Cabaret Raven

Welcome to Cabaret Raven! I am a poetry writer that will be posting my own work(s), and I'll be taking poem commissions! No poem is a bad poem in my opinion! Give me your best prompts, folks! (18+ ONLY)

[ravennightingale]

Bottom of the Bottle

Sitting alone in the confines of my home

Rain pelting the window like a metronome

Riots on the world stage

Filling everyone with internalized rage

Told me it was over

I drank myself into a mess

I lost my first real lover

Human? No, I felt like less

Restraining someone is no easy task

Especially when all she's done is ask and ask

For a little bit more booze in her flask

And some super glue for her cracked porcelain mask

I want to be able to help those that cannot help themselves

I was once in their shoes

I remember what it was like to be afraid

They shouldn't fear the ones that say they love them

Alas, though, my education needs an extension

Everything is closing in around me

My occupation is an excursion

There's a light somewhere in this tunnel that I can't see

I'm tired of hitting the gas full throttle

I only escape for a little bit one day a week

The future looks so bleak

Just another day at the bottom of the bottle

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coast to coast

[ravennightingale]

Stand Unshaken

The winding paths that were paved for us in stride, They stretch far and wide Lately my heart’s goin’ a different way A way different than the one the ringleader made May we stand unshaken A new dawn awaits us, Will our kind survive? Or will the path that he paved for us become a blockade? There’s a crossroads a few miles north o’ here And I’m thinkin’ we’re gonna finally break down and crumble, Fade, Our kind will die. May we stand unshaken We must protect the fruits and the bearers, The sowers can wait Like I said, “my heart’s goin’ a different way” Head back west, West to where the poppies bloom Don’t stay here with the lilacs and the violets The poppies is where it’s at Amidst a clash of worlds, May you stand unshaken

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winter lookout

[ravennightingale]

Through the Snow, Undying

Through the snow, undying Fallen soldiers scattered about, They, from their frozen tomb we try unbinding The river has run cold Fallen soldiers scattered about, Their dying wishes escaping into the troposphere The river has run cold Cold with vengeance blackened at its core, Their dying wishes escaping into the troposphere Never again to be redeemed Cold with vengeance blackened at its core, Life of this forest shan’t be nevermore

[ravennightingale]

The Silence Screams

I lie awake in bed,

Waiting for dusk to turn to dawn Time slows its pace And it becomes even more methodical.

But as I lay here In the calm and the quiet, I hear something I hear it beckoning me.

And with its dapper siren song, It disillusions me from reality My eyes begin to close And I let it take me.

As I lay here with my eyes closed I see what was calling me, I hear it It was the silence.

The silence was begging me to come to its realm So I gave it what it desired And from then on, I surrendered to it every night.

For the thousandth time, It showed me the light. I never thought I would grow to love it I never thought I would want it,

I  had found peace in the screaming I found peace in the cries

Tonight, The Silence Screams.

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Acadia National Park

[ravennightingale]

Acadia

I lie here under the falling leaves, My mind boggled at how quickly time has flown by It flew, didn’t it? Like a comet I lie here under the ever-expanding galaxy, My heart beating calmly as I take in the sight It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Like a diamond I lie here under the starlight, My limbs numb from the beauty of the night It’s addictive, isn’t it? Like a drug I lie here in Acadia, My body surrounded by the vastness of the universe It’s kinda scary, isn’t it? How small and insignificant we are.