POETRY BY DAVID MERIWETHER

David Meriwether is a sometimes writer, semi-professional musician and full time simulator technician in San Diego, California.

He has written over 200 poems and five flash fiction stories focusing on horror/fantasy. He is currently working on a new short story.

LOVE SPELL

with diamonds two
three flowers blue
a phoenix tear
one hair from you
 
I stir them well
ring once the bell
ignite the fire
weave the spell
 
in starlight dance
to love enhance
a circle make
create romance
 
thrice speak your name
and mine the same
speak forth the chant
set heart aflame
 
our hearts entwine
our souls combine
let love persist  
I make you mine

THE ARCHER

My heart is steady
My aim is true
I come for you
A ghost in the mist
As my eyes behold you
I release silent death
My arrow finds you
A gift from me
A quick end for you
The last thing you see
The flash of sun on steel

I take your hopes
Your dreams
Your memories
Your love
Your life
All that you are
Spills into the dirt
Fading away
Like smoke in the wind
I move on to another
My quiver is full
many lives to take
before the sun sets

ARCANE

In the dark light
Of the black moon
She waited

Seeking strange magic
A weaver of spells
Unrepentant

Her heart longing
For a lost love
Long dead

Forbidden words spoken
Into the fire
Bringing new life

Within the fire a form appeared
Rising up with a foul wind
Taking the shape of a man

Her lover awakened
Born by the flames
Beauty undiminished

My love she cried
You have returned to me
By my own power

His body stood before her
But with the soul of another
Dark and full of wickedness

A foul spirit
In the visage of her love
Raised from the depths

How long I have waited
For release dear one
He said with a smile

For millennia I have slept
In the outer darkness
But you have awakened me

New life awaits
There is much to do
Many to conquer

Three things I require
Only you can provide
To seal my life

Your precious blood
Your eternal soul
Your life for mine

Come stand with me
Within the flames
Embrace me now

Drawn by true love
She could not resist
As the fire consumed her

And so he lives
As her screams
Echo into eternity