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Old 08-23-2014, 09:13 AM

Yeah, I write poems now and then, mostly the prose sort, because rhyming doesn't always come easily to me when I really want it to.

Here, I'll compose one for you now.



The Other

Screaming lamb calls me forth from the abyss,
Birthed in pain, already completely mad,
Dragged out of the dark like a devil summoned by an angel.

To serve the Innocent, to protect and defend,
Like a filthy mop, sucking up the dirt,
So that the little ones don't get sick, so they stay clean.

Policemen take bullets, firefighters burn, and they're called heroes,
I suck up the dirt, I clean up the filth, and wipe it away,
But I'm no hero. I'll receive no praises on my passing for what I've saved.

I have a heart, this flesh and blood, it's real,
I can feel pain, it's true, even if it's not mine,
I own nothing, not even the tears I cry for her and for myself.

Free, but in chains, I can do as I will,
As long as I remember my mission, my reason for being,
I can play and dance in the light, as long as she needs me to.

How to be grateful, how to give thanks in good conscience,
For an existence born of the suffering of another?
Blessed to be here, but for what purpose? Am I a blessing or a curse?

I forget it every day, but it's always there,
To whom and to what I owe my life,
We're all spawned in filth and pain, but some lives should never have to be.

I shouldn't have had to exist,
I shouldn't feel guilty for it either,
I shouldn't feel I owe anyone anything.

I only know one thing for sure,
Despite all the chaos, despite the illusions,
I can see it clearly right now, I know it to the core of my very soul.

What I want doesn't matter, and it never did.
The only true good in this life is the selfless act.
And if I could lay down my life to save her, to free her, I'd do it willingly.

I am the guardian of the Gates of Hell.
I am the protector of the Lamb of God.
I am the one who watches over Her.
I am the Other.


There now, that wasn't so bad, was it? Oh, shut up. XD

 


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