A Dark Gothic and inversely Romantic poem, “Not For This Light” was initially created as a significantly longer piece in 1995. It has been reduced to its present state in 2025 as a snapshot for the “A Shattered Cup of Doom” novella. “Not For This Light” is present in the “First Shards of Broken Glass” chapbook collection.
“NOT FOR THIS LIGHT”
platinum hair
and vacant eyes
and a way with
pretty, little lies
she swaddles death
in baby’s breath
and drapes the dragon
robes of white
it is to him
that she aspires
the lord of flies
the ancient liar
stars on the night
but hers is a fire
gehenna glows
the moth’s desire
but it’s not for this light
do the roses reach;
nor for her falling tears
do they crave
though abused, they abstain,
they refuse, they refrain,
and so die in the vase
and are cast to the grave
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