Dark Poetry

Dark Poetry

A Collection of Untitled Poems

By Mowgli...

I have seen Him I tell you,
eyes so black
and smiling pearl-white teeth.
I have seen Him smile His knowing smile
felt a touch like red satin in late September.
The Devil is a Man, I tell you,
I know.
I've seen Him, I know.
He whispers so softly in my ear
words that entice, but do not promise
never promise
only hint at pleasure never given
until reached for first.

My friends
those born-twice people
you know, the Christian ones
tell me that when the Devil shows his face we need to
stomp on His head and say
"No Way! You're not gonna steal my joy!"
and I try but
stomping on a whisper seems so cruel
even though I know the power that whisper has.

Another, a Pentecostal
(Penta-Cost?...a price of 5?
all our mysteries come in 5s....)
tells me all He knows are lies.
"There is no Truth in Him," she says,
and that makes sense to me.

I have a love, so Pure
so spiritual
it is easily labeled "TRUTH".
I love so much, so hard, I feel
I could never love another,
never kiss another,
never hold another,
want another,
without betraying the Truth.
I will not deny
though the cock cries as it may,
I Love.

I hold my suitors to the light and see
my Love shines brightly with a light all his own
while this Other casts only shadow.
He whispers only, and yes,
There is no Truth in Him.

"I'm Sorry," I smile sadly
as I pull on my steel-tipped boots,
"but you are not going to steal my Joy."

8-23-94

I am in love with a snowman, and I am the sun.
He comes to me
melts with me
then oozes through my fingers and dribbles away.
I scream into the sidewalk
trying desperately to touch him through the cracks and crevices,
but he slowly evaporates away,
reflections of me fading
until there is only dryness left.

3-18-92

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