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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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My Saving Grace – #dark #poetry

22 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in dark poetry, Poetry

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I burn, with the edge of the forest,

Alight like embers, glowing bright.

I choke on the air, acrid and sharp,

Enveloping my being, diminishing sight.

I cry, in the loneliness,

A forlorn and forgotten face.

I escape, into the darkness,

It is always my saving grace.

It pounds, my head feels shattered,

Must they always take it out on me?

They laugh, my heart, in tatters,

This is not how I want life to be.

Turned away from the reality and madness,

I seek the truth in an often oddly way.

No one ever really understands me,

And so my soul, in totality, does decay.

Explain to me the reasons, perhaps,

Do you even know why you choose?

To scoff and belittle, torment and betray,

Unloving, you continue to abuse.

I shall no longer allow this, I can’t

It’s torn my body, limb from limb

I’ve allowed you too many chances,

The end result was always too grim.

Be gone, thy demon, take haste and depart

I must save what remains, of this empty, broken heart…

 

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Hide In The Night – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

02 Saturday Apr 2022

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#myphotography, #NaPoWriMo, #poetry, darkness, day 2, dorindaduclos.com, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, tree, writing


Sun does sleep, awakens, the tree

Whispering secrets meant just for me

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Unsettled – #poetry of the unknown

06 Wednesday Oct 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Halloween, Poetry

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#myphotography, #poetry, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, insanity, Night Owl Poetry, Photography, poems, writing

Unsettled skies
Grows dark, the night
No vivid colors
To awaken sight
The moon refuses
To share its light
Darkness fills my eyes

Grasses lose
Their verdant hue
There is no color
Alas, tis true
What moves in shadow?
Is it you?!
Perhaps, this is merely a ruse

I blink to see
But nothing is clear
It’s shrouded in haze
Or is that my fear?
Taking over my mind
Insanity, near
I try, but cannot flee

Sadly, I am losing my spark
Please tell me what to do
So they cannot find me
Though they’ll try to ensue
What is left of my spirit
My friend, I need you!
Lest find myself lost in the dark


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What I Seek – #poetry

23 Monday Nov 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, mist, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, rain, sin, writing


I step out
Into the darkness
A passing mist
Gently brushes my skin
And dances
Across my cheek.

I dare not wipe it away,
For fear
Its magic could
Quite quickly disappear

So I let it linger,
Color the starkness
Caressing me,
I savor this wicked sin
Like a lover’s kiss,
It is what I seek.

 

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The Power You Have – #poetry – #MayWriting

04 Monday May 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in May Writing, Poetry

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#MayWriting, #poetry, darkness, death, dorindaduclos.com, light, Night Owl Poetry, poems, shadows, tomb, writing


I close my eyes, a flash of light
Kinetic energy splits the night
Over and over, no end in sight
Why does the silence plague me?

No sounds, all thoughts are muted
For this I am no longer suited
Hoping for signs, yet refuted
Looking for someone to save me

Thrown to the shadows, so bleak
Is it the light, I constantly seek?
Body used, my mind, too weak
Letting go, the will you gave me

Turn toward the darkness, unspoken
My spirit is tired and broken
Captured in a tomb, I soak in
The power you have to enslave me

 

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