Posts published in “Byline: THEODORE DUFRESNE”

There’s a calm after the slaughter,That no one’s left to witness.There’s blood in the waterThat the earth’s left to digest. But when the wounds run…

Outside, a storm is brewingFrom the high open sky.Claustrophobic there, I’m choosingTo stay inside– Inside. Inside. When it hits time,I keep my chin high.But then…

I woke then, in your grove, Through the bramble, we had dove. You split yokes onto the stove: In the pan – the mass did…

Oh sing for what isn’t, the always unknown. When the pen brings peace to a bleeding warzone, And each soldier shrugs off a cracked collarbone.…

Through our story of my fate, The bright sun never shined. From the last journey we made Formed this tale, crystalline. We trod steadily –…

O, spread your arms like the plague – let me fallPulled down into your tentacle embraceI delve in – diluted: your ocean’s sprawlCold water soaks…

Oh, Tell me where a lost letter goes! Each time a pen touches parchment Each time a man scratches paper – bleeds ink Bleeds –…

The vile monsters come at night. Werewolves howl at the moon. Flesh contorts. Vampires hunt and stalk, safe from the light. The vile monsters come…

You showed me your world, a garden of rose. Its doors would open each time I kissed you. Those doors slammed closed, my heart was…

Never pull the knife from your flesh.It was the first rule of first aid.The first rule for puncture wounds, that is. You put the knife…