Submissions by Kou_Indigo (Jessica Jennifer Ashton)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Intellectual, romantic, and philosophical... within my writings you will find beauty even in the darkest of places, and light even within the blackness of night itself.
Lightning Strikes
- Lightning Strikes -
Lightning strikes, and in the sky,
A serpent of light before my eye!
Parting the night with an emerald gleam,
Carried from on high, by godly stream.
It parts the worlds and rends the veil,
Beyond the flesh and beyond the pale!
And in the instant I behold this flash,
The sky rumbles, the sea does splash.
Night birds cry and the winds howl…
Whilst even grim mountains that scowl,
With rugged faces worn by the years:
They are moved just then, unto tears.
For some sights change more than us,
They change the world,...
Lightning strikes, and in the sky,
A serpent of light before my eye!
Parting the night with an emerald gleam,
Carried from on high, by godly stream.
It parts the worlds and rends the veil,
Beyond the flesh and beyond the pale!
And in the instant I behold this flash,
The sky rumbles, the sea does splash.
Night birds cry and the winds howl…
Whilst even grim mountains that scowl,
With rugged faces worn by the years:
They are moved just then, unto tears.
For some sights change more than us,
They change the world,...
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Evolve and Conquer
- Evolve and Conquer -
Kiss my lips, and be consumed, by the flame…
The fire that brings an end to the old frigidity!
You who come to me, set aside all past shame.
I will raise you up and show you such ecstasy,
That you will be changed, forced to confront…
The enemy within and without that constrains.
For my lips speak truth and are ever the font,
Of more profound pleasures and refined pains.
What I recall could fill many volumes of lore,
But one golden moment is all that I do crave.
And I will fight for it both in peace and in war,
In...
Kiss my lips, and be consumed, by the flame…
The fire that brings an end to the old frigidity!
You who come to me, set aside all past shame.
I will raise you up and show you such ecstasy,
That you will be changed, forced to confront…
The enemy within and without that constrains.
For my lips speak truth and are ever the font,
Of more profound pleasures and refined pains.
What I recall could fill many volumes of lore,
But one golden moment is all that I do crave.
And I will fight for it both in peace and in war,
In...
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7 Comments
The One True Path
- The One True Path –
“When I look into the future, I see countless roads, long,
One for every possibility, every human right or wrong…
Paths for the living and even paths meant for those dead!
Each of us will choose one path to take that leads ahead:
Only one for each of us that is golden, perfect, and ideal;
To find yours is to walk the One True Path and truly feel.”
One evening, I chanced to enter a spiritual trance.
Whilst in that state, my soul with time did dance…
And I drifted back to when another cycle of time,
Did exist where ours...
“When I look into the future, I see countless roads, long,
One for every possibility, every human right or wrong…
Paths for the living and even paths meant for those dead!
Each of us will choose one path to take that leads ahead:
Only one for each of us that is golden, perfect, and ideal;
To find yours is to walk the One True Path and truly feel.”
One evening, I chanced to enter a spiritual trance.
Whilst in that state, my soul with time did dance…
And I drifted back to when another cycle of time,
Did exist where ours...
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The Eternal Season
- The Eternal Season -
I watched the snow as it had cascaded down,
Tumbling with a dancer’s grace to the ground…
And it seemed to me to be not so cold at all,
As towards the earthen mother it did thus fall.
Rather, it seemed a thing of ethereal design,
Fit to immortalize in such an elegant rhyme…
As wouldst please the ear of angels on high,
To warm the heights above the winter sky!
And so I put my pen to page, to make eternal,
The glories of this season, this time supernal.
To sing of love and laughter and joyous hours,
Wrought by light and...
I watched the snow as it had cascaded down,
Tumbling with a dancer’s grace to the ground…
And it seemed to me to be not so cold at all,
As towards the earthen mother it did thus fall.
Rather, it seemed a thing of ethereal design,
Fit to immortalize in such an elegant rhyme…
As wouldst please the ear of angels on high,
To warm the heights above the winter sky!
And so I put my pen to page, to make eternal,
The glories of this season, this time supernal.
To sing of love and laughter and joyous hours,
Wrought by light and...
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A Celebration of Fire
- A Celebration of Fire -
There is a time in every noblewoman’s life,
When time ceases and one must contemplate…
The nature of love, of chaos, and of strife,
All things of passion, on which I meditate!
I cannot speak of the more orderly things,
For I am a being of chaos myself oft times.
But never of anarchy and all that it brings…
Rather, the chaos celebrated in my rhymes.
I have been gone for a spell, casting my will,
Unto the universe in search of some reason…
For all the questions I hunt but never kill.
For you cannot kill curiosity...
There is a time in every noblewoman’s life,
When time ceases and one must contemplate…
The nature of love, of chaos, and of strife,
All things of passion, on which I meditate!
I cannot speak of the more orderly things,
For I am a being of chaos myself oft times.
But never of anarchy and all that it brings…
Rather, the chaos celebrated in my rhymes.
I have been gone for a spell, casting my will,
Unto the universe in search of some reason…
For all the questions I hunt but never kill.
For you cannot kill curiosity...
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The Breath of Life Eternal
- The Breath of Life Eternal -
I hath two arms to hold thee, and much love to give,
My spirit is irrepressible, and I hath a zest to live!
Let me share with thee the breath that is within my breast,
A kiss can convey more than any words might attest.
How to put in words what a kiss from me can bring?
Only as a poetess can I attempt to convey such a thing.
I was sent forth from the Divine,
I have come forth from the Power.
I have come to those who hath reflected upon my sign,
I am found amongst those who have sought me in my hour.
Look upon...
I hath two arms to hold thee, and much love to give,
My spirit is irrepressible, and I hath a zest to live!
Let me share with thee the breath that is within my breast,
A kiss can convey more than any words might attest.
How to put in words what a kiss from me can bring?
Only as a poetess can I attempt to convey such a thing.
I was sent forth from the Divine,
I have come forth from the Power.
I have come to those who hath reflected upon my sign,
I am found amongst those who have sought me in my hour.
Look upon...
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Apocalypse and Paradise: The Domain of Set
- Apocalypse and Paradise: The Domain of Set -
In times now long since passed beyond the reach of memory,
I have looked upon the ruins of great kingdoms passed away…
I made such pilgrimages to honor the mighty power of destiny.
For I was there, when these kingdoms had their golden age…
I recall the height of those domains, and well as their final day.
As I walked amongst the scattered stones, I knew such wonder…
Oft, I spied a familiar street, and still I even knew the long way.
I am soon lost in haunting memories that come like may thunder!
Truths...
In times now long since passed beyond the reach of memory,
I have looked upon the ruins of great kingdoms passed away…
I made such pilgrimages to honor the mighty power of destiny.
For I was there, when these kingdoms had their golden age…
I recall the height of those domains, and well as their final day.
As I walked amongst the scattered stones, I knew such wonder…
Oft, I spied a familiar street, and still I even knew the long way.
I am soon lost in haunting memories that come like may thunder!
Truths...
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Dark Words, Otherworldly Desires
- Dark Words, Otherworldly Desires -
My hands are wreathed in the purest darkness,
Mine eyes do blaze with an undying flame.
Often my heart is filled with inhuman sadness,
Sometimes my immortal soul is troubled by pain.
Long has it been, since last I walked in human flesh,
Longer still, it seems, since last I have known peace.
Since the days when the Elysian Springs ran fresh,
In times far more ancient, far more grand, than these!
Now, it seems, I have become but a shadow,
An echo, perhaps, of my former Divine might.
Yet, whenever I return unto...
My hands are wreathed in the purest darkness,
Mine eyes do blaze with an undying flame.
Often my heart is filled with inhuman sadness,
Sometimes my immortal soul is troubled by pain.
Long has it been, since last I walked in human flesh,
Longer still, it seems, since last I have known peace.
Since the days when the Elysian Springs ran fresh,
In times far more ancient, far more grand, than these!
Now, it seems, I have become but a shadow,
An echo, perhaps, of my former Divine might.
Yet, whenever I return unto...
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Black Bacchanalia
- Black Bacchanalia -
When the Moon is, in the heavens high,
And the night is radiant and all aglow…
The time for the crimson harvest cometh nigh,
And the face of Diana Lucifera, the gods do show.
The air is crisp; the breath is rendered pure,
Te tide is high, near every slick wet shore!
On such a pale evening, strange things occur,
In elder times, this is how things oft were…
Behold the dark pilgrims, clad all in black,
Behold the lightning and the thunder crack!
The robed ones move slowly up a mighty hill.
Chanting they are, in tongues...
When the Moon is, in the heavens high,
And the night is radiant and all aglow…
The time for the crimson harvest cometh nigh,
And the face of Diana Lucifera, the gods do show.
The air is crisp; the breath is rendered pure,
Te tide is high, near every slick wet shore!
On such a pale evening, strange things occur,
In elder times, this is how things oft were…
Behold the dark pilgrims, clad all in black,
Behold the lightning and the thunder crack!
The robed ones move slowly up a mighty hill.
Chanting they are, in tongues...
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I am Lucifer
- I am Lucifer -
Oh child, canst thou not see that my black star is rising?
Brightly, from the depths of the Abyss to Heaven’s heights!
That I do speak as a dragon, is not truly so very surprising,
For I am here to claim my kingdom, mine by dark rights…
And darker rites, which I hath enacted to claim my throne!
Ages hath past whilst man didst await my coming fearfully,
Yet I am here now, clad in the likeness of flesh and bone.
Beautiful and terrible, as thorny as a rose plucked tearfully,
By the faithful who chant my name and forsake summer! ...
Oh child, canst thou not see that my black star is rising?
Brightly, from the depths of the Abyss to Heaven’s heights!
That I do speak as a dragon, is not truly so very surprising,
For I am here to claim my kingdom, mine by dark rights…
And darker rites, which I hath enacted to claim my throne!
Ages hath past whilst man didst await my coming fearfully,
Yet I am here now, clad in the likeness of flesh and bone.
Beautiful and terrible, as thorny as a rose plucked tearfully,
By the faithful who chant my name and forsake summer! ...
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Serenity’s Face
- Serenity’s Face -
In thy face I canst behold the meaning behind the simple things,
Like the breath of the wind through my hair in the afternoon…
Or the sparkle of starlight, bejeweled beyond scepters of kings!
And thy face smiles upon me, more serene than the shining moon.
What contentment I do find in fireflies, rainbows, and sunsets…
I find too in thee, my love, for thou art the universe to my heart!
How completely I shall love thee, so that there are never regrets,
As I love thee without and within, unto thy soul and every part.
Laughing,...
In thy face I canst behold the meaning behind the simple things,
Like the breath of the wind through my hair in the afternoon…
Or the sparkle of starlight, bejeweled beyond scepters of kings!
And thy face smiles upon me, more serene than the shining moon.
What contentment I do find in fireflies, rainbows, and sunsets…
I find too in thee, my love, for thou art the universe to my heart!
How completely I shall love thee, so that there are never regrets,
As I love thee without and within, unto thy soul and every part.
Laughing,...
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Heroic Ideal
- Heroic Ideal -
Do not tell me to be silent, for I shall let soar,
The battle cry of a warrior queen, lustily rising!
Burn in hell, thou who dared call me a whore,
For mine is the fire, and my heat is in everything.
Thou dost hide behind false faces and high titles,
But I am everywhere; my arm reaches every soul.
My eye looks into thy own; I see thy evil wiles…
And I deny thee, taking back my spirit’s control!
The gifts of enslavement, do not before me bring,
I illuminate myself, I am my own savior risen up.
Rise with me whosoever wilt,...
Do not tell me to be silent, for I shall let soar,
The battle cry of a warrior queen, lustily rising!
Burn in hell, thou who dared call me a whore,
For mine is the fire, and my heat is in everything.
Thou dost hide behind false faces and high titles,
But I am everywhere; my arm reaches every soul.
My eye looks into thy own; I see thy evil wiles…
And I deny thee, taking back my spirit’s control!
The gifts of enslavement, do not before me bring,
I illuminate myself, I am my own savior risen up.
Rise with me whosoever wilt,...
89 reads
4 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Kou_Indigo (Jessica Jennifer Ashton)