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[Artie]

A group for all the gifted creatures of the night, who revel in the glory of tantalizing, traumatizing, titillating and terrorizing wayward readers, through the power of the written word.

[Artie]

Sinister

Is it like a flavor yearning to be tasted

or an addiction that slowly takes control,

a gift waiting to be presented

promising to fulfill your soul?

Behind the veil lurks an answer

to a question that remains unasked,

so you exist in its shadow

in fear of being unmasked.

Beauty catches the eye

innocence sings its song,

the stench of weakness smothers

like an infection being passed along.

The reality of fantasy entices

where the greenest grass grows,

barriers cease to exist

in the places where no one ever goes.

Lost within the picture of perfection

the world of illusion becomes what's real,

the unspoken shatters the mask

leaving the face of weakness revealed.

[Idnaceus Crow]

wOw..... That was awsome!....Why am I just now seein' this. Sorry the only things I ever wrote in blood no longer excist. If I ever do write in blood I hope I'm still alive to share.

[Artie]

Relinquish (2012)

Feel the heat
that flows from within,
the children of the night await
for your new life to begin,
fall from grace
into the arms of sin,
set heaven ablaze
and let's bask in the glow of the fire.

Taste the wine
my body bleeds,
give in to the hunger
let yourself feed,
quench your thirst
set yourself free,
then take my hand
and let's dance with the fire.

Betrayed by a light
that left you excluded,
you've found the answer
that has always eluded,
a darkened world
now shines so lucid,
dive in with me
and let's drown in the fire.

©Artie DaMann 2012