R.D Carter

Try not to smile, so I don’t reveal
The fangs that I’m hiding.
Keep my lips sealed.

Try not to laugh, holding it in.
A wry grin at best,
Before we begin.

The punchline can wait.

You'll die when you hear it.

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The crows are looking at me
Like I’m one of their own.
I don’t know what it means,
but it can’t be great.

Should I try wearing some colour,
just to liven things up?
They say the end is nigh.
I can hardly wait.

I hate to say I told you so
I spell it out instead.

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She lights up a room,
Lambent like a movie screen,
Silvery and gold.

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They clutch at pearls,
while we handle thunder.

A prayer from their lips,
when we speak in tongues.

They sit inside,
behind a salt line.

We dance with witches
and wolves through the pines.

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Bothered by the birds,
my heart an empty coffer—
offer me a drink.

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That's modern dating for ya 🥲

Ghost in the machine,
Haven’t heard from her in days.
Wasn’t meant to be.
Haunted by words left unsaid,
I can read between the lines.

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Is this thing on?
I tap the mic
To scream into
The black of night
Reverberating
Atmosphere
Echoes out
Then back to here
Feedback loop
Around it goes
Louder still
A sound that grows
Go until my lungs collapse
Screaming bloody murder

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(Medusa)

Death by a thousand
Lashes on your eyelids
Caught in the headlights
Left to wonder how
I fell into your grace
Pearly gates within your gaze
A wink would sink me under
Now the sky is looking grey
Stony days ahead
As snakes become entangled
On a grave
And solemn heart

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Image of a man (me)

About me:
- Scorpio
- INFP
- Elder Emo
- Classic literature and poetry
- Writer, looking for a community of likeminded artists to share work and bounce ideas off

Thank you!

The ever changing hue
Of new beginning blues
Rivers filled with bad blood
A storm that rages on

Poison in the well
Dreaming of a drought
Waking up to water
A sky that cries in pain

Calling as it falls
Teardrops just for me
Shadowy new depths
Drowning once again

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Sap drips down the tree
From the wound left by the axe
Bleeding golden brown

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My soul of gnashing fangs

My heart of sharpened knives

Made dull beneath your love

Made gentle in your eyes

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Performing for an audience
Reality rehearsed as act
Obfuscated scripted pages
Break a leg but not your back
Applause or jeers all the same
A playbill or an epitaph

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To turn a bat into a moth
To make it fly towards the light
Denies it of its right to live
Accept the truth

It likes the night

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A quiver full
A sword unsheathed
Arrows rain
Like falling leaves

A battle hymn
A song to kill
A place to die
Upon the hill

From blood to rust
The angels weep
Death is just
A dreamless sleep

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Thorns along the stem
Keep me from picking petals
Still I want to know

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Only fools rush in
And that's the point
Ignorance is bliss

Dumb from touch
A silly thing
Stupid from a kiss

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Thank you 🌞

What wanes once
Will grow again
From a crescent moon
To broken hearts
The tides turn in our favour

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The day has been a drawn out fight.
Patiently waiting on the cusp of a quiet evening.
As the sun begins to sink
I can't help but to think of you,
And suddenly all is right.

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