Souls in Agony

Tristan Robert Lange

Mysterious, bitter libation
Sends out drunk sailors
Into the night's jagged mouth;
The darkness grins with malice.

Aborted and doused with fluid,
A stranger's heart combusts
Amidst the cacophonous screams
Of tormented souls in agony.

The flames and wind-brought howls
Call to the sailors like sirens
From the night-shrouded shore.
Into the darkness they vanish.

Inebriated fools sail onward
Into the dark, cavernous shore,
Unaware that death awaits them
Unaware the've entered their own tomb.

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  • L. B. Mek

    a good scene, mystery
    with built-in thriller, themes..
    thanks for sharing

  • Bella Shepard

    What an intriguing picture you paint, dark, ominous, pulling the reader into this unavoidable trap. Descriptive words that set an unbelievable scene. Great write!

  • A.B. Jakobsen

    You paint an intriguing scene. Lung choking murmurs and a monstrous nautical clime that is only abated when they dwell into their watery and rigid tomb. To what purpose did they venture? Foolhardiness, arrogance, or a deliberate suicide by the sailors for sights best left unseen, only able to dull the despair through numbing their senses? Whatever their intentions were, you sent me wondering. Thank you for sharing. It was a most enjoyable little read!

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      Thank you for reading and for your thoughtful feedback! Glad you found wondering! Rock on!

    • aDarkerMind

      perfect in every way Tristan.

      my kind of poetry,
      love it!



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