Floating Between the Living and the Dead
He came softly in the silent dark,
Floating over the still waters
Towards me.
No splashing,
No sound made.
He had no face,
No hair,
No eyes.
His ghostly ship sailed on
Behind him.
This mist-ic creature
Still walked
Still floated
Towards me.
He said nothing,
But glared
Deep into my eyes,
Piercing through my flesh.
Was he a sailor?
A pirate?
An angel
Or demon?
How had he died?
Did I even truly see
This mist-ic creature
Floating
towards me?
I heard them call
And He was gone
Dragging me back down
To reality,
To life,
To that night.
And he was gone.
Like a dream
Or unanswered nightmare.
I would never know,
Never see past that wall
Of the dead.
And yet, could never return
To that place
To that night
Again
With the living.
(Despite popular belief of my writing class,
this poem in NO WAY referrs to Jesus Christ. Though I am Christaian
and proud of it, I am not ashamed to say that I have never written a poem
which describes Christ as a pirate. Please, do not read into my writing THAT much.)
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