Strange Musings
A book of poetry
Melissa L. Webb
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Melissa L. Webb
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Love’s Abyss
You were there,
amongst the shadows
I was a fool.
I ventured into darkness
alone, lost.
I thought you my savior.
I only saw your mask.
I hid from my fears, behind you.
You lead me astray,
into a life of crime
and meaningless passion.
You said I couldn’t live,
because I knew too much.
You had been waiting for this day.
As I lay there,
I thought I saw emotion
in your eyes,
before the knife plunged.
Therapy
I have killed in my short lifetime,
even though I’m just a kid.
I enjoyed every step of it.
I really truly did.
They sent me to this hospital.
Where I could get some care.
But all I could think of
was every single scare.
The doctors wouldn’t give up.
Others said I was just a lost cause.
Still I did not listen
and I broke all of their laws.
When they were just about to give up,
I made a startling change.
My thoughts of death grew less and less,
just like the full moon wanes.
The doctors had won
and they were really quite proud.
No one even gave a thought
to a single white death shroud.
It’s been a while since I first came here.
I’ve changed for good they said.
Shows you what they know,
for now they are all dead.
Cold One
I am the Cold One
I feed upon you
I rob you of your warmth
I rob you of your soul
I make you love me
You think I am here only for you
But I am the Cold One
An ice princess
And I use you for your warmth
You take my cold hands into your warm ones
And you hold me to stop the shivers
But soon you are the cold one
With the ice cold hands
And for a brief moment in time
My palms are hot
With the stolen warmth
Of your body
I leave you, cold and alone
An icicle in a December’s morning
I freeze your heart
Then shatter it into millions of ice slivers
I am the Cold One
And I care for no one
Except the cold
Oblivion’s Flame
Darkness descends
sucking out the light
the time is now
while there is no tomorrow
Cold be heart
and the world will burn
and we all go down
and light little candles of our own
Losing your way
and finding no hope
as the last pages are turned
the battle has yet to begun
we will not find our way back
darkness corrodes the heart
and tampers the soul
and we all go down
and light little candles of our own
Fear escalates as the clock ticks
knowing we can’t go back
but too afraid to move forward
night encourages the loneliness
as it shifts and takes hold
the tears have fallen and the moon is dead
and we all go down
and light little candles of our own
Cries sound out and plague the land
a sad story has come to the end
it’s all different now as we till the Sorrow
the night is calling as we fade to black
and we fall through fire, darkness and ash
and the rest go down
and light little candles of their own
Found
Beyond Reality
Face it
School crossing
No fear?
Bodies in motion
Free knowledge, Infinite knowledge
You can help
Speed limit!
Yield! Yield!
Go! Walk, walk
Stop!
Wrong way!
No right turns
No U turns
Merge, right?
Cold December
I look out the window
And watch the sunlight dance on the snow
It reminds me of the twinkle in your eye
Nothing I do
Makes me closer to you
So I cry in my frozen holiday
I make a wish
And hope it will come true
And pray for the one thing I need
There’s only one thing I want under my tree
To warm this heart of mine
Oh, St. Nick
Please deliver
I don’t think I can make it alone
I’ve been good all year long
You know what is on the top of my list
Cause I don’t want another cold December
The tree has been trimmed
And my stocking is hung
And I’m standing by this open fire
But I think of you
And what I don’t have
And the tears fall like snowflakes
On my cheeks
Peace on earth
Good will to all men
As they stroll with their sweethearts through the snow
My heart is numb
As I trudge home
Everyone’s got someone this Christmas
Why don’t I have you?
Oh, St. Nick
Please deliver
I don’t think I can make it alone
I’ve been good all year long
You know what is on the top of my list
Cause I don’t want another cold December
Dark clouds pack the sky
A blizzard’s headed this way
Oh, please
Brighten this holiday
Oh, St. Nick
Please deliver
I don’t think I can make it alone
I’ve been good all year long
You know what is on the top of my list
Cause I don’t want another cold December
Dark Repast
Swiftly, silently
Searching…
As hunger takes hold
It grips the mind
And shatters the soul
Heart quickens…
As feet take flight
Chasing, stalking
Teeth bared
White flashes in dark
The hunter
Over comes
The prey
Tearing, shredding
Screams fill the air
Glowing eyes dance
As the feast is begun
Drops of crimson
Paint the night
Claws slice
Tongue savors
The thirst is now sated
It withdraws…
Swiftly, silently
Waiting once again
For another human to pass by
Questions In The Night
If I was to tell you
of the pain I hold inside
would you turn to me and smile
like a soulless clown in the night
If I was to tell you
how you’ve hurt me so
would you stop and laugh
like glass shattering in the dark
If I was to tell you
about the silent fears inside
would you jump for joy
like the dark shadow playing in my mind
I ask you about all the unknowns
because I can’t face the truth
what you would do
all starts with walking out
Fallen Angel
You’ve been hurt
Your heart was taken
And only returned
When it was in two
You try to pick yourself up
But you don’t want to face
The world anymore
So much pain in your eyes
So much heart break in your life
You hide your heart from the world
I want to make you whole
Somehow
I reach my hand out to you
And offer you my world
I see the wonder that’s inside you
Your light
It shines brighter then a thousand stars
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
Your soul is bright and true
Fallen or not
You’ll always be an angel to me
Like a broken bird
You hide with your head
Tucked under your wing
And you shiver at the thought
Of anyone
You dream of days lost
Where you use to be free
I want to take you back
Where you belong
I reach my hand out to you
And offer you my world
I see the wonder that’s inside you
Your light
It shines brighter then a thousand stars
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
Your soul is bright and true
Fallen or not
You’ll always be an angel to me
You don’t know how truly precious
You truly are
Or how I yearn inside
For your happiness
You say there’s nothing left
But deep down inside
There’s strength to be found
That can break free of the walls
I reach my hand out to you
And offer you my world
I see the wonder that’s inside you
Your light
It shines brighter then a thousand stars
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
Your soul is bright and true
Fallen or not
You’ll always be an angel to me
I Remember…
I remember those days.
That smell. That smell?
Where have I smelled that smell before?
It brings me to…
To what?
Sweet and…
And what?
Almost sickening.
It brings me to the verge of…
Of what?
Sometimes that smell makes me…
What?
Afraid?
Like a linger of some far off…
Place?
Time?
Dream?
Makes me feel…
Young?
Childlike?
Non-existent?
The smell is just for me.
No one else knows.
Knows what?
When I least expect it,
It’s there.
Yet…
Is it really there?
Soul Chill
I look out my window.
Darkness.
I am alone.
I touch the glass.
Cold.
Like my life.
I turn,
Afraid to face
The truth.
I whisper.
Trying to bring the magic back.
Yet the silence goes on.
The emptiness.
Defeat.
The world is ice.
A cold non-caring place.
I look out the window again.
Darkness is still there.
I leave,
Empty,
Embracing the cold.
Towards The Stars
Travel, doing throughout.
Standing still towards the stars.
Sniffed and shifted, looking obvious.
Pushed everything defiantly.
Space and time on the brink of a great chasm.
Prepare her gently towards restrain.
Twilight
Into what?
Whose thinking splashed into the beyond?
One was not skeptical, back where same mattered.
Birds sent empty ministries.
And all water voiced a trace of advantage.
Will morning happen?
Looking at you, terrified.
Worlds scraping time, splintered powder of wisdom.
A thousand glimpses from the same story,
yet moral anger unfolds.
Mankind considers its course, helplessly blundering beneath the end.
Champions just walk about the aftermath, rocking silently inward.
Great marking etched in stone, pay homage to prehistoric fires,
Everlasting eternal.
We must survive loudly in this twilight.
For You
From the day you first walked in
I knew I would never be the same
The night shimmered with stars
And the sun shined in my empty life
Heart ache was no longer
And heaven opened its gate
A lingering whisper of love
From an angel from up above
There’s nothing I wouldn’t give
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
The moment I looked into your eyes
I knew it was all for you
I see peace
I see happiness
I feel love
Because I know the secret that is
You
And I thank God
For a precious gift like you
And I give my thanks
For making me whole
There’s nothing I wouldn’t give
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
The moment I looked into your eyes
I knew it was all for you
I know this is right
I know this is true
I lay my life down right now
It’s all for you
All for you
There’s nothing I wouldn’t give
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
The moment I looked into your eyes
I knew it was all for you
Goodbye
What is the sound I know so well
What are the cries of my own personal hell
What is the sound I know so well
The sound of a dying heart
When you walked out that door
I knew I had lost something so right
Life would never be the same
I lost happiness that night
How can I ever be the same
Knowing that precious flame
Has gone out
Never to rekindle our light
What is the sound I know so well
What are the cries of my own personal hell
What is the sound I know so well
The sound of a dying heart
How could you leave me like this
Knowing how hard I tried
And my only true happiness
Was having you by my side
I know it can never be the same
The love I used to know
It was gone when your eyes left mine
So now I must let you go
What is the sound I know so well
What are the cries of my own personal hell
What is the sound I know so well
The sound of a dying heart
Good bye, my Love
Even though we are through
I will always love you
What is the sound I know so well
What are the cries of my own personal hell
What is the sound I know so well
The sound of a dying heart
Kill Me Sweetly
It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
The light of love had already risen in my life.
But it crept upon me.
Like a tiger in the dark.
And grabbed a hold of me.
Chaotic and confusing.
You hold me with one glance.
I whisper your name to the night.
I turn to leave.
Knowing,
to stay will only bring me pain.
Yet,
Kill me sweetly one more time.
I have been stripped of innocence.
I have hurt the trusting.
Never once did they see the threat.
I shouldn’t be here with you.
Knowing it’s wrong.
But feeling, oh, so right.
Chaotic and confusing.
You hold me with one glance.
I whisper your name to the night.
I turn to leave.
Knowing,
To stay will only bring me pain.
Yet,
Kill me sweetly one more time.
You tell me that you love me.
That this is okay.
This is Destiny.
Buy why do I have to lose,
in order to gain?
I want to make things right.
Logic has gone.
And left me with you.
I feel like I should stay.
But I must go back to where I belong.
I turn to leave,
but you know I will stay.
So,
kill me sweetly,
one more time.
Send Me My Love
Here I am again.
Worn down by loneliness.
I watch the shimmer of the stars,
as they fade from this sad night.
I stand alone.
Wanting you.
I reach for nothing,
trying to find peace tonight.
My prayers echo through the hills
and the trees hear my cry.
My dreams ripple through the waters.
Send me my love tonight.
As I sit here in silence,
my mind wanders
and my heart reaches out to you.
Yearning to know you care.
Yet you walk alone,
wondering what twilight has to say.
My prayers echo through the hills,
and the trees hear my cry.
My dreams ripple through the waters.
Send me my love tonight.
A stir of echoes,
splashed with dancing rainbows
weaving through the night.
I sit here
by the flickering of the fire.
whispering to the night.
My Love,
come and sooth my desire.
My prayers echo through the hills
and the trees hear my cry.
My dreams ripple through the waters.
Send me my love tonight.
My prayers echo though the stars
and the Moon hears my cry.
My dreams ripple through the sky.
Why can’t I have you tonight?
Tear drops
still unanswered.
So I whisper
a while longer
Your Life Goes On
I sit here in the shadows.
Seeing you.
Knowing you.
Loving everything that you are.
You run to embrace the world.
Nothing can hide your flame.
I am just a shadow.
That flickers in your light.
Watching your every movement.
Knowing what’s in your heart.
Feeling the same things you feel.
My world stops around me.
Yet your life goes on.
I want to hold you.
And tell you how special you are.
I want to nurture
the shining star that you have become.
I want to share everything with you,
Instead of watching you from this window.
Waiting for the day,
I tumble into your arms.
You don’t know I here.
You don’t know how deep my feelings are.
You only hear whispers of my love, in your dreams.
And all the while,
you go on,
With emptiness in your heart.
And longing in you eyes.
Watching your every movement.
Knowing what’s in your heart.
Feeling the same things you feel.
My world stops around me.
Yet your life goes on.
My world stops around me.
Yet your life goes on.
Friendship And Magic
Friendship among us and magic too,
we need them both to live the day through.
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About the author:
Melissa L. Webb is a writer of dark words. She spends her days creating new nightmares in Northern California.
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