Wolf’s Bane

Endymion I call your name
A dark sun is above us
We will dance upon days
Time has forgotten
Gazing at angels
Writing lullabies in the stars

You clandestinely open your eyes
To the secrets that imprison you
In the wakeful anguish of the soul
The wolf's bane blooms

You are sweet and intoxicating
With wolf's bane blood
And hemlock eyes
Do you hear my world-weary cry?

You are asleep in a devil’s dream
Cursed by the moon
Like the unforgiving world
I know you are waiting
You beckon in the dead of night

You've drowned your sorrows
Above the dreaming hills
The wind whispers, "follow me"
In secret tongues

With swords as lips
You await your lunar lover’s kiss
I will not leave you at the end
Of the world
For death knows no one

I am certain of what you
Are praying for
I will awaken you from slumber
To sing your immortal song
Now let me in the door

Alexis Child hails from Toronto, Canada; home to dreams and nightmares. Alexis is a former Social Service Worker, befriending the demons that roam freely amongst her writings. She had a small measure of underground success with her gothic rock and darkwave bands in the past. Besides having rare mystical experiences she hopes are not just short circuits in the brain, she offers Tarot Readings and writes poetry and fiction, starving in the garret with her muse. A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire is even worse. Please donate non-perishable food items and B-negative blood (and make it a double!).

Alexis' fiction has been featured in Danse Macabre, Schlock, Screams of Terror, and U.K.'s Dark of Night Magazine. Her poetry has been featured in numerous online and print publications, including Aphelion, The Horror Zine, Illumen, Metaphysical Times, Night to Dawn, ParABnormal Magazine, The Sirens Call and elsewhere. Her first collection of poetry, Devil in the Clock, a dark and sinister slice of the macabre is available on Amazon. Her second collection of poetry, Singing the Bones, is available on Amazon and from Cyberwit Publishing. Her third collection of poetry, Exquisite Corpse, is coming soon. You have been warned...

Visit her website: http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/alexischild/ and her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6S5u4yX73kA1ZWGnKaEBA/videos

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