darkpoem – Swan's Labyrinth

A Breath Away From Forever

TW // suicide implied + too many illicit scenarios My cherry-red lips bled into your wine-stained shirt; I drank your blue eyes and plucked petals off your flower bed for the sake of it; Don’t worry darling, we’ll swerve our chastity like two masterminds with one soul and keep our rendezvous covert; Nights that scatheContinue reading “A Breath Away From Forever”

Vivian’s Vengeance

I was once a cannonball swerving past every soul to try and annihilate the one that I held dear. What was the point, one may ask? I don’t know. Maybe I feared the way she ignited the waning flame in me. The one that permeated the warmth of joy. The one that could thaw theContinue reading “Vivian’s Vengeance”

Lacerated Flesh and Heart

I will slither around your neck and gnaw at your flesh till I mutilate you. I will bore my squalid, viridescent canines into your heart and rip out every capillary till i efface the crimson hue. I love green. It’s a fatal mistake humans find solace in the colour. Green is venom. It will guzzleContinue reading “Lacerated Flesh and Heart”

Clandestine Propinquity

The tents we built with the kind of fervor and vehemence you see in robots Fell apart in the storm we inflicted. We were in fact robots, oblivious to our other halves who pined day and night for our fingers to fit perfectly between theirs. We were victims of a mondegreen. We misinterpreted our song’sContinue reading “Clandestine Propinquity”

Shamrock

Why does he sit alone in the park? He sits on the bench, head bent low till his nose touches his dingy, little black notebook as he seems to be reading something. What a strange, strange boy. Only in brief moments in time have I really had the chance to see his face. A fleetingContinue reading “Shamrock”

As Sinful As You

They say, Your heart is as pure as your intentions. Your words are a warm hug with no skin-ship. Everybody wants to be loved. Loved by you. Though there are repercussions. They say you are Venus in human form but, little do they know what you obscure behind your tight lips. I know what youContinue reading “As Sinful As You”