the candle burns down
the rivulets of wax
long since
spilled over
the brass holder
as tendrils
of manic dream
to slowly encroach
upon the blank vellum
where the quill sits
untouched
for the last hour
a fevered thought
races
from all angles
of diseased angels
falling
like dying stars
to crash
into the dry land
with whimpered impacts
beguiling
the majesty
long since burnt out
around me
the fickle flame
of forgotten fables
the failing flesh
of feeble flagellation
the hunger
consuming rationality
in licking tongues
of avarice and desire
as the slow spire
of smoke rises
from
the blackened wick
the light finally failing
to illuminate
the darkness
that growls within
no words shall mar
the edges of this
unvanquished
vernacular
still madness reigns
throughout
the teatime dissonance
that regulates
the harmony
of the pain wracked
soul
Mike's Manic Word Depot 
The imagery you use is so powerful and I love the alliteration too.
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thank you. I am fond of alliteration and fall into it when the words sing right.
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The words do indeed sing in your verse. I find in my own that the words just flow. To write is a lovely thing.
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there is no purer expression than when the words flow
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If it’s your birthday like River commented, Hapy Birthday to you, sir.
I see that alliteration and I dig it!
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Poe’s birthday today. I get melancholy every year as I wish for one glass of Amontillado with my foremost mentor.
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Do you think he’s down there ringing the bell to let us know hes secretly alive down there and wishes to come up for some tea?
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just beneath floorboards, under the bed, his glass eye staring as his heart beat thumps throughout the night.
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No wonder I felt the urge to rip up those floorboards when those cops paid me visit
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Fight it, my friend. Let the skeletons lie
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Happy Birthday to an amazing writer.
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If not the greatest, the one that reached to my mind as a child and molded it the most. i stumble along in his footsteps in wide eyed admiration still.
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My earliest memory of writing was inspired by Poe. It was an interesting experience. Maybe I’ll tell you about it one day.
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Look forward to it.
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