pallid crying skies

longing for the colour of midnight

singing with the workings of

a flaming sunset woven

against the transitional sky,

like some intricate tapestry.

nobodie's eyes had ever seemed more lifeless

than yours

not with physical death, but the death from within

It was too much for you to think for yourself

Having hair like spun gold never saved you from making the biggest mistake of your life

Beauty never got one too far

A comparison of various popular sources for vampire lore against the myths of history. Do all vampire have fangs? Can all vampires reproduce? How do the popular vampires of the 20th century live and die and hunt and feed? S. A. Rudy takes a look at five modern vampire themes.

I searched for you
I searched for the life I left behind
there was nothing left
I searched the world for everything I ever once loved
and found not a trace of anything
there was nothing left of my old life
nothing to show I was ever once there
I searched the continents and the seas in search of love and when I stopped I found that love was searching for me
and I found you

Raevynn
November 11, 2001

For over an hour Ernest paced up and down his room, wildly excited by Ethel's revelations. It required an immense amount of self-control for him to pen the following lines to Jack: "I need you. Come."

The mercury light of the streetlamp
Tints orange the images of my mind,
Its beam so strong against the night
So feeble against the darkness.

I remember the things which bring me pain;
So fast thoughts which bring joy fade.
Yet with the onslaught of time
More vivid are those of grief and guilt.

Fingers of the past clawing forward
To tighten their grip
On the mind which gave them birth.

Tethers of shame
Shrouding ever thicker
The heart of their gestation.

"No more!"