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Dumanogu
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You think you've experienced every feeling... Every way to feel butterflies Every way to soar high Every way to touch the sky Every way to miserably cry Every way to want to internally die Every way to mentally say goodbye Until you meet someone who teaches you new ways... New ways to spread your wings and fly New ways to curl-up petrified as they stand by As they stand-by and watch your demise
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Aug 11, 2024
Aug 11, 2024 at 10:15 PM UTC
Demise
Imagine the tawny owl soaring high Through the midnight mist Up into the crisp night sky Simply content to exist The owl lands on a perch The limb of an ancient oak tree And surveys the land in search For one human who is free Sadly all of humanity is stuck Inside their manmade domes Gazing at glowing screens, moonstruck Unaware of what's outside their homes Hunger, war, pain and misery A time of progression they say Constantly moving around busily Never slowing down to observe the dismay The wise owl witnesses all At the stroke of midnight How this sad race is doomed to fall Until there is nothing left in sight
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Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 2:11 AM UTC
Midnight
A son of Adam born anew, Arrives into a joyous hopeful stage, Everything set in colors of blue, Two becomes three on a brand new page, A son of Adam as he grows, Has certain traditions to uphold, None of which he yet knows, But soon everything will unfold, A son of Adam as he gets older, Must bring his molders glory and gold, To be the brave unrelenting soldier, To be a savior and above all bold, Now when a daughter of Eve is born, The molders have such different hopes, The loss of a possible son they mourn, Then soon they begin pulling her ropes, A daughter of Eve for generations past, Is a puppet to her family's whims and woes, Not a rival to the son, she is an outcast, Never allowed to be bold or oppose, A daughter of Eve must become a mill, And produce until she has procured a son, That is her destiny to fulfill, Otherwise, society will quietly shun, A daughter of Eve can perhaps teach, A son of Adam she has produced, How not to become traditions leech, And break the circle of abuse.
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Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 at 9:26 AM UTC
A Son of Adam
The pale sickly boy bursts through the thick foliage of the woods His heart racing, face-blazing, eyes bulging out of their sockets And then it begins… The moon, the boy thinks slowing, It … It exudes Magnificence in the palest of lights, every crater like ancient golden pockets With a cry of anguish, he is no longer man Body splitting, tearing at the line between two realities Soft pink flesh turning into coarse fur Teeth turning into razor-sharp fangs The creature lies there panting; there is no need for formalities The boy now knows the creature well, but his colliding memories become a blur The wolf a feral rag doll as its beastly head hangs Hunger drips down its murderous maw and the wolf feels nothing Humanity has been ripped from his every vein Bloodlust is all that fills the hole The beast runs up a knoll covered in soft spring grass, ferocity still plenty The red ferrous liquid invites the creature down making it grueling to keep sane Instinct says it must pilfer souls, commit a theft, and break what was once whole Treading menacingly through the village, a wild demon Innocent people seal themselves into useless wooden homes, ready to repent Their fear all-encompassing, like a lamb before the slaughter The wolf’s ears ***** with the soft thud of its paws, feeling the earth underneath weaken A yearning, the creature drools at the thick scent A thing of nightmares left alone with a poor man’s daughter The inner war within the beast gains a new thunderous beat The boom ripping at the soul The boy had always felt that his human life was his reality But nothing had ever felt more real than his nights as a beast No longer able to tell the difference, he sinks into that endless black hole Pondering darkly upon his morality Disgusted by his own attempt at brutality The boy turns away from his panic-stricken prey, frozen in place, praying to blackout He has to make a decision, to do what must be done The next full moon, during his transformation, he experiences a sense of finality They feel a change, a shift in power, no longer any doubt The boy and the creature lay down their spears, let go of any fears as the forest goes silent with the sound of the shotgun
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 9:04 PM UTC
Trepidum Pecus (The Frightened Beast)
The pale sickly boy bursts through the thick foliage of the woods His heart racing, face-blazing, eyes bulging out of their sockets And then it begins… The moon, the boy thinks slowing, It … It exudes Magnificence in the palest of lights, every crater like ancient golden pockets With a cry of anguish, he is no longer man Body splitting, tearing at the line between two realities Soft pink flesh turning into coarse fur Teeth turning into razor-sharp fangs The creature lies there panting; there is no need for formalities The boy now knows the creature well, but his colliding memories become a blur The wolf a feral rag doll as its beastly head hangs Hunger drips down its murderous maw and the wolf feels nothing Humanity has been ripped from his every vein Bloodlust is all that fills the hole The beast runs up a knoll covered in soft spring grass, ferocity still plenty The red ferrous liquid invites the creature down making it grueling to keep sane Instinct says it must pilfer souls, commit a theft, and break what was once whole Treading menacingly through the village, a wild demon Innocent people seal themselves into useless wooden homes, ready to repent Their fear all-encompassing, like a lamb before the slaughter The wolf’s ears ***** with the soft thud of its paws, feeling the earth underneath weaken A yearning, the creature drools at the thick scent A thing of nightmares left alone with a poor man’s daughter The inner war within the beast gains a new thunderous beat The boom ripping at the soul The boy had always felt that his human life was his reality But nothing had ever felt more real than his nights as a beast No longer able to tell the difference, he sinks into that endless black hole Pondering darkly upon his morality Disgusted by his own attempt at brutality The boy turns away from his panic-stricken prey, frozen in place, praying to blackout He has to make a decision, to do what must be done The next full moon, during his transformation, he experiences a sense of finality They feel a change, a shift in power, no longer any doubt The boy and the creature lay down their spears, let go of any fears as the forest goes silent with the sound of the shotgun
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The echo fills my head Never wanting to leave my bed Falling through a dark abyss Lined with brimstone and a deafening hiss Everything touched turns to coal Always starting a brand new goal Never seeing it to the end Blood against blood, a lonely soldier I try to mend The strips of my soul left bare for all to see To laugh at me, like "How dare she?" Still so young but I hurt too many Too many bridges I burned already Yet, a daisy grows among the weeds And I stare, wondering what'll fulfill my needs A doctor? A lover? Another survivor? The daisy shines so I wear my suit and become a diver Deep in the pit, I see myself Dust off everything high on the shelf Years of neglect and self-loathing and lies The memories come flooding amongst my cries No! This is too much for one person to take Why can't I do what others can so easily fake Because this is who I am, so I stand up tall And look at my reflection without any fear at all
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Jun 23, 2018
Jun 23, 2018 at 7:49 PM UTC
Free Falling