Thunder roars in the distance His sense of loneliness deepens He wishes he could feel emotion But Animal knows only instinct He senses the approaching storm And with it, the wrath of God The animal tries to escape from his fury But instead Is consumed in his own living hell
The Animal cannot stop The rampage It tries to survive But cannot It wants to end its hunger But cannot catch its prey It tries for love But feels none
The clouds start to swell With the sorrow of a thousand tears She cries She feels the mist in her heart The ground at her feet Her beauty is unmatched But it will not save her She turns around And sees the storm coming She knows she cannot escape her destiny For she is destiny’s child
The clouds roll over her They embrace her Consume her From the darkness of the storm The animal appears before her And like the sun in all its fiery fury He pulls her into the storm Hoping to end the hunger That consumes him
Into the darkness they go Forevermore They sink lower and lower Forevermore To the darkest region of the abyss Forevermore Into the heart of the storm Forevermore Their fates collide Nevermore
The animal consumes her in his wrath Sorrow meets with anger She becomes part of the creature Neither living, nor dying The animal knows by instinct The storm is almost over He knows and embraces it
Lightning flares in the sky As the Animal begins to die A new life is created in the heavens Dampening the wrath of God The Animal senses his own destruction And finally starts to feel her emotion Her sorrow and his anger fuse
The beast beats upon the storm Backing anger into a corner The Animal beats upon the storm And starts to fade The creature beats upon the storm And the clouds shatter into rain The boy and her soul within beat upon The last remaining tendrils of the storm And reveal to the world A light brighter than the fury of “The Animal”
Author Note: First poem I wrote, back in high school.
The Animal [December 21, 2010] Category: Fiction A story about a man trying to find himself. Lost within his emotional turmoil, he becomes “the animal”, a person consumed by his sorrow and anger. Seeking friendship and love, he confides his emotions within a woman, ultimately freeing himself from the darkness within him