Tears of the Raven

By Christopher Goben

In Tears of the Raven you will find a world of both the dark and the light.Rising forth from its pages comes one hundred poems of love, vampires, fantasy,darkness and so much more. Enticed within the many rich pages of tears of the Raven you will come across many enchanted beings of both light and dark in the five short stories told.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Goben
• Release date: Mar 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386202257

Christopher Goben

Christopher Goben Lives in the ozark hills with his wife and childern. He enjoys the simple things in life. Flowers in spring, good company, good food, and his love for God who inspires him to write. He is a ordanied minister and a published author. (Love for Milady, Gothic Tears, Call of the raven, Lovers United, Legend of the Dark knight, and Thorns of Bitter Sorrow) are just a few of the titles he has published.

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TEARS OF THE RAVEN

(COMPOSER OF POEMS AND SHORT STORIES)

WRITTEN BY : CHRISTOPHER A.  GOBEN

THE RAVEN

To you my beloved readers I bring this book of poems and short stories

that have been inspired by the chain of events in the long road of life

with all of its torments , its joys , it's dreams and desires

as they have been enchanted by life’s rich myths and legends

as they linger in the mind of mankind in its many stages of light and darkness

it is my greatest  honor to present to you my first book

THE TEARS OF THE RAVEN

may you enjoy HAIL AND BLESSED BE

CHRISTOPHER A GOBEN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SORROW

1) CRAZY GAME

2) DEATH OF A YEARBOOK JOKE.

3) DEPRESSED LOVE.

4) HOW DO I LIVE.

5) I GIVE YOU ALL

6) I SIT ALONE IN MISERY

7) LIVING WITH MY PAIN

8) LOVES LAST GOOD BYE

9) OCTOBER NIGHTS.

10) PEACE AT THE END

11) PRETTY LIES

12) SHADOWED

13) TALK TO ME.

14) WHY

15) WILL LOVE GROW

LOVE

1) A FATHERS LOVE FOR HIS SON

2) AWAITING

3) DESTINY

4) END OF LOVES TROUBLES

5) FAIR WELL

6) FROM THE STORM.

7) HAPPY LOVING YOU

8) I BELIEVE IN LOVE

9) I LOVE YOU AND YOU ME

10) I NEED YOU ALONE NOW

11) I PROMISE YOU

12) SINCE WE FIRST MET

13) TO AGAIN LOVE YOU

14) TO YOU MY CHILDREN

15) YOUR GIRL OF FATE

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VAMPIRES

1) BLOOD SO BITTER SWEET

2) BRIDE OF SORROW

3) CURSED

4) DAMMED LOVE.

5) EMBRACE

6) MASTER VAMPIRE

7) MILITANT VAMPIRE

8) MY LADY VAMPIRE

9) PRINCE OF DARKNESS

10) VAMPIRES CURSE

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11) VAMPIRES HUNGER

12) VAMPIRES LONELY LIFE

13) VAMPIRES OF THE NIGHT

14) VAMPIRES SORROW

PAGAN 

1) BELTAIN

2) BLESS ME

3) CRY FOR SURVIVAL

4) DEITIES

5) ELEMENTAL CALL

6) FAIRY NIGHT

7) GODDESS OF THE MOON

8) GOD OF DESIRE

9) HORNED GOD

10) I AM THE MOTHER EARTH

11 ) MY LADY MY LORD

12) NIGHT OF GAZING

13) WE ARE WITCHES OF OLD

14) WHEEL OF THE YEAR

15) WITCHING HOUR

FANTASY

1) DRAGONS FIRE

2) DRAGONS OF OLD

3) FAERIE MORNING

4) FAERIE OF DREAMS

5)FAERIE TIMBERING MEADOW

6) LAND OF UNICORNS

7) MYSTIC CALL 

8) STARRY SKIES

9) THE MYSTIC TREE

10) THE WATCHER

11) UNICORN

DARKNESS

1) A BEAST I AM

2) A WAITING LOVE

3) COME TO ME

4) CURSED BY RING

5) DEMONS AWAKING

6) DO I BELONG

7) FAIR WARNING

8) I AM A MONSTER

9) LORD OF CHAOS

10) MY LITTLE MONSTER

11) PLAY NOT IN MY HAVEN

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12) TELL ME WHY

13) THE GHOSTLY GIRL....PAGE 103

14) THE POOR POET

15) THE RAVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

1) ABOUT LIFE

2) BATTERED CHILD

3) CHANGE

4) FOREST WALK

5) FOR THE PRICE OF FREEDOM.

6) I'M GETTING OLD

7) MANS BEST FRIEND

8) SOFTLY FALLEN SNOW

9) SPARROW

10) THE COMING OF WINTER

11) THE INNER WOLF

12) WANT OF THE HUNT

13) WELCOME HOME

14) WHAT'S GOLD

15) WOUNDED EAGLE

SHORT STORIES

1) BELTAIN MORNING

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2) CURSED

3) FAERIE MAGIC

4) THE BIRTH OF TWO GODS

5) WINTERS FIRST EMBRACE

SORROW

IN THIS WORLD AS WE WALK ITS MANY PATHS OF LIFE

WE OFTEN SOME TIMES FIND GLOOM THAT SURROUNDS US

AND SOME TIMES COMES FROM WITH IN

A GLOOM THAT OFTEN DANCES HAND IN HAND WITH LOVE

A GLOOM WHO'S NAME SOME TIMES IS LONINESS

AND DESPAIR

BUT ALWAYS HAS THE BITTER SMELL UPON IT'S BREATH

OF SORROW

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CRAZY GAME

I WOULD LOVE TO LOVE AT MY VERY BEST

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YET YOU ALWAYS PUT MY HEART TO THE TEST

WITH ALL YOU’RE SILLY WAYS AND CRAZY GAME

WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THEY PUT OUR LOVE TO SHAME

DO YOU ENJOY THE PAIN OF BREAKING MY HEART

DOES IT MAKE YOU HAPPY TO SEE IT RIPPED APART

YOU TELL ME YOU LOVE ME THEN YOU SAY YOU DON'T

I START TO THINK YOU DO THEN YOU ALWAYS SHOW ME YOU DON'T

WHY MUST YOU TREAT ME LIKE A PUPPET ON A STRING

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM MORE THEN JUST SOME PLAY THING

ARE YOU AFRAID TO LOVE ME BECAUSE OF YOUR PAST

IS IT THAT HARD FOR YOU TO SEE THIS WAY WE CANT LAST

DON'T FORCE ME TO WALK AWAY FROM YOU

STOP PLAYING THIS PAINFUL GAME YOU LIKE TO DO

START SHOWING ME JUST HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME

I WANT TO KNOW YOU THINK WE WAS MEANT TO BE

STOP TREATING ME LIKE SOME KIND OF TERRIBLE SIN

WHEN ALL I WANT IS TO PLAY A GAME WE BOTH CAN WIN

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DEATH OF A YEARBOOK JOKE

HERE I SET WITH HEAVY HEART IN A DAZE

MY MIND EVER SPINNING ROUND IN A MAZE

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I SEE THE RAZOR EDGE TRACE THE VAIN

IT'S NOT REAL YET I FALL EVER NEAR INSANE

SO MUCH PAIN SHE HAS CAUSED HER DEAREST FRIEND

PERHAPS ITS BEST FOR LOVE MY LIFE TO END

NO MORE HER HARSH WORDS MY EARS WILL HEAR

LONG NIGHTS TO WORRY NOT FOR GONE THE FEAR

TO MANY OF FRIENDS SHE HAS TO MISS OR MORN

FOREVER FREE OF ME HER BITTER TWISTED THORN

MY TEARS AND BLOOD MIX WELL ON THE FLOOR

HAPPINESS SHE WILL FIND THROW THE DOOR

WHAT BLOGS SHE WILL POST ON HER FRIENDLY BOOK

TELLING ALL WHO CARED MORE SHE'S OFF THE HOOK

SHE WAS MY TRUE LOVE AND I WAS HER FOOL

DARKNESS IS NEAR THE BLOOD MAKES THE POOL

YES JUST ONE MORE PASS STROKE ONE MORE STROKE

THEN I WILL BE THE DEATH OF A YEARBOOK JOKE.

DEPRESSED LOVE

DEPRESSION COMES OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT

I REACH FOR MY DREAMS BUT CANT TOUCH THE LIGHT

AS PAGES OF MY LIFE TURN AS FAST AS THEY CAN

TO MY EYES I SEE HEARTBREAK AND PAIN TO MUCH FOR ANY MAN

ALWAYS HURTING LIKE A TWISTED THORN IN MY SIDE

SINCE A CHILD I HAVE RAN WITH NO PLACE TO HIDE

DISAPPOINTMENT AND GRIEF LINGERS WHERE I REMAIN

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DARKNESS AND GLOOM NOW FILLS MY LONELY BRAIN

OH HOW I WISH I COULD JUST LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

WANTING TO LOVE WITH SOMEONE HAPPY BY MY SIDE

LIKE THE ONE WHO HAS HURT ME OVER AND OVER YET I STAY

WHY CANT LOVE BE SO SIMPLE WITH OUT IT'S EVIL WAY

IF ONLY I COULD LIVE MY LIFE FULL OF PEACE

TO SEE AND TRULY KNOW LOVE FOR ALL ITS GRACE

EVER LONGING TO BE LOVED AND GIVE LOVE IN RETURN

I THEN WOULD FEEL ALIVE WITHOUT THE BRIDGES BURN

SOMEHOW I WILL FIND AWAY TO SET MY LIFE RIGHT

THEN I KNOW I WILL KNOW ALL OF LOVES HAPPY WAYS

DEPRESSION WILL FALL WITH A UNDERSTANDING LOVE AND THERE I WILL

STAY

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HOW DO I LIVE

GRAVELY COLD I LAY IN THIS STATE OF MIND

HOW DO I LIVE KNOWING THE PAIN SHE LEFT BEHIND

SHE HAD BEEN MY WORLD SINCE WE FIRST HAD MET

NOW MY WORLD SHE HAS CHANGED WITH DEEP REGRET

PROMISES OF HOPES AND DREAMS OF HAPPINESS

ONLY TO SHATTER THEM BY HER RAGE OF DARKNESS

SHE SAYS I AM HER VERY HEART AND SOUL

YET SHE HAS TREATED ME SO BADLY AND DULL

WHAT KEEPS ME HOLDING ON TO A BEAST

HOW DO I LOVE HER SAY THE LEAST

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MY SOUL IS SACRED AND MY MIND IS KIND

TREATING ME THE WAY SHE HAS WEIGHS HEAVY IN MY MIND

SHE HAS BEEN SO CURL DRIVING ME INSANE

MAKING ME STRIKE OUT AGAINST MY OWN MAIN

BRINGING MY SELF PAIN BY HER OFF SET OF DEMETER

HOW BIG A FOOL I HAVE BECOME SHE'S SUCH A CRUEL CRITTER

BLAME OFTEN I SHIFT ON TO HER YET THE BLAME IS MINE

TO DEEP IS THE PIT IN MY HEART WHERE THE PAINS WINE

TO LOSE HER LOVE WOULD BE TO LOSE MY MIND

HOW DO I LIVE KNOWING THE PAIN SHE LEFT BEHIND

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I GIVE YOU ALL

I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL I CAN GIVE

I GAVE YOU MY LIFE FOR YOU ALONE I LIVE

THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE THAT I CAN DO

THERE IS NO MORE I CAN GIVE TO SHOW YOU I LOVE YOU

YET YOUR LIKE A FALLEN STARE FROM THE SKY

I REACH OUT TO YOU AND YOU PASS ME ON BY

YOU SAY YOU CARE BUT SHOW ME YOU DON'T

WHY SAY YOU WILL SHOW ME WHEN WE KNOW YOU WON'T

I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL I CAN GIVE

I GAVE YOU MY LIFE FOR YOU ALONE I LIVE

YET YOU LET THE GOOD IN LIFE JUST SLIP AWAY

I AM AFRAID TO WAKE AND FIND YOU GONE ONE DAY

IF YOU TAKE MY HAND YOU KNOW THAT I WILL FOLLOW

SO WHY MUST YOU DO THIS MAKING MY HEART FEEL HALLOW

THERE IS NOT MORE I CAN GIVE TO SHOW YOU I LOVE YOU

THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE I CAN DO

I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL I CAN GIVE

I GAVE YOU MY LIFE FOR YOU ALONE I LIVE

I SIT ALONE IN MISERY

I SIT ALONE IN MISERY

BLACK BE MY HEART WITH THE LONELINESS

THROUGH MY TEARS I STILL SEE YOUR FACE

MY EARS CAN HEAR HOW YOU MOCK ME I SIT ALONE IN MISERY

MY MIND THINKS BACK ON ALL THE HATE

AS I WONDER WHY I HAVE EVEN TRIED

TO LONG THE YEARS MANY WASTED DREAMSI SIT ALONE IN MISERY

ONLY IF YOU HAVE LOVED WITHOUT THE LIES

YOUR EQUAL I TRIED YOU HAD TO BE BETTER

MY LIFE I SHARED YOURS WAS WAY MOREI SIT ALONE IN MISERY

I SEE US TOGETHER YOU SEE ME WITH YOU

GAVE I HAVE MUCH YOU LITTLE TO NOTHING

THE WORLD WAS OURS YOU SAID YOURSI SIT ALONE IN MISERY

MIND SPINES AROUND AND AROUND LOST

MY HEART CONFUSED DO YOU SEE ME

WONDERING IF YOU HAVE FORGOT REALITY

LIVING WITH MY PAIN

LATE AT NIGHT SHE LAYS HER HEAD UPON MY CHEST

A SINGLE TEAR ROLLS DOWN MY FACE I LOVE HER BEST

THOUGH THROW OUT THE YEARS SHE'S CAUSED SUCH PAIN

AFRAID SHED WOULD BE TOSSED ASIDE SHE PUT ME IN CHAINS

NOT OF METAL YET SHE WEIGHED ME DOWN WITH EMOTION

STRIPING ME OF WHO I AM WITH OUT TRUE DEVOTION

THERE I FEEL HER SOFT BREATH UPON MY NAKED SKIN

MY CHEST TIGHTENS AND SIGHS I HATE HER FOR HER SIN

I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN SHE NEEDED ME THE MOST

WHEN I HAVE NEEDED HER SHE'S BEEN COLD AS A GHOST

ALL THESE YEARS SHE HAS PUT MY LOVE THROW HELL

STUPID NOT TO SEE I LOVED HER SO VERY WELL

SHE GENTLY REACHES UP TO TOUCH MY FACE

I HOLD HER TIGHTER AS SHE CUDDLES IN MY SPACE

A FOOL I BEEN TO LET HER DO THIS TO MY LOVE

AS MY LOVE IS AS SOFT AS A DOVE SENT FROM ABOVE

THOUGH TIMES WE BOTH HAVE HAD TO ADMIN

DEAD I AM HERE LEAVE I SHOULD RETAIN

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LOVES LAST GOOD BYE

HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND TELL ME I SHOULD FORGETYOUR GOING TO

WALK AWAY AND LIE LIKE A ROTTEN

MAGGOTWHY DID YOU KISS ME IF YOU WAS GOING TO SAY BYEDO YOU NOT

CARE HOW IT TEARS AT MY MIND AS I CRYNOW YOU STAND THERE AND TELL

ME HOW NOT TO RECALLFEELINGS THAT LINGER ON AS MY BACKS AGAINST THE WALLI SEE YOUR FACE AS THE RED BEGINS TO STAIN THE GLASSPAIN GROWS NUMB NOW AS I SAY FAIR WELL TO THE CLASSMY ALL TO FAMILIAR NO PAIN SMILE NOW CROSSES MY FACETHAT ALL TO UNFORGETTABLE  LAUGH  SEEMS SO OUT OF

PLACEI HAD THOUGHT YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAPPY EVER AFTERHOW I SEE I WAS ONLY A JOKE THAT GAVE YOU SUCH

LAUGHTERAS MY EYES GROW HEAVY MY BODY SO COLD I MOST SAYI WOULD HAD WALKED WITH YOU A LEAST ONE MORE LONELY DAYLIGHTED PATHWAYS  STAND before ME THIS WALK  HAS JUST BEGUNARE YOU LOVE SO GLAD I HAD THIS TALK AND I DIDN'T USE THE GUNNOW KISS ME FOR THIS MY LOVE IS A MOMENT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER I'M NOW DEATHS MEMBERAND THIS MY SWEET IS OUR TRUE LOVES LAST GOOD BYE I TOLD HER SO LONG AGO ON THE DAY I HAD TO DIE

OCTOBER NIGHTS

MY MIND OFTEN DRIFTS BACK TO OCTOBER NIGHTS

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AND THE SHADOWS THE MOON LIGHT

I CAN SMELL THE AUTUMN LEAVES AS MY MIND GOES BACK

REMEMBERING THAT NIGHT LOVE GAVE US NO SLACK

TWO KIDS WITH NOTHING TO DO TIL OUR LOVE DID FIND

EACH LONGING FOR THE OTHER WITH OUR HEARTS NO PLACE TO HIDE

SOON HAND AND HAND AND HEART TO HEART WAS YOU AND I

OH HOW THAT FIRST KISS YOU GAVE MADE ME SIGH

RESTLESS NIGHTS I SPENT MANY TIL I MADE YOU MY WIFE

NOT LONG AFTER ON THAT OCTOBER NIGHT YOU BEGAN TO GIVE LIFE

HAPPY I WAS TO HOLD MY FIRST CHILD THAT NEXT MORN

HOW PRETTY AND SWEET YOU LOOKED HOLDING OUR NEW BORN

I HAD THOUGHT NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO LOVE WE SHARED

BUT THEN CAME THAT OCTOBER NIGHT YOU MADE ME SCARED

YOU DID ME SO WRONG I CANT BELIEVE I WAS SO DUMB

THINGS THAT HAD TURNED MY HEART SO NUMB

THINGS IN DESPITE MAKING ME CRY

LEAVING DUMBFOUNDED THROW THE YEARS ONLY TO ASK WHY

EVER CHANGING MY LIFE NEVER ALLOWING ME TO LOVE SO TRUE

SHATTERING MY WORLD MAKING MY DREAMS EVER BLUE

SO DARK HAS BEEN MY YEARS NEVER SEEING THE LIGHT

OH HOW OFTEN I DRIFT BACK ALWAYS REGRETTING THAT OCTOBER NIGHT

PEACE AT THE END

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS ME AND YOUTWO PEOPLE WHO COULD NEVER BE MORE TRUEYET THEN THE COLD WORLD BECAME SO VERY REALITS BITTER WINDS DID SHOW ME HOW I NOW FEELLIFE ONCE STARTED before YOU