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Waxing poetic…

Just a little something I cooked up this morning…enjoy! Darkness has a scent. Closing my eyes I breathe it in deeply And long to be set free. I want to slip away Away into the night sky Drifting among the tombstones And cemetery trees. Oh! To dance Upon my own grave. Oh! To see thoseContinue reading “Waxing poetic…”

Rest in Peace…

Spirits of the Dead Thy soul shall find itself alone’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone—Not one, of all the crowd, to pryInto thine hour of secrecy. Be silent in that solitude,   Which is not loneliness—for thenThe spirits of the dead who stood   In life before thee are againIn death around thee—and their willShall overshadow thee: beContinue reading “Rest in Peace…”

Kicking and screaming…

I can’t recall, but I am pretty sure I entered this world kicking and screaming. It was not long after midnight, under a Blood Moon, in the month of October. On this very day, in fact. I won’t say exactly how many years ago, but we will just say I have had my share ofContinue reading “Kicking and screaming…”

“For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams…”

October has finally arrived! It is a truly happy occasion within these cemetery walls! The souls are restless, the tombs are atremble, and the creatures of the night are ready to come out and play. The countdown to Halloween has begun, my lovelies! One thing I love about October is the name of its fullContinue reading ““For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams…””

People are strange…

I think The Doors made an excellent point: human behavior is altogether an odd thing. True, the lyrics to the song I am referencing were a tad more basic, but it’s the same concept. As I write this, I am sitting outside watching the slow, Sunday hustle and bustle of my neighborhood unfold. The longerContinue reading “People are strange…”

Blumen für die Toten

Cemeteries are often filled with floral offerings of love and remembrance. Have you ever wondered why it’s customary to leave flowers on a grave? Long before the practice of embalming became the norm, people would gather flowers around a corpse to mask the smell of decay. Since families typically displayed the deceased inside the home,Continue reading “Blumen für die Toten”