An Old Poem " Sea Of Dread" 1994

I've lost hundreds of poems--recently I found a few straglers from 1994 & 1996. I'm struck by my own inner darkness which seems to errupt in each poem..

"Sea Of Dread"

Clothed in ones own shadow
Like Black clouds at noon

She plays hide & seek with the devil

Like the sun eclipsing the moon


Curtains of dried blood cloak her eyes

Like warm breath upon colds mirror

Her flesh dissolves the lineage of bone

Anonymous walls become clearer


The copper pond reflects the broken wing

Like candles on a cake for the deceased

The three legged chair enables her void

She bought war yet sought eternal peace


Clothed in ones own shadow

Like Black clouds at noon

She plays hide & seek with the devil

Like the sun eclipsing the moon

Swallowing a star beneath the knot of hope

Just like the hooked fish

Her shadow dances on the walls

The pendulum makes a wish


Nobody's child bathed in the fountain of coins

As though placing ones own mortality on red

Seduced by the prophets promise of eternal rest

She sleeps ...
like the sharks in her sea of dread

Khristina Lupinacci 1994