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Digging, Clawing, Without Even Knowing

By Dorn SimonPublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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Digging, clawing, without even knowing

She’s deeper in than ever before

Darkest depths this love bent breath

Underneath an earthly spell

Of the earth she is not

Yet underground is where she got

Crusted earth, dusty dirt, this is her daily hearth

Digging in, the easiest thing

Getting out, whereabouts, does she want to?

Tempted by that light, shining bright

The heat of Sol so warm

Yet when the sun goes down, left forlorn

Cosy in this space, no more showing face, what better place?

To hide? To abide? My Lord, he surely strives...

To keep hold of me, down here, in his wake

All I do to fight it, or escape, leads back to this stake

The stake I am bound to in place

Destined this way for eternity

Lifetimes past, future perpetually

A Warm Place – this underground dwelling

No more emotional swelling

Folks no longer coming near

To blur the lines, make unclear

Or is this merely stemmed in fear?

Duality, life and death – both are needed, both a must

In this existence, who can I trust?

Not myself, hell no, never

I know that much, to be that clever

Bordering and hanging over the edge

Dying to fall, drop off the ledge

Temptations harder still

As pretty flesh and tasty swill

Devils honey tastes so sweet

Should I give in? Admit defeat?

Self destructive f*cking bleat!!

Hekate! This crossroads I can’t seem to pass

What is it, which has hold of me at last?

Call this balance?

Equal light and dark, yes it’s Solstice – Yule

A time for love, family, not gruel or a brawl

Back down the rabbit hole I slither

A Lilith’s daughter a’shiver

Rattling my tail as I go

To where I do not know

Do not know, where to go

Up or down, underneath

Crawling out of this meat

Or racing south the downward spiral in defeat.

surreal poetry
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About the Creator

Dorn Simon

Dorn began writing at 7 years old, poetry & short stories.

Author/Poet/Column: Gollum of the Psyche (Self-help genre), 'Hymn a Day to Hekate - Έκάτη (Devotional), The Misdeed, The Melting Pot Anthology 1-4, DornDryad's Blog, Aiteach.

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