The Black Veil
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The Black Veil

POETRY | DARK POETRY | THE BLACK VEIL

Entombed

A dark poem

Oh how I miss the sun!
to feel its warmth upon my skin —
here, only darkness dwells
day and night —
small slivers of light attempt
a break-through, only to be snuffed out
here, the dead pretend to live
by false light —
Seventy candles lit
a sacrificial rite; locked portals
complete the entombment
here, cold clinches my soul
a ghastly…

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Ravyne Hawke

Writing Coach, Poet, Fiction Writer, Essayist, Artist, Dreamer | “Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the Ocean” ~Thich Nhat Hanh