Below are two poems I wrote for my poetry book, OTRONAUT. As you may or may not know, I am an old school Goth who’s been out of the crypt for 20 years this year! I love all things dark, spooky and mysterious and wrote these poems as a celebration of that fact! I hope you enjoy them and will check out the other poems, both in this blog and in my book, OTRONAUT, the link to purchase it is below!
The Beauty in the Darkness by Andres Diaz, Copyright 2017
It’s midnight in the cemetery
You walk peacefully through the tombstones
In the trees the bats fly hunting for insects
You lay down on one of the graves
As you look up at the night sky
You see countless stars above you
You are at peace in the darkness
The night doesn’t frighten you
You embrace the dark that others shun
The dark is your light
You find pleasure where others find fear
You are of the dark but not the negative
You are beauty standing proud against their conformity
Your journey is for discovery
Of the hidden facets of this life
You never stopped questioning
In the dark you seek the truth
Is this existence or something more
Who you are is who you want to be
Without compromising your principles
You are the square peg in the round hole
And you are glorious for it!
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Be True To Yourself by Andres Diaz, Copyright 2017
Tombs cast their shadows in the moonlight
The cool autumn breeze blows the leaves away
All is quiet in the night
The stars above shine with light from long ago
There is peace in the darkness
And much beauty too
Too many people ignore the darkness
Because they are afraid
Or cannot exist without following the crowd
And the crowd shuns the different
They want everyone to follow along
And if you are in the dark
They cannot see you or control you
They tell you to come into the light
And to be like them
Or they will talk trash about you
And try to destroy you because you are special
And you are different
Be long lasting and firm like the tombs
Let the autumn breeze blow your detractors away
And shine so bright that your light continues on
To be seen by others long after you’re gone.
^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^
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