The Raven on the Window Ledge

Eyes as black as moonless night;

omen of despair;

sitting on window my ledge;

with a piercing stare.

Why are you here this eve;

perhaps my soul to steal?

Are you demon or accuser;

a hallucination not real?

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One of my delusions;

from tormented mind created;

speak you fowl; so my

fearful thoughts can be abated.

Your pecking beak taps the

window glass to enter in;

have you come to chastise me;

reckoning me my sin?

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Black feathers glisten with blue;

your talons sharp to tear;

tell me raven, stay not in silence;

why is it you are there?

To drive me mad; it that the

game you’re intent to play;

staying by my window ledge

till the sun brings light of day?

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Be gone foul bird of black;

leave me and take wing this night!

Tell your sender I shall

not go by will; I beg thee take flight.

Vile raven of hell; perching still,

the glass cracks even more;

now the smell of brimstone;

comes a knock upon my door.

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“Open up, I’ve come to claim

what is mine; the deal made;

Your soul for all the riches gained;

now it’s time I get paid.

The raven’s but forewarning;

of my coming for what’s due;

You made the deal long ago;

now I am here collecting you!”