The Raven by Nicole Barth [5/4/12]


Frenetic hands dance over the keys.
A cacophonous collision creates a symphony of discord
in the overactive mind of the beckoned.

Neither the midnight hands of a clock
nor the haze of a silent summer night
could calm the fiend that murmurs to me.

Acquiescence to the gnawing persistence
that vibrates in my veins.
A momentary dissatisfaction.  
The hesitation behind every line. 

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