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Dark Poetry
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A Ravaging Sentinel's Vow by Stewart Stafford
State your love for me now —
Agreed, a cracked heart pledge,
Defying your many flaws,
martyring me to betrayal's dredge.
At your darkest dawn —
My fealty oath holds true,
when every back is turned,
a redeeming ravager’s purview.
A sentinel’s dust trail climbs high,
hooves thunder; the sundial stops,
A vow declared, enemies routed,
disaster reined on teetering clifftops.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.
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Bonfire of Broken Hearts by Stewart Stafford
A shivering man craving warmth,
Mustn't let the fire consume him,
Despite temptation heat flares,
In arousal-seared microseconds.
Lured in with passion's promise,
A stray spark or lick of flame is all
Love ignites into walking fireball—
Devotion's immolation sacrifice.
On a cracked cardiac bonfire,
Toughened muscles take time to burn,
An atrophied, coarse chest slump,
Once burned it is charcoal brittle.
In the hall of mirrors' reflection,
ICU, but
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