Ruins

[Wolf]

Ruins

...for April


In the valleys of my restless mind

dwell memories that are never more--
    memories more unto dreams, of forgotten
    eldritch things that haunt dreary plains
        beneath dying moon...
    and yet, these are not dreams--
    but forsaken, consummative violations 
        of lonely graves...

What seek I there?
    Only answers to that
    which compels me to search desolate mountains
    and crawl amongst moldering graves better left
        untouched and unseen...

            Here, are lonely winds crying among
            shattered columns, silent obelisks receiving
            only the cold supplications of dying dreams...
        Here, are memories wailing--seeking form,
        substance, reality--but finding only shadow
            beneath the leaden moon...

    Here, are memories that once were but
    never to be; memories of forgotten eldritch 
        things that haunt dreary plains beneath
            dying moon--

    in the valleys of my restless mind;

        the haunted, hollow valleys of my restless mind...


                      © T. GhostWolf Davidson, October 2, 1974

[SilverEyes]

Wonderful imagery and it was easy to visualize and feel. I especially like the first line.

[Eclipse]

i really enjoyed the imagery in this too. Very well done. i also liked the repetition of

of forgotten eldritch things that haunt dreary plains beneath dying moon...

^^ that line. it was a wonderful way to end the poem. nicely done.