'***' & 'Me and My Demons': Two Poems by Cecile Bol

***
at the end of the endless tunnel (tube?) … hole
a girl rolls onto a soft crackling surface
the light in this newfound place so bright and white
she assumes its rays are somehow magnified
by glass or so, but she thinks nothing of it
dazed by the single cherry tree towering
towards the heavens, its thirteen pink flowers
hugged by angular flakes of snow – so divine
she wishes it plenty of healthy red fruit
damn, its presence makes her feel angelic too
she gently lets herself drop onto the ground
waving her limbs to make an angel of snow
she’d never done so before for she dislikes
things frozen, but this stuff is warm, not unlike
his hands that seem to cup her as she lies there
overcome by a sudden devilish cheek
she winks at the petals above her – on cue
a lingering flake drops right into her mouth
what odd snow this is, it tastes just like plastic
and does not melt, but she thinks nothing of it
she feels safe –
inside –
his hands –
till he shakes it
ME AND MY DEMONS
‘Me and the Devil’ – alternative lyrics
sunset, I wake to
fingers ticking on my door
sunset, I wake to
your fingers ticking on my door
and I say ‘hello Madness,
I believe it's time to go’
me and my demons
walking to the woods
me and my demons
walking you into the woods
and I'm gonna love you right
until I get satisfied
baby, I don’t see why
I can’t do as I please
no, I don’t see why
I can’t have you how I please
don’t you think hedonists like you
oughta practice what they preach?
I’m gonna forsake your body
where the sun don’t ever shine
they won’t ever find your body
in the pines, in the pines
and I’ll keep on walking
with your blood worn on my lips
me and my demons will be walking
with your blood worn on our lips
Cecile Bol is a Dutch writer with a small family and a big garden in the north of the Netherlands. She is the co-leader of a local English poetry circle. Her English work has appeared (or is due to appear) in The Blue Nib, impspired, Picaroon Poetry, The Lake, Black Bough Poetry and anthologies from The Frogmore Press and Earlyworks Press. Find Cecile on Twitter: @cecilebol, or on her website: www.cecilebol.nl