NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 27

creeping shadows dwell
     night street
          in darkness muted

lamplight
     safety glows

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 25

black
blackness                    sightless
dark
darkness                     fearful

black
blackness
                                   I am sightless.

dark
darkness
                                  I am fearful.

blood
bloody
                                  I am bleeding.

dead
deadly
                                  I am Death.

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 20

crouched
beneath your bed
     in the shadows hidden
          lurking beast of nightmares
will feed upon your terror

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 19

darkness
 like a curtain falls
     across the land
          all the creatures
tremble in its wake

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NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 12

at night, the world is hushed
sleeping children
whispering lovers

the dark makes us all creep
silently rushing
carefully tiptoeing

is it the hard working fathers
we fear to wake?

or is it the red eyed monster
who lurks in shadow?

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 10

darkness - ever present
though the sun does shine
gnawing away at
my hope
my dreams
my identity
feeding, glutting itself
on my fears and insecurities

darkness - always there
when the sun does shine
taking away everything
my life
my heart
my mind
devouring everything I am
until there's nothing left

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 9

down, down this dark, dark spiral
ever downward, ever darker
prey to weakness, prey to fears
reaching out, reaching for - relinquishing hope
ever, ever, ever... darker
sick of life, sick of struggle
sick of being sick
inside, inside I am sick inside
on this dark, dark spiral downward
no hope to hope, no future, no nothing


© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 4

within my heart
there hides a Darkness
that no amount
of positive thinking
will chase away

along my bones
there lies a frost
that no amount
of warn embraces
will melt away

behind my eyes
there stands a wall
that no amount
of well meant words
will tear asunder

within my soul
there lives a hatred
that no amount
of your understanding
will cast aside

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 3

What princess
would choose the dark eyed villain
over the golden haired hero?

What damsel
would choose to ride her dragon
rather than have it slain?

And who
would trade their happily ever after
for an eternity of shadow?

I did.

© Wondra Vanian 2012

NPM 30 Day Challenge: Day 2

in the dark of night

when good little girls
dream of knights
in shining armour

i open my eyes wide

search the shadows
black on black
and dream of you 

© Wondra Vanian 2012