Neon Psalm

A dirge for the sleepless

Ani Eldritch
Catharsis Chronicles
1 min readJan 10, 2025

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This artwork is a futuristic cityscape bathed in neon hues of pink, blue, and orange. The streets are lined with towering skyscrapers, their windows reflecting the vibrant glow of artificial lights. The road appears empty except for a few silhouetted cars, their headlights glowing softly. The perspective creates a sense of depth, leading towards a luminous horizon. Floating orbs and sleek, linear designs give it a cyberpunk, retro-futuristic feel.
Artwork created by the author using ChatGPT.

Night wails through neon arteries,
wind-torn and bone-lit, spitting
black syllables into gutters where
rats gnaw the syllables clean.

I walk the wet spine
of avenues slick with
sorrow, glass-eyed ghosts
curling smoke from teeth.

The city is stitched shut,
seamed in sirens, coughing
red vowels through alley-mouths,
pavement humming its tired psalm.

Once, I dreamed in color,
before love fell from rooftops,
before her hands bruised
my name into my throat.

Now, I feed the dark,
drop coins in its palms,
let it whisper, let
it weave me a shroud.

Under sodium flickers, I
unravel my shadow, follow
its thread through glass,
through steel, through nothing.

Somewhere, a child wails —
or is it wind, or
the hollow in me
singing itself to sleep?

© Ani Eldritch, 2025.

Thanks to Chrysa Stergiou and her team at Catharsis Chronicles for hosting my work.

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Catharsis Chronicles
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Ani Eldritch
Ani Eldritch

Written by Ani Eldritch

I’m a writer and poet from NYC.

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