Come, Dark

Mark German
Author: Mark German
Word Count: 64
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Bitter night…and Dark, Mother of Fears; thy cloying sway enraptures me

Succulently sweet a lover’s grasp, made stealthily, without pity nor remorse

To suffocate and repress the radiant, thine employ is yet fairly done

I call for thy cloak now, to shroud mine eyes from earthly aghasts

Let Light perish, as Decency hath perished – let me evermore languish in your numbing blindness…

Come, Dark

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German, 7 months ago

    wow mark – amazing! love it!
    suzanne

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German, 7 months ago

    mark who or what is ccw3 – ? stop drinking so much coffee and coke LOL!!!!

    sgx

  • Mark German

    Mark German, 7 months ago

    Link

  • LisaG

    LisaG, 7 months ago

    Exceptional writing…...

    I know it came just before I woke :((((

  • Kristy Lee

    Kristy Lee, 7 months ago

    DAMN..I wish I had written that :) Lovely language and it flows beautifully. Hope the insomnia leaves you soon xox

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German, 7 months ago

    ok – mark just had a look at the link – i hope you win this comp – your piece rocks!

    love your sis’ xxx

  • mick8585

    mick8585, 7 months ago

    sweet little number mate. touch of the Goth about it. Insomnia sucks man.

  • Mark German

    Mark German, 7 months ago

    Had 40 minutes sleep last ‘night’ grrrrr….
    And a stressful work day ahead…

  • mick8585

    mick8585, 7 months ago

    good luck with the day. Dont forget the sun glasses.

  • melissa spalding

    melissa spalding, 7 months ago

    wow! period. wow!

  • demon

    demon, 7 months ago

    Good one Mark…hope you manage to find that great friend, named sleep…not sleeping well does not auger well for work or mind…good luck

  • John Segon-Fisher,  RPA

    John Segon-Fis..., 7 months ago

    Let Light perish, as Decency hath perished – let me evermore languish in your numbing blindness…No, Mark, we must go on.

    But strange how your haunting and wonderful words reminded me of Benigni’s monologue in “La Tigre e la neve (The tiger and the snow)” when he writes about the effect that Vittoria’s death would have on him?

    The monologue goes something like this (forgive me, my Italian is not that great): “If she dies, they can close this whole show of a world, they can cart it off, unscrew the stars, roll up the sky and put it on a truck! They can turn off this sunlight I love so much. For, you know why I love it so much? Because I love her when the sun shines on her. They can take everything away, these carpets, columns, houses, sand, wind, frogs, ripe watermelons, hail, seven in the evening, May, June, July, basil, bees, the sea, courgettes…courgettes!..”

    It’s what I love about writing: like, how different pieces seem to come together and connect in my mind. In some crazy way, the are different and yet, the same.

    But, hey, I’m crazy!

  • Mark German

    Mark German, 7 months ago

    That’s a wonderful piece of work, which I haven’t read before, John.
    I suppose my little rambling up there is more about being tired. Tired in many ways. Unfortunately, I go through rapid peaks and troughs…

  • Damian

    Damian, 7 months ago

    Mark, this is fantastic. I really enjoyed the language and feel of it. Sorry it took insomnia to produce (but it was worth it for the rest of us lol)

  • Bridgett Ferguson

    Bridgett Ferguson, 7 months ago

    wow Mark….I am speechless!
    ....Let Light perish, as Decency hath perished ….. ....beautiful
    and brilliant!

  • QEverything

    QEverything, 6 months ago

    Wow, wonderful work!

  • Leon  Walker

    Leon Walker, 6 months ago

    Very nice piece!!!

  • Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis, 2 months ago

    very intense Mark, so who won the comp?

  • Mark German

    Mark German in reply to Metamorphosis’s comment, 2 months ago

    Not me ;)

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