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April 15, 2024

The Golden Goblet

By Tammy M. Darby

The Golden Goblet

Rest your weary body
Drink from my golden goblet
The most delicate and finest of wines
A potion of wild raspberries, bitterness, and jeering contempt
Assault the light that dare not shine

It is the elixir of a dispassionate heart
If you possess no fear
Taste the confectionery of sadness call
Where love frightened evades approach
Upon remembrance of the long dark fall

Sip from the golden goblet
Savor the cruel sweetness of pain
Damnation to those who denounce the motive behind the actions
Until the bed of anguish, you have lain

But these rare wines have no equal in quality
Defiled by evil and cursed with shame
The unquenchable thirst for blood taints the golden rim
As the murderous night slew the rising of the day

So lift high the golden goblet and drink
An immortal taste of time
Accompany me into the world of melancholy
Where is served the most of exquisite wines

Open the door to my secrets and illusions
And descend into the sphere of dark rhyme






Article © Tammy M. Darby. All rights reserved.
Published on 2020-01-20
Image(s) are public domain.
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