Doom & Destiny

Doom & Destiny 

Shade befallen vale 
There I dwell 
Where I fail 
To put to quill 
Such things as I will 

Seeing spiders crawl 
On the walls, 
In the corners of my eye 

Creak of bones 
Hidden in my walls 
Banging, 
Begging to be released 

Of this world I saw a fall 
On an autumn wind 
I forsee destruction 

As words seem to fail me 
I find myself unveiled to thee 
Can you see through my walls 
Are my shields transparent 
Am I that aberrant 
Doomed to lie in decay 
Destined to die in dismay 

10/5/21 – Andy McRae

A Tune of Autumn

A Tune of Autumn 

Heather on my lips
Needles in my eyes
A wisp smoke on the eve
Before it all burnt down 

Daydreamt dragons
In a lair exquisite
I pilfer one piece
But only leave
A little toasted 

Silver melody bellows, 
Carries through the wind
Past my ear as I wallow
Bunkered under a willow 

A tune of autumn
Of the end of seasons
Yet the beginning of others 

9/11/21 - Andy McRae

Atrocity

Atrocity

Looking for patterns in the ceiling
Find some, finding none.

None is some, and some is a lot,
A face staring back at me
All night I see you
The clown haunting my dreams.

Shrieks and shrills
Screaming wills
I find the wall talking back
Am I sane or am I broken
Is this all but a dream.

The wall whispers atrocities
Terrible things.

8/8/21 – Andy McRae

Luna

Luna 

Sunset fallen mind crest 
I feel the heat beaming 
On my neck. 

Twilight creeps on 
And I do miss the sun 
In shadows and greys 
I find myself lost in my ways. 

Dark nights take over, 
Time to embrace my lover 
A goddess of Luna. 

Dawn is soon to arrive 
But my love has thrived 
Lunacies dancing in my head 
Words flashing before me in bed. 

By mornings lit 
The world seems shit 
And I am a glaze 
Left in a daze. 

8/5/21 – Andy McRae

Feathers of a Bird, Scales of a Lizard

Feathers of a Bird, Scales of a Lizard 

In mountains of black smoke
I dwell in the back of minds
I wonder alone in the streets
At night I look to take you
To make into an image of divine. 

Wine drunken by the goblet
Shepherds herd the herd 
I ponder the meaning of 
My soul
No more madness
Now is a time for gladness
As we soak ourselves in snow 

Glowing eels in the river
Watch them go by, fly by, in the air
Why? Am I a monster who attacks
The feathers of a bird, the scales of lizard
If there is no protection from me
Then who am I to be me? 

6/21/21 - Andy McRae

To Pieces

To Pieces 

Torn pieces of paper
A soul no different. 
Laughing aside calamity
Pushing aside sanity.
Dancing in the street
Bare ass naked.
Wandering those same
Streets later in shame. 
Wondering who knows
Who can see through
This facade I put on
Just for your joy. 
I am dying inside
Little by little. 
As my soul is torn
To pieces, like paper. 

6/21/21 - Andy McRae

Watching Seconds

Watching Seconds 

Staring at the clock, watching seconds tick
Waiting all the while, feeling myself decay
Like words written on paper, that turns brown
Only to fade away, tatter, and disintegrate
Feeling the wind on my neck, in my hair
Telling me that it is time to move on
Time to pick up, pack up and set sail
Staring at the clock watching seconds tick
Waiting all the while, knowing I avoid
A life that awaits me beyond, it's not long
Before I shall find myself out of time
My clock unwound, my mind unsound
And nowhere to go, for I locked all the doors. 

6/8/21 - Andy McRae

Lands I Once Ruled

Lands I Once Ruled

Flipping through realities makes me dizzy
Views of planes flash before my eyes
Thrown into danger and lives not mine

Turmoil ensues around the one, not I
But I experience the pain, the joy
Emotions surge through my veins
I feel elated by the joy, the pain

Whole cities bend around me
Though not I, this one is pivotal
Rotating others in ways
I cannot explain why
Enjoyment is fronted 
By love and death

But right as the story reaches a climax,
I feel the world ripped away from me
Pulsing waves of disturbance around
I feel my head throbbing and pulling
Me out, this world I’ve grown to love
Yanked from one plane and dumped
In another, back into mine,
A plane of unrealistic horrors
And unparalleled bores

I long to return
To lands I once ruled.

11/30/20 – Andy McRae

Felled By The Sword, The Dark Foe

Felled By The Sword, The Dark Foe

Drowning in amber reflections
Of a mirror broken by my image
Drawn and torn by the word
Thrown by the sword
The world wields a mighty
Blade, it cut me in half.

Head split in two
Head aching from divide
They thrive,
The devils
Under my bed
Under my sun.

Demonic ritualistic ways
Praise the ways
We fray way the dark fay
To keep them from
Slitting our throats
In the dark
So I hark

Felled by the sword
Felled by the dark foe
Feel me in the darkness
See me in the light
Rise this sword
Of my word
Watch me cross
This deep fjord.

And in the end
Drown.
Sword in my back.
Death is a cruel
Mistress
And I’m a sack.

6/2/21 – Andy McRae