Looming Clouds Dark clouds are looming from afarAll looks hopeless, not even a starPrisms of light cease to existA wretched day, a bottomless abyss Days like this are far and fewAn immortal curse I thought I slewYet blackness remains today’s dark hueAshes of storms from what once blew The sky hangs heavy, cold, and scarredLike…

Black Heart — By Sam Tumblin So you want to call a bluff,Tell me now, when is enough?My hands stay open, unafraid,Though deep scars in my heart were laid. You told me silence keeps the peace,But empty promises slowly cease.No longer chained to words you gave,I learned even love can misbehave. Now I reach beyond…

Embrace the Void Why be frightened of the dark,When daylight leaves the deepest mark?Your eyes are open, wide awake,So peer beyond the fear you make. Inhale the air you once would flee,Let shadows wrap you peacefully.Feel the cold mist kiss your face,As silver droplets fall and race. Within the dark your sight may cease,Yet in…

Where I Call HomeBy Sam Tumblin What do I really call home,Endless paths beneath the dome.One stop here,Many pauses disappear. Faces faded like dying flame,Different towns but all the same.I carried sorrow carved in bone,A drifting soul forever lone. Then I learned through life’s cruel tome,The only place I truly call homeIs beside silence overgrown—Next…

Time Fix: Through the Hourglass By Sam Tumblin Once in a blue moon my mind drifts far,Through fractured memories and rusted scars.Chaotic echoes endlessly replay,Like broken clocks that cannot find the day. I wished for time to bend like Doctor Who,A fading phone booth tearing darkness through.To drown my nightmares deep inside the stream,And silence…

In Increments By Sam Tumblin In increments I walk,Closer to dirt — it stalks.Trying to outrun time,Yet ending in a senseless rhyme. Life becomes an endless race,Wearing hollow smiles to save face.Crowds drift like shadows in the rain,Laughing softly to disguise the pain. Every clock becomes a thief,Stealing youth beyond belief.Hands keep turning without remorse,Guiding…

Beginning End By Sam Tumblin The hourglass cracked without a soundSilver sands fell upside downSeasons gathered in my handsThen vanished like forgotten lands A blackened rose climbed through stoneBlooming where the light had flownIts petals spoke in silent tonguesOf broken clocks and hollow lungs The ocean drank the dying sunAs if the day had come…

Velvet Funeral The rain arrived without a sound,Like silver needles to the ground.Black roses bent beneath the storm,As midnight wrapped the earth in mourn. I saw your shadow near the gate,A memory preserved by fate.Your velvet dress, your distant stare,Still lingered like forgotten prayer. Candles drowned in crimson wax,Beside the names carved deep in black.Each…

When the Clock Stops by Sam Tumblin What happens when the clock stops still,Everything quiet beyond all will,Like a weary tree once sharply chopped,Life feels frozen when the ticking stops. You look around but cannot see,Fear grows thick too dark to flee,Shadows whisper without a name,Nothing around feels quite the same. You ask aloud if…

Cranium Indigo How you’re going to releaseWhat’s already been fleecedVeins of rust beneath the skinRotting slowly deep within Granules falling hand to graveNothing left for time to saveEyes grow hollow, voices thinEvery loss absorbed within Nothing ever brings dismayWe become this life one dayTeeth of fate and fractured boneTeach the soul to stand alone These…