Into the Fade

Richard Ankers Poetry March 14, 2024 1 Minute

I enter the fade like a fog the night

A ghost shrouded in net curtains

A dream made nightmare made more

Where hollow eyes look up, not down

Dark patches of midnight blotting a weeping moon

Here, purgatorial blooms proliferate

Surging in reckless monochrome

Sprouting wherever with no desire for shade

Never accepting death’s cascading sorrows

Never believing the simple truth

That there’s nothing to feel but feelings themselves

Because there’s nothing to feel at all

Thank you for reading

Richard

Published by Richard Ankers

Richard M. Ankers is the English author of The Eternals Series and Britannia Unleashed all published by Next Chapter. Richard feels privileged to have had stories and poetry published all over the world. He lives to write. A prolific writer, a constant source of clearing his mind, Richard has created this website to share just some of the many poems and prose he has written that would otherwise have fallen by the wayside. Reading and writing have always been Richard's main love along with the pursuit of keeping fit, running, walking, and anything that provides a spectacular view. Running in the rain with his headphones on whilst dreaming up some future storyline is just about perfect. It would be nicer still if that run was in Switzerland or Norway, but we can't have everything. Oh, and coffee, lots and lots of coffee. View all posts by Richard Ankers

Published March 14, 2024