This poem is written by Nataly El Adas, a Lebanese metal music fan, inspired from Gothic culture and music.
Nataly has written many poems with similar topics, expressing thoughts and emotions that are present in every human being.
An old lantern lights the frigid way back to my sanity
underneath the black sun i have strayed
faceless strangers draw my path
with a smile they devour lambs
the smell of blood oddly aroused my senses
join us their voices echoed in my head
a flickering flame burned in my eyes
sweet temptation has tainted my soul
i can hear the heartbeats of my victims within my veins now
i walk with them..my shadows
erase my face…
‘gladly’ they murmured
lust, swallow my body
from the womb of darkness i am reborn:
empowered master and pathetic slave i am
i hang my soul on a web
now,gather my children…eat my memories
my conscious
eat my past!
i want you i need you to bleed for me so i can feel alive
i roamed aimlessly the land of the forgotten
for so long it had seemed endless with it s emptiness
merciless with it s familiarity…
i clawed my way to the edge
there i gazed upon the moon
it has cast a spell,that night
into silver it has turned the sea
for pure souls grazed it s surface
oh moon i plead thee! find me
order this silver beauty into the hallowness that i am
fill me up
i have disgraced the splendor of darkness and the purity of light
forgive me i implore thee
a beam of light whispered : i shall send you where you belong
my lamentations were finally answered
on the edge of sanity, of my insanity i stand
there i can see the pain through the laughter,it s my reflection
there i can see both worlds, their monsters, their wholesomeness
there near that old lantern
underneath the moon
on the edge, is my home…
