Thursday, 23 February 2023

Rise of the Anti-Muse

 


Do not speak her name.

never let those words slip.

Don't let them

breach the barriers,

creeping out of your lips,

or she will arise,

like a phoenix

from the flames.

Ready and waiting

to put you down again.

She will dig you a fresh grave.

shallow, hollow, empty.

Depraved.

 

Don't speak of her,

not even a whisper,

Those words linger.

It's like picking

at a scab or a blister.

Use her name

and she will infest,

fester, infect your heart,

with her cursed words.

You will be left just a shell.

A wreck,

under a mystic spell.

 

Don't let her name sit

on the soft edge

of your tongue,

it might leap out

and start to run..

Don't let her destroy

the good work

you've done.

She will leave

your writing hand

still shivering,

as your brain, quivering,

shudders it's final twitch,

As you take your last breaths

cold and alone

in an ice-covered ditch.

 

The anti-muse

devours everyone.

Oh no.

What have I done,

I've spoken of her again,

my pen has stopped flowing.

I can barely

get words on to

the page.

There is nothing

anyone can do.

Don't speak of her.

She will take you too.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading

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