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62 · Jun 2020
Ring of Fire
Ciel Noir Jun 2020
as darkness falls upon the Sun
the day is upside down

the Hunter holds the halo
in his right hand
like a crown


a ring of fire

hidden in the light

a shadow sign


draws down the night
into the sky
so darker stars may shine
61 · Jul 2020
Samsara
Ciel Noir Jul 2020
we see how seeing seems
and we feel how we feel
how much is a dream
how much is real

lost in illusion
to deep to be found
dreams within dreams
turtles all the way down
58 · Apr 2020
Sailing
Ciel Noir Apr 2020
on the shrieking storming sky
a sailing bird of prey
rides the singing wind like hidden waves
to blow the crows away
58 · Mar 2020
Hope
Ciel Noir Mar 2020
I will still run
but not after you
I'll go to the forest
and fly

and I'll hang my hope
on the horn of the Moon
and leave it for you
in the sky
58 · Mar 2020
word
Ciel Noir Mar 2020
why did I show you
how I feel
I should have tried
to hide it

why did I try
to speak to you
I should have kept
my silence

my tears
will not stop falling
and I don't know
what to do

I wish that I
had never said
a single word
to you
57 · Jun 2020
Other
Ciel Noir Jun 2020
everybody has an other
every other one
everyone pretends to wonder
what their other's done

every other does the things
that you would never do
when you are not yourself at all
the other one
is you

every other day I wonder
which way I should go
but when I become the other
I already know

all the million little things
that we would never do
not knowing that
the other me
has seen
the other you
57 · Apr 2020
Sunrise
Ciel Noir Apr 2020
drops of dew
shine like diamonds in the dawn
a world full of stars
57 · Apr 2020
Καλυψώ
Ciel Noir Apr 2020
patiently
on my own little island
gaze into the sea
55 · Mar 2020
Gathering
Ciel Noir Mar 2020
gathering sunshine
moments with friends
shopping at stores
workouts at the gym

all of the things
we did every day
nobody cared
until they went away

so good to see you
please stay healthy
nobody knows
how long it will be

gathering moments
every day
save them for when
we are all locked away
55 · Jun 2020
Follow
Ciel Noir Jun 2020
choose the one who you will follow
sell your will to them forever
different tunes
but all the pipers
lead us into the same river
54 · Jan 2020
Grail
Ciel Noir Jan 2020
I am drawn to wander
though I have found no grail

where I am

is not

the whole of me

I am not the tempest
who takes hold of my sails

I am the living darkness of the sea
53 · Jul 2020
Not A Poem
Ciel Noir Jul 2020
it is not a poem
the way you make me feel

it is something stranger
much more sinister
more real

written far beneath the mind
far too deep to be heard

in a dark and secret place
where there are no words

  primal  
feral            
powerful              
passion stripped of prose

we are naked animals
underneath our clothes

no meter or pentameter
no semblance of control

not a poem

but obscene graffiti
scrawled across my soul
53 · May 2020
καταιγίδα
Ciel Noir May 2020
ηλεκτρική ελπίδα
ήρθα
είδα
είσαι καταιγίδα

είσαι μια βολίδα
και θα λιώσεις
απαλά
τη Γη
52 · Jan 2020
ever
Ciel Noir Jan 2020
this thing we call love
scares the **** out of me
I don't understand it
and I can't control it

I know about I
I don't know about we
I don't know who I'd be
if I ever found love

if I ever found love
I don't know what I'd say
I'd light up like the day
so bright

I think that you might
come to understand me
if we ever find love

goodnight
50 · Aug 2020
Lucky Number 7
Ciel Noir Aug 2020
who were the gods
who spun the wheel
and landed on your star
how many numbers did they draw
to make you who you are
who threw the dice
ten thousand times
to roll your run of sevens
to bring you
bright and lightning struck
what luck
and from what heaven
48 · Apr 2020
Φόβος
Ciel Noir Apr 2020
φοβάσαι
ο φόβος φέρνει φωτιά
φως που τυφλώνει
you are afraid
fear brings fire
blinding light
48 · Jan 2020
somewhere
Ciel Noir Jan 2020
this is a cold place
it's not just the weather
I used to believe
I'd stay here forever

somewhere the sea whispers
its siren song
deep down in my soul
I want to be warm
48 · Jul 25
Bones
Ciel Noir Jul 25
I just want to talk about
how I feel

I am confused
by what is real

I chased the truth
down a rabbit hole

and found out things
no one wanted to know

this is the truth:
I am afraid

of time
of the future

of mistakes I made

I'm afraid that I'm too lost
to find my way

afraid of someone I don't trust
I see every day

and that fear turns to anger
when I feel unsafe

I have to stay
I can't escape

a liar
a back biter
and a thief

didn't know my anger
could be this deep

and I have to keep on
moving on

even when I don't feel like
the rational one

reach out
and find out
I'm not alone

not much of a poem
only the bones
46 · Jun 27
Read
Ciel Noir Jun 27
maybe every writer wonders
what the reader reads

it's a window into me
but what do people see?

did I write it like I thought it?
did you read it like I said?

can you feel the rhythm
even when you read it in your head?

do you read it like a rap?
do you read it like a book?

do you sing it like a song?
do you only look?

do you hear it in your head?
is it someone else's voice?

Julie Andrews?
Morgan Freeman?
really it's your choice

do you think in pictures?
do you think in sound?

if there's no one around
do you read it out loud?

do you read it only once
or maybe two or three times?

do you analyze the meaning?
do you focus on the rhyme?

and I'm sure that you know I'm
overthinking like I always do

you saw my soul
so I try to stare back into you

and understand how much of me
you could have understood

I would read your mind
if I only could

— The End —