Tread I this bitter forbidden path
With branches tearing away the past
Walk on and look back no more
For darkness follows like deaths claw
And fear my only comforting friend
In this blackened forest with no end
The wind it murmurs through the leaves
Renouncing all good memory
And wherever my trudging foot does land
I feel the echoes of fates rough hand.
Beguiled I am for curiosity sake
Doomed to follow this path I take
And never shall I return again
To the light of freedom and a happy land
For the forest is within my mind
No peace in here I shall ever find
And madness is my truest north
A compass for my unabsolved soul
Deserved these woes I heavily carry
My burden alone to do nought but tarry
And so this journey will forever be
One of abject misery
And wherever this body finds itself
This mind of mine will burn in hell
For murder I did commit in sin
And heaven will never let me in
Forgiveness shall never be given
What once was life I had taken
So heed this lament from an evil man
Follow God's law as best you can
To kill and steal a life away
Means two murders took place that day
The death of innocence and the death of your soul
One gone to heaven one waiting for hell
And so i tread this forbidden path
With branches tearing away the past
And all that's left and will ever be
Is a murderers lament chained and unfreed
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Author:
Saxon Crow (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Bit of a dark one today. I had no clue what this poem was going to be until I finished it! Moody muse!
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Yea forsooth though thee doth walk thine deathly path through woodland's woe, tis reassuring that the evil wind, which follows thine steps, be a reassurance that thy digestion still doth handle an evenings biryani with aplomb and fortitude.
Love the olde worlde style Saxon and darkness doth suite thy pen..... I sense dark days ahead Master Crow. Doth thee have a cunning plan?
Great fun Sax, got me well into the spirit as u can see.
Do wot mate?
Those two murders may have taken place but luckily it was not my murder so all is fine with me.
Good dark write SC.
Strangely I am going to a Murder Mystery evening on Friday!
Andy
I did it! I confess!
Really interesting write dear Sax!
Thanks Arvy. It's tempting to go darker still
You 'in' a mood? A bad-hair day? Or meaning a 'moody write'?! lol.
I'm feeling dark maaan! Oooooo
I'd suggest a torch with some long life batteries plus spares....
I need cheering up, for crying out loud, as in.....😊
Mwahahahahaaaa.........
'And never shall I return again
To the light of freedom and a happy land
For the forest is within my mind
No peace in here I shall ever find
And madness is my truest north
A compass for my unabsolved soul
Deserved these woes I heavily carry
My burden alone to do nought but tarry
And so this journey will forever be
One of abject misery '
sometimes we need to expel, those tormenting doubts we carry with us, from remnants of obstacles we surpassed,
before they accumulate and create a new obstacle for us to confront...
'know! thy self'
truly, purposed introspection is key
(indeed, a morose read, mainly because so many of its points are universally relatable)
thanks for sharing, dear poet
Thanks for your comments LB
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