?
It rings within bones
and throbs in between the ribs
as th
The sun swells;
its belly full on the horizon
as it precariously leans,
the great crimson wick exploding as
it razes the nearby clouds.
My eyes fill
with its contagious light
as I let it pierce
my irises with its fire.
I stand,
surrounded by everything
feeling inconsequential
within its defiant glare.
I am struck,
dumb-founded at its
ever-encompassing presence
and for a moment
I escape myself and
enter that
edematous sunset.
His deft fingers glide
along the neck of his
axe as languidly as rain droplets
that are echoed from above.
The thunder of the drums
reverberates the stage and
shakes the ground as it is
mirrored in the skies.
Lightning as quick as the riffs
that leap from the electric guitar
light up and the notes cascade
from the clouds.
The momentous occasion
when life imitates art;
imitates life.
What a thrilling sensation,
we are soaked to the bone
and couldn't be happier
as our flesh welcomes
the long-awaited precipitation
mixing with perspiration as
the treble clefs wrap about us all
and embrace us with that
never-ending love of m
How many syllables remain
when there is nothing left
to say;
minds and voices run
rampant with barely a
whisper of intentions
to instill emotions
When the syllables wither
and deteriorate
how do the words
form and exist
as a whole?
Minds are a-clutter with
fragments of terms that
may have meant
something once
just pass through -
dust motes that
linger and settle
unwillingly.
These necessary parts
of speech are dying slowly
as I try
to form them upon
my amnesiac tongue.
Minds run rampant
as voices struggle
to be mere echoes
in this
encompassing silence.
Their shadows flicker
on my retinas as I see
apologies
Dark matter -
bending starlight
disconnecting from the earth
travelling billions of light years
in endless orbit;
upon an axis unbeknownst to humanity.
Frost-Bitten Spring/Verdant Uprising Reprise by silverwingsoffire, literature
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Frost-Bitten Spring/Verdant Uprising Reprise
I.
Frost-bitten spring
buds encased in a silvery-hued amber
avian melodies are frozen in the sky
like frantic cantos in the bleak clouds
Each verse speaks softly
while others scream in delight
as the world finds itself
lost in betwixt winter and spring;
at a permanent stand-still.
II.
Beneath this feral wind
I glance at the sun and
the radiation floods through me
like water finding an arid desert.
My retinas burn and glimmer
with a certain defiance as this gale
rises and falls.
The currents whisper of inspiration
as they tease my fingers
and the maddening urge to stain
my hands with ink becomes clear.
Eternal blue skie
The night comes on cold and clear -
alive with anticipation.
Ambling forward mundanely to reach
an adventure that lies across the pond.
Packed full -
a tin of sardines
passing time as we hang suspended in the sky.
Morpheus and Chronus work in unison
to weave a web so complex that mind
and body are contorted like marionettes
with their strings in knots.
The silver machine touches down
with slight turbulence and we stumble through
unknown streets -
bewildered and trapped in a dream-like state.
The surreal becomes more tangible as
night melts into day melts into night.
We finally find the beginning and unravel
the dream to wak
Forgotten Letters by silverwingsoffire, literature
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Forgotten Letters
Dust permeates throughout,
the motes seeking out
some kind of residence,
instead resonating like
fallen stars upon
the barren racks.
Ghosts of pages
exist symbiotically
with them,
their exoskeletons littered
throughout -
unseen to the naked eye.
As years go by,
in perpetual reverse
these shells combine
with others to form
ink scratched upon pages.
Their elaborate lines
dance together in
perfect harmony
teasing the retinas
and whispering secrets
to the ear that will
bend to listen.
Time goes by again -
ever fleeting as
their screams resonate
as innocent pages
fall to the flame, their
words of ash
float to the
Memory of the Incarcerated by silverwingsoffire, literature
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Memory of the Incarcerated
The syllables never frightened me more,
each ess sounding more terrifying than the next -
the vowels collided harshly as the word
sprawled across the stone.
A beaten path led us to the memories
of thousands of victims, feeling each step
like a fresh wound re-opening and seeping
with a dormant infection.
The rancid air floated about as each step
grew heavy and the soft organ within inside
this incarnadine cage tightened and
started pumping faster -
fight or flight,
the adrenaline was evident.
The shuffling of feet on the gravel made
the vessels flutter as we reached the mass graves.
They stood underwhelming -
tiny bodies li
And the single syllable
in her sonorous laughter
echoed of rose petals -
the soft hue emulating a
sunset that never ends.
Time has no regard for
solar energy as it precariously
rests on the horizon -
a perpetual dusk meant
only for us,
where night and day
battle for sole
monarchy.