The Pact

I would not be long for this dreary world

In the wind like leaves I have swung and whirled

My memories, the fog of horrible nightmare

Or nostalgic dreams whisper on the crisp air

A rising storm that never abated

Where names of gods are consecrated

A niche in a temple my grave will be

When I die, that is not the fate I foresee

Celestial pyre, burn my remains where I lay

Blaze like a meteor that guides the way

My long days of toil have finally ceased

My long-imprisoned soul is at last released

I stand among the noblest of men

Those who prophesied with wits and a pen

I have made my choice, time to act

Honor my vow and self-proclaimed pact

To the skies where mortals and Angels trod

Fulfill my pledge and unite with god

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I battle death

 Every day I battle death

If I win, I write her a poem in remembrance

My world swayed and pitched

Darkness rolled over me

Engulfing my soul in bleakness

Like a felled bird with a broken wing I

 flew to your embrace

O 'Vain death

You are in every heartbeat

Every labored breath

Ragged breath escaped me

When our lips touched

Like fire

Warm in the perpetual chill

Of my broken heart

My pulse hammered

In my chest as

Your body melted into mine

In an embrace

A divine union

Of Fire and Ice

pain constricted my chest

a yawning chasm

and all was still

My spirit racing toward the stars

Thunder cracked in the sky

Announcing the end

Darkness had passed

No beat of a fierce and courageous heart

Now my spirit will roam among the stars

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Fall

 When I fell

As a tired autumn leave

Your eyelashes caught me

softly

Mt fall was cushioned

by a spectrum of your light

And I sank in the eyeliner

Adorned with your eyes

Riding the waves of tears

Flowing on your rosy cheeks

Attracting me to your lips

I advance on an eternal journey

To the niche of your heart

And my sanctuary

from the pains of being lost

The monster of death

Dwelling in my heart

You are the summer

After a cold winter storm

You are the warmth

After the frost

A blooming rose

When Earth is parched

Adorning the universe

With the beam of your smile

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I am Anubis

Glorious Anubis

The crowned Jackal of Death

I have willingly entered your realm

I call upon you to collect my soul

Lead the way to afterlife

 So I may join the eternals

Rest in Osiris embrace

Free of suffering

Free of earthly burdens

Trials and tribulations

May pass under your fair judgment

Hear my prayer

O’ Glorious one

O’ Sacred Lord of Death

I will be reborn

In your image

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Hestia

Crowned by flames

Firstborn of the Titans

Bestow your grace on my song

You who tend the hearth

Warm my freezing heart

pursued by the gods

You swore to remain a maiden

You preside over the sacrifice

Will you accept my offering?

libation of wine

First and last

Pour your sweet wine

unto my cold lips

In a sweet kiss Divine

Soft oil dripping from your golden locks

To stoke my flames

My desire

Sweet Hestia,

You who tend the fires in my heart

Come and dwell in my temple

Be my glorious goddess

I will worship you forever

Fires crackling between your fingers

Had scorched my heart

I pine for every kiss

Every touch

Our bodies entwined

Your flames coursing through my veins

Your love is my every heart beat

In every breath

I have walked this earth

Deathless

Forlorn

I will be the sacrifice you desire

Instead of the sacred wine

I will pour my blood

Until you are satisfied

Until you are maiden no more

Until the hearth in my heart

Is your eternal flame

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Styx

The look in her eyes

Wild, even Feral

Intoxicating

Her name was a mystery

That covered the distance

A binding oath for eternity

Her hair was carved from the clouds

Fluttering in the morning sun

Like a bird Like a butterfly

The color of her lips was the rose

Against the desert sand

She is the spirit of a goddess

Incarnated

She is the mirage that keeps you thirsty

Until you reach the oasis of her lips

It is death Slow and agonizing

Thirst for a heavenly river

That flows from her eyes

Teardrops of magic

River Styx

The boundary between life and the underworld

I became stranded

When you dipped me in the river

To become invulnerable

Like Achilles 

You were holding my heart 

In your hands

It became my weakness

My death

Styx

I do not have the silver coin

To pay your ferryman Charon

To cross to the afterlife and beyond

Instead I will pay your toll 

With my heart

Tear it from chest offer it to your ferryman

A token to be displayed at your temple

Your victory will be complete

 My fate, dismal

Styx

Accept my offering

The crimson jewel

Let me cross to your kingdom

Have mercy on my shattered soul

Paris had shot his arrows

Into my heart

And like Achilles

I will swim to be reborn

Only to love you again

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Prince of Death

The world became fire

It burned

Colors of dead flame

Smokeless

Vengeance looms

I am one with the darkness

My dying howl shattered

Ebb and flow of my breath

The moon waned

and night waxed until the

Next bleak sunrise

My soundless scream

for salvation

Suffering ended

with suffocation

My breath froze in my lung

There is no greater curse

than memory

Even a dream

would wake the monster

Lion of the night

His mane ablaze

The night stirs

Walls close in like a tomb

The monster rises

End my misery

Snuff out the flames

The lion roars

Triumph sizzled in my veins

Bleeding into the night

Raining death from the sky

I have summoned darkness

Now it is time to summon the light

The world came undone

Will it ever survive the apocalypse?

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Nameless

I am winged fury

A nameless warrior

Phantom beneath the moon

Darkness is my destiny

Suffering is my fate

Allegiance is my downfall

Somewhere among the clouds

I fly above the storm

Where the sun

Is afraid to glimpse

Lips Colorless from the cold

My freedom beneath the sun

A promise of the hunt

I am the scream of the Eagle

The roar of the lion

The howl of the wind

In my wings

The currents lift me higher

To touch the Sun

I am a nameless star

In a burning constellation

Where love and hate

Are waste of breath

The only truth

Is Death

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Fearless

Rogue golden curls

Unfurl on my face

The kiss of the sun

On my pale cheeks

Tendrils of pain

In my wake

Arrows whizzed for my heart

Death stole my last breath

I became a ghost

Fearless

I soared above the clouds

Dreamless

No,

I will defy the blazing sun

Ride its beams

I will defy the raging seas

Wrestle with the waves

I will defy the mountains

Nest in its peaks

I will defy fate

Choose my own destiny

The Beast lies still

Heavy silence of a tomb

Mirage across the barren sea

A glimmer of tears

No end to death around me

Phantom hourglass

Setting the time

Black wisps unfurled

Smokeless fire

Sphere of light

Swallowed me whole

Wounds full of love

And the skies fall

Crucified

Yet alone

I stand fearless

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Dying Young

 Clouds like ragged breath

Agonized souls

Wasteland of fatigue

Dark insensible beasts

Savage howls of the wind

The allure quickens my blood

From the sea to the sea

Rituals weigh my ankles

Light is failing

Beginnings and endings

Deadly magic

Drums is my heartbeat

Ruthless

Indestructible

In a flash

The drums stop

The wind stills

Endings and no beginnings

The pyre glows

From embers to ashes

A pocket watch

Stops ticking

Time is still

Silent

Blowing like a hurricane

A thud quickens my heart

The sun and the moon are

Jewels in the evening sky

And they return to me

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Crimson Tide

 The Moon was full and brave

Moving across the sky

Like a whisper

Wet sand reflecting the moon

The Sea is tumultuous

She came in with the tide

Broke free from the ocean

Like a Small boat

in an uncertain sea

She is the only one

Like a Bird in a gale

The Wind steals my voice

Roars in my ears

I spring into the air

I am flying

The current is pushing me

into the surf

Mysterious powerful

Magic like a hum inside my ears

Screaming I am still alive

Beneath the moonlights

Clouds scatter

Something Wild

Ancient between us

Pinned by her touch

I try to break free

She is the ocean

She is the breeze in my lungs

The rise and fall of my chest

The pulse in my veins

She is life itself

Alluring like a whispered song

Like a crimson tide

A flame

Once she releases her touch

I explode

I become one with the ocean

Sea foam is my mane

I am just a drop

That turned the entire ocean red

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Fever

 Fever is coursing

through my veins

Burning my soul

Death throes

Is at hand

A plea for death

Escapes my lips

Wind makes a muted scream

Like someone dying out of sight

Danger sings on the breeze

Water frothing white

My vision explodes

In thousand colors

She is wailing

her hunger and desire

Her wicked thoughts

Her name was written in blood

Across the waves

She hesitates

Enough to give hope

Then she transforms

Into a huntress

Her insatiable desire

For my blood

For my burning lips

Her flames strive higher

Tangled with the night

Hallucinations

Nightmares

Chills

Torment

She is inside my soul

Eating away at my heart

Scorching my brain

Burning my lungs

Shattering my hopes

For survival

Her legacy is death

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