A Different Kind Of Ecstasy

A Different Kind Of Ecstasy
By Andrew Von Poe

Have you ever kissed a skeleton
Met a spirit, then been joined as one
Visited a graveyard late at night
Or walked out among the stars so bright

Have you ever felt my different kind of ecstasy
May not suit you but it sure suits me
Felt the night close in on you
Tell me, my dear, what would you do

Have you ever felt the touch of Death
Have you ever given up your breath
Felt the night wind on your face
Or dropped out of hatred’s race

Have you ever felt my different kind of ecstasy
Seen the night upon the shining sea
Felt the wind blow through your hair
Have you ever had someone care

Have you ever dived into the dark
With mind as free as Adam stark
Felt this different kind of ecstasy
Come, my love, and share it with me

Revel in my dark and blessed madness
As your lips against a skeleton press
Smell the sweet scent of the night
Some day all things are made right

Now you’ve felt my different kind of ecstasy
Found out what Dark’s love can be
Felt the tenderness of Death
And danced until your final breath

This is my different kind of ecstasy
Come back next time to share it with me
And I’ll lead you to the night
To revel in dark’s beauty bright

The Nails In My Soul

The Nails In My Soul

Walked through this graveyard so many times
And now the nails in my soul are showing through
I know the epitaphs and rhymes
The nails in my soul are showing through

But as often as I've walked here something's wrong
For you can see the nails in my soul
I've danced among the tombstones for so long
The nails in my soul are coming through

Once I came to see a mausoleum
Before the nails in my soul were coming through
Met some dead folks went to see 'em
But now the nails in my soul are showing through

I love some of the dead people I've met
But the nails in my soul are showing through
They always seem so peaceful and yet
They know the nails in my soul are coming through

I'd love to love you but until
I have hid the nails in my soul
I take refuge with my dead family still
The nails in my soul are showing through

Don't Cry

Don't Cry

Dry your tears and look at me
Now is not the time for you to be free
But listen to me, I can ease
The pain, just listen please

Don't cry
Wait until you cross my door
Don't cry
My love, find something to live for

I know you have sworn your service
But I think you do yourself disservice
If this makes you happy go ahead
But please dry your jewel bright eyes so red

Don't cry
Wait until you cross my door
Don't cry
My love, find something to live for

I love you as much as you love me
Oh, my darling can't you see?
I cannot break the chain of existence
Merely to ease your calm subsistence

Don't cry
Wait until you cross my door
Don't cry
My love, find something to live for

Don't cry, I'll be there
To run my fingers through your hair
Don't cry alone, my dear
Tell your sorrows to my ear

Don't cry
Wait until you cross my door
Don't cry
My love, find something to live for

I will bear you up a while
With a silent caring smile
Calm yourself, and dry your eyes
Look to find me in the night skys

Death

Sorrow For Your Sake

Sorrow For Your Sake

Every ocean that I cried
Every gale force wind I sighed
Every mortal I cast away
Hoping you'd come back someday
All the waters of the earth
That encircle Mother's mighty girth
Cannot match the tears I bore
Hoping there was something more
Beyond this bitter prison cell
It seems to me a flaming hell
Where I am trapped until you come
To set me free when day is done
Every rose I cast to you
Hoping you'd let me bid adieu
To this clay draped womb of hell
With every jewel bright tear that fell
Upon the verse I wrote to you
Ever smudged with tears for you
Every cup I drank alone
Every time spent on my own
With nothing but a thought of you
On the other side of a veil, its true
But still you bore me up awhile
With a subtly hidden smile
So it seems I will wait here
Until you come to end my fear

Burn

Burn

Wild eyed inferno
Siren of eternal fire
I swore my heart to another once
You have made me a liar

Burn
Light me on fire
Burn
Spark my desire

Red haired maid of flaming beauty
Mistress of the flames
I think you love me, I'm not sure
That you're not playing games

Burn
Light me on fire
Burn
Spark my desire

So hot, so cold
Hands caress you, but how many do you feel?
Burning lover bought and sold
When is your affection real?

Burn
Light me on fire
Burn
Spark my desire

I don't care if you lie with other men
As long as you're mine tonight
Within this sinful den
We burn to burn the night

Burn
Light me on fire
Burn
Spark my desire

Scarlet lips in the smoke
Enflaming my desire
Beneath my inky cloak
We'll set the night on fire

Goddess Of Dreams

Goddess Of Dreams

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Casting visions of great fire
So she guides us in the mire

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Enchanting all who wander near
With music strange to every ear

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Striking all who come to her
With thoughts of all the dreams that were

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Enrapturing all with dreams of hope
With her here no man can mope

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Enticing all who hear her song
To dance with her the whole night long

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Beckoning us all to her
Calling ev'ry mortal to her

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Goddess who enraptured me
I pray that she won't set me free

Dancing, swirling
Turning, whirling
Maid of dreams who brought me here
Please don't go and leave me here

Graveyard Song

Graveyard Song

Spectral symphonies sing forever
All the spirits sing together
All the souls of wonders past
All together here at last
Singing of the silent sleep
That some shall have while others weep
Crumbling lilies on the old stones
Crumbling memories of the old bones
Few will hear the spirit song
Few will hear its call and long
For a deep and loamy sleep
Wrapped within the earth so deep
I sometimes hear them all day long
So I sit and sing this song

You In A Dream

I am alone in my darkened room
I see the flames of the candles waver
As my eyes droop shut

You come to me in a dream
You take my hand
I rise and come with you
You embrace me
I burn with love for you
You stroke my hair
I put my hands on your waist
We are together, as one
I touch your face
You gaze into my eyes
I am pierced to the core
Your eyes are so dark
And mine, reflected in them
So pale

You float away from me
As I awaken
You are gone

Silence

Silence

Silent hearts and silent feelings
Silent bells and silent pealings
Silent joy and silent pain
Silent sun and silent rain

Silent troubles, silent fears
Silent smiles, silent tears
Silent hopes, silent desires
Silent rivers, silent fires

Silent days and silent nights
Silent lovers, silent fights
Silent years and silent weeks
Silent crows with silent beaks

Silent end, silent beginning
Silent loss, and silent winning
Silent mind and silent heart
Silent from the very start

Sylvia

This is a tribute to a woman I admire greatly, Sylvia Plath.

Sylvia

Shining in the mire
"Bright as a Nazi lampshade"
She'll burn out, like a bright fire
Never enough if not top grade

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can

Lazarus rises to fall again
Mind child screams
She pours a river of human pain
All the droplets are her dreams

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can

Child's gone, was never here
All that was here is gone
And now mother lives in fear
Of them knowing what she longs

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can

The Dark Lady

The Dark Lady

Drape your velvet skirts around me
Silent lady of the night
Envelope me in sultry blackness
Help me blot out all the light
Draw your hands across my face
And take my heart, my dear, I'll give it
Pull me closer to your breast
You are my dream, I want to live it
Part your voluptuous crimson lips
That stand bloody in the moon's sweet face
Bring your star bright eyes to mine
Pull me to your hot embrace
Snow white flesh of alabaster
Is the hand that in mine slips
Hand I desire and all that's with it
Body, face and ruby lips
Draw your curtain tight around me
And take me beyond the world I know
Spread the cloth of night about me
Hide the sun, no one will know
Spark the stars within my soul
Press your flesh against my heart
Tell me all I wish to hear
Find my dead pulse and bid it start
Drape your velvet skirts around me
Silent lady of the night
Envelope me in sultry blackness
Help me blot out all the light

-AVP

Song For One Unnamed

Song For One Unnamed

Your hand brushes against mine
And in that instant our eyes entwine
Yours so dark they pierce my being
And mine so pale, looking, seeing
All that which my heart desires
With all the flame of endless fires
I strive to tell you with my gaze
That I have spent my nights and days
Longing for your slightest touch
I dare, I fear, I hope to much
I spend eternity in the night
Hoping you could make life right
Hoping you could comfort me
With your eyes, all that I see
With your voice, a gentle song
I've been waiting for so long
To find someone like you
Now I don't know what I should do
Should I tell you all I've said?
Should I keep it all inside my head?
I don't know anything at all
Except exactly how to fall
Flat on my face
Following a futile chase