I felt like I was
describing some immortal being
that could not be
killed...
but the truth was
I didn't have the stomach for it...
or the courage....
The scene is
like a dream - surreal -
It's as if we watching this happen
on a screan or
like one might watch a play
or some bizarre parade
celebrating death...…
His name is like
an incantation,
a magical spell,
so afraid I am
to even say it.
no, it is a curse
and something profone
all the same...
Note: This poem was written originally with a different title at a time when I was brainwashed by religious ideas that made anything sexual to be shameful, secretive, or dirty. Hence, in the original version of this poem I used the word "lust" and used vampire imagery instead of describing healthy sexual activity. I also referred to the vampire as a virgin, further insinuating that healthy sexual activities are…
This collection of poems includes themes about very real monsters in the world, metaphorically speaking. The ideas about vampires are that they are without a soul and thus have no conscience, remorse, empathy or compassion. I mention this because this theme was explored in a collection that was published with another poet named Scott Urban who also wrote poems about the macabre. That book was called "Puncture Wounds." I lost track of Scott Urban but had more to write on this topic.
This book is inspired by actually experiences that I have had. I have spent time in the same room with evil wearing the appearance of being a normal person. I could not have known when I first wrote…