Demons of darkness
deemed me dead
Your reign is
over, I boldly said
Your poison has
drowned my head
Melancholy was
kind to the very end
A whisper, a
lament I could not tell
Was it the last
toll of the mortal bell
The flicker of
candles or flames from hell
This is my gift to
you, my last farewell
Maxwell O’REILLY
She gathered the
poppies, around his graves grew
Her eyes
glistening, moistened with dew
Eternal sleep,
rest he craved and knew
After years of
pain he labored through
Fields spattered
with blood, where Eagles flew
O’er oceans deep
and majestically blue
In remembrance,
celestial trumpets blew
If only time can
this pain undo
The spell that
bound together the two
Souls in love, in
death, his mourners few
Scattered like
poppies, bleeding too
As he injected the
sleepy opium in his veins and drew
His last breath in
her arms, to his word true
Once a great
Pilot, now lost to his crew
Time to bid this
mortal World Adieu
Maxwell O’REILLY
Descending from Heaven on wings of flames
Gliding over
currents of fire and ancient fame
My heart with icy
shaft pieced, what true aim
Was your kiss,
triumphantly you proclaim
My end, your
beloved name
Was the last I
spoke before my heart burst aflame
My blood ran in
rivers, this earthly frame
A blazing Star in
death became
My heart grows
weary of its beat
Dissolves like
snow in summer’s heat
The final seconds
stretched too long
Its soft murmur
changing into tumultuous song
Crushing every
breathe into a gasp
Wrapped in Death’s
gentle grasp
Death was kind,
her soft embrace
Will this horrible
pain replace
She beckons me to
join the celestial dance
The Moon, the
Stars all in a trance
I have joined the
constellations a Star
Shining the way to
where the immortals are
Maxwell O’REILLY
Drifting along the
rippling Tide
Shores whitened
with foam far and wide
Waters drawing me
in, I am swept away
Into your arms,
“Child of Clay”,
You whispered
softly, called my name
Rocked gently my
broken frame
Luring me into the
bottom of the sea
Filling my lungs,
setting me free
With a kiss on my
burning lip
Where is my crew,
where is my ship?
I cannot see the
surface, it’s pitch dark
Where the mast
struck, it left its mark
Blood trickled,
mixed with tears
How long has it
been, seconds or years
I battle with the
raging waves for a breath
They slam me
under, to face my impending death
My ship is a now
coffin, the stern and bow
You are the waters
the dragged me below
The waves around
me toss and churn
To your embrace I
long and yearn
You are the dream
that burns inside
You are the shore
where I have died
Maxwell O’REILLY
In this place of wrath and tears
And the horrors of
my forty years
Grinding pain that
scorches and sears
My heart with
ocean of poisonous spears
It matters not how
my fate
Was inscribed at
Hell’s gate
My winged fury
does not abate
When Death comes,
it will be too late
For I have
suffered her fangs, her bane
When she bit into
my heart and vein
Her rattles like
clanks of mooring chain
That bound my
heart to the world in vain
My heart is
bloody, yet not cowed
Deafening silence
or beating aloud
My soul still
soars upon a cloud
Though my shell is covered in a shroud
Maxwell O’REILLY
Daughter of Memory, giver of delight
Cloaked in stars,
the lamp of night
Bestow upon me
your eloquent song
Spirit of love,
your inspiration strong
You kindle my love
with your poetic flame
Inspiring every
verse to praise your name
To frame in memory
every touch
By the river we
loved so much
You whisper hope,
in a voice divine
Your eyes like
Obsidian shine
Love engulfs your
fascinating gaze
Could not soothe
the destructive blaze
The angry storms
and the tempest roar
Inside my heart
like never before
Danger surrounds
me, pain and woe
You are the only
comfort I will ever know
In this desolate
world you are the light
That pulls me from
the depth of darkest night
The icy clasp of
Death chills my grave
Even your strong
love could not save
Here lies a youth;
a bard unknown
Death has marked
him for her own
Maxwell O Reilly
