Mine


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Mine” by: rob kistner © 5/28/24

 

Do you think
you’re not still my slave
since digging yourself
from that earthen grave

since you sullied
your delicate hands
claw clawing out
of my bottom lands

you won’t know how
nor even when
but I just might
put you back again

do you think
you’re safe

think perhaps
that I don’t know
where you are
as you come and go

do you think
I don’t feel you
with my every breath
breathe breathing you in
breathe breathing you out

do you not understand
I can take your life
with my clenching hand

really – don’t you
my foolish
beautiful woman

anytime I want you
you are mine

anytime

you know I love you
you love me too
with a love uncommon
you know you do

don’t you

you are mine
it’s true

forever

you are not free
your every move
is known to me
your every thought
is mine to see

every fear
mine to trigger
it’s not fear I seek
it is something bigger

I watch you walk walking
both day and night
I follow in shadows
out of your sight

you will not know
whence I may come
I am the shadow
you are running from

the stranger hidden
across the street
the sudden sound
that startles you
from sleep

it is hopeless
to resist surrender
I’ll cradle your neck
my kiss is tender

you think I’m mad
well that may be
but that’s too bad

for you
not me

you pray
they catch me
we’ll see
won’t we

your nightmare is
I’ll not be caught
your dream’s come true
for I will naught

you hope I make
a fatal mistake
dare a close call
risk my downfall

my foolish love
there is no risk

it will be fatal
but no mistake

for I am brilliant
wicked cunning
you’ve felt my power
is it not stunning

does my magnificence
make you afraid
as my captive stare
makes resistance fade

you will not see me
in the cold dark rain
but you’ll feel my presence
in your fired brain

as I creep up quiet
from behind
to consume your life
as I am so inclined

I probably do
have love for you
but that breaks tough
mortal love is not enough

I truly don’t want
to see you cry
I only want
to feel you die
to this new life
for you and I

and as my emotions flood
I will taste
your sweet sweet blood

a beautiful cloak of death
I’ve fashioned for you
of blood red sequins
on deep midnight blue
an immortal thread
is stitched all through
it’s embrace is warm
and the fit is true

there is an exquisite gold coffin
lined in silken red
a soft delicate place
to daily rest your head

and should terror shiver
down your lovely spine
remember always love

you are forever… mine


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Death Cloak”
by: rob kistner © 5/28/24

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Poetry at: Whats’s Going On

 






24 thoughts on “Mine”

  3. “a beautiful cloak of death
    I’ve fashioned for you
    of blood red sequins
    on deep midnight blue”

    when I got to these lines, the chills set in for real. What an immensely satisfying, unusual, beautifully composed poem.

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  4. Wow, Rob, this is chilling. I am looking for the “sounds” (the prompt) for “What’s Going On?” in your poem, and I guess this would work:
    “I don’t feel you
    with my every breath
    breathe breathing you in
    breathe breathing you out”
    as I can hear the SOUND of breathing quite strongly here. I don’t find any other sounds……… Actually your poem is very chilling. A horror tale. I am glad I am not reading it alone on a dark and windy night. Smiles. A good and well crafted poem.

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  5. Ouch!! Spine chilling!!
    “but you’ll feel my presence
    in your fired brain”…Oh dear ! There’s no escape. This poem will keep haunting. No escape at all. Great lines Rob.

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