The Darkness
The streetlight flickers.
I hear footsteps behind me.
No one is there.
Shadows grow tall.
My breath tastes like fear.
The wind says things I don’t understand.
Every corner hides a face I cannot see.
The walls seem to lean closer, waiting.
My pulse drums louder than the night itself.
The ground beneath me feels like it swallow me.
I hear whispers that aren’t words.
The darkness curls around my ankles, pulling.
Every sound is sharper, closer, alive.
Will I ever see the morning again.
Or am I already swallowed by the dark.
The moon peeks once, then hides.
Even the stars look away.
I walk, street looks longer than it should.
Will anyone ever find me here.
Or will the night keep me forever.
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Marie381Uk
I've been writing poetry since the age of fourteen. With pen in hand, I wander through realms unseen. The pen holds power; ink reveals hidden thoughts. A poet may speak truth or weave a tale. You decide. Let pen and ink capture your mind❤️
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
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bone chilling-I myself take ubers at night now
Chilling and I feel the fear of the words. Good job.