Monday, 29 January 2018

Sliding Doors


They're kissed by the breath of the breeze, of the air
And the sliding doors slide, but there's nobody there
There's nobody there; is it a fault or the breeze?
That opens and closes them with occasional ease

There's somebody there, they're sat on reception
She laughs to herself about the harmless deception
'They're opening and closing and all by themselves'
She calls out to a non-visible somebody else

She's transfixed by the doors, unaware of the silence
From the back office, where there's no one in finance
It's just her and the doors and the lights of the foyer
Illuminating the void, where there's naught to annoy her

The sliding doors slide, they're opening and closing
What to do next is the question with which she is posing
There's a whirr of a motor, of an electrical manner
Clearly heard without the usual vociferous clamour

They are there; they're morphing like mist and approaching reception
But she's as blind as a dupe to their transient deception
'They're not doing it now, they've stopped by themselves'
She calls out to the non-visible somebody else

She's still watching the doors, when her skin starts to crawl
The temperature drops and her mind's in a squall
She glimpses macabre reflections in the glass of the foyer
All briefly illuminated, but enough to appal her

She screams herself hoarse, she shatters the silence
Scrambles to the office, but there's no one in finance
She seals the door, slamming it shut
Holding the handle and she jams with a foot

They are there, they have come, the dead who were the living
And she cries as she succumbs, as she yields, as she gives in
'The door it's opening; and it's opened by ourselves'
She whispers in the void of the dark, for there's nobody else

They're kissed by a breath that is death and not the breeze of the air
For those caught alone the sliding doors slide, 'cause there's somebody there
There's somebody there; it's not a fault or even the belligerent breeze
That opens and closes them with such ominous ease

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Sleep Well My Love




Sleep well my love, for there are no monsters here
No lurking psychopaths cloistered in closets
Not even one psychopath, who might be as crazy as fuck!
They're only in nightmares and movies; or nightmarish movies!
...a languid chuckle; release the buckle...
No, no, stay calm and sleep well my love
And think not of a madman's vacant, spiritless, eyes
As his tongue licks the cold steel of a cutthroat razor
That's so fucking sharp; well it's as sharp as a razor!
...a hearty chuckle, leather through loops, a clinking buckle...

Sleep well my love, for that's only the rain tapping on the window
OK, I know the moon and stars are out tonight; a full, bloated, moon
So it must be a random shower, from a random cloud; mustn't it?
Why don't you have a look, pull back the curtain and then you'll be certain
...an unseen sneer, nasty and near...
Oh sweetie! Don't cry my love; fear not the dead hours of dark!
There's no madman here; there's no fucking madman here my dear!
And what you can hear now is just the gentle caress of a zephyr
Even though it has a smell, like the fetid breath of a leper
...a full fucking sneer; a soiled bed of fear...

Sleep well my love and sleep well forever
You've such a sweet neck! So I feed the buckle when I loop the leather
They're no psychopaths here my dear, but I'm as crazy as fuck!
And you, my love, have just run out of...
...No! You can't see me, so don't fucking look!...
I pull hard on leather and I close the buckle
But you're sneering back as you fucking chuckle
Oh my god! You're in my head and your words allege
"You can't fucking kill what's already fucking dead!"
...I scream "lies!", as she gouges out my fucking eyes...

"Sleep well my love", she gently whispers... is that my cutthroat razor?
That's so fucking sharp, well it's as sharp as a.........



You Can Scream



You can scream and beg in your defiance
Or bow your head in complete compliance
Uttering words of prayers, that sound so hollow
Casting furtive glances, you'll not see the morrow
And now he's here, vermilion eyes on fire, glowing
Neath his blackened apparel, 'tis all that's showing
Shade or assassin, he's the eternal, unholy reaper
Cloaked, forever, in the reveries of the silent sleeper
R.E.M, beads of sweat, upon your forehead, trickle
Ensnared by death, you can see he picks the sickle
And now you can scream, but there's no one listening
Mortality weeps, as the sweeping blade is glistening

⽍맆

Monday, 18 December 2017

The Silent Sea


So I slip beneath the waves of the silent sea
And it's such a cold and fucking lonely place to be
I search, I reach out to the glistening surface
But my fumbling fingers can't grasp, can't get no purchase

And you look down on me, with your red eyes glaring
You're refracted black on black, with a hunchback's bearing
And I can't hear; I can't hear a fucking thing
As the jellyfish bob and the stingrays sting

Now my sweet air is leaving in desperate bubbles
Taking with them all of my toils and troubles
And the fish are staring and are gently touching
As my skull is cracking, under pressure crushing

Can't see you now; there's only the moon/an exploding star
As I sup 'til sated on this noxious ink black tar
So I search for God, as I'm beyond the reach of science
But all I hear is the usual deafening silence...

So now I'm a prisoner of the silent sea
And it's such a cold and fucking lonely place to be
There's still crushing pain, but I'm not breathing
I'm alive in brine, but I'm not leaving

You'll never stop; for you there's naught to cumber
With your eyes afire and your special number
You'll walk the dead lands of your silent see
But one day you'll return; you'll return for me

The Slithering Snakes


All the slithering snakes, so slippery they slide
With their whipping forked tongues and eyes bulging wide
Demons and devils and (dark) angels, fallen
Raising the wrath is their own personal calling

Venom and hatred whilst rattling their 'tales'
Taken from mystical books cloaked in black veils
Heaven's no haven and Hell's to avoid
And nothing will stop them with their armies deployed

The Devil's a man, he's a cold blooded creature
He's a peddler of evil; of the dark arts he's a teacher
A wink and a smile; the bullet, the bomb
All in his stride, or his slide, with ease and aplomb

God's in your head, but Satan's a fact
And the prayer's not to save you, it's there to attract
Lured by the slithering snakes, so slippery they hide
With their whipping forked tongues and eyes bulging wide

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Doll's House


Nothing's astir, not even a mouse
In the cavernous attic there's just a doll's house
There's a hint of luminosity, but an empty light fitting
And a dark that's not pitch and is fleetingly flitting
All that's defined in the aura, monochromatic
Is the wooden construction left behind in the attic

They abandoned the lodge and left it behind
Conveniently forgot, for their own peace of mind
They switched off the gas, but left on the leccy
And took everything with them in their last reckless recce

...Dankness now pervades from cellar to bathroom.....
...Overflow pipes drain naught but a vacuum...............
...Lifeless hearths, home to dead embers and soot.....
...Lingering in the cold silence; yet is there a 'but'?.....
...Something has stirred, as if ready to rouse...............
...High up in the attic, in a doll's house........................
...Outsiders within have found a way in.......................
...Up in the roof space their demise will begin.............
...Steps have been climbed, they've opened the hatch
...Easily raised without the hitch of a catch..................

They abandoned the lodge, but couldn't leave it behind
They couldn't forget, so they went back to find
Armed with hammers and axes on their final reckless recce
They went back to the attic, but she cut off the leccy

She cut off the leccy and then kept on cutting
Then helped herself, once she finished the gutting
Waste not, want not, her actions were drastic
And now she has eyes that are no longer plastic
Eyes that now focus on two stranger's folly
For in every doll's house there's a murderous dolly

Sunday, 3 December 2017

This Black Veil


This black veil; around me...
Surrounds me; confounds me...
Can it drown me in its inky void
Shred my spirit, to a point destroyed?

Is this where I choose to dwell/repair
In this malevolent reservoir of my despair?
Because this black veil is an intimate vortex
Born and bred in my cerebral cortex
And I can't escape, or wipe the slate...
Clean my head; before I suffocate...

And I know it's always there; it surrounds me...
As it confounds me, as it drowns me...
To fight the fight would be to no avail
'cause I'm trapped, alone, in this black veil