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God of my world

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The morning wakes
A moan of outrage
A lonely bed
A lonely house
A lonely hillside
The thorn in his side
The knife in his back
Sun shines
Rain falls
No celebration
Of the normal life
Empty ditches
To be filled with false hopes
Of what’s to come
This meaningless life
"I am nothing in this world"

Trees and boulders
Rivers and rain
The climb is hard
But the summit is near
A trip and a fall
A root pierces his hand
Blood smeared on his face
He shouts to the heavans
“Nothing?
I am the answer!
I am the revelation!
I am the heavans and the earth!
These people are dolls!
And I am the puppet master!
Those who disbelieve in me
Will suffer my wrath!
I am the fish in the sea
And the deer in the land!
I bear this cross of life!
This crown of thorns!
Weary and tired and beaten I am!
But I am here.”

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Updated 04-05-2009 at 08:22 PM by kevinthediltz

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  1. Virgil's Avatar
    Hmm. Some really good lines in there Kevn. I really like the lines that begin "I am..." Their repetition adds power to it all. These lines confused me though: "The world is a stage!/And I am the puppet master!"
  2. skib's Avatar
    me too.
  3. kevinthediltz's Avatar
    Hows that? ^^^
  4. mtpspur's Avatar
    Ah if Doctor Doom ruled the world this is the poem he would write.
  5. Virgil's Avatar
    Better Kevin. I've noticed the openning two lines aren't solid either:
    The morning wakes
    A moan of outrage

    Morning doesn't really wake, living beings wake. How about "The morning lifts" or something like that. A moan of outrage is kind of corny to me, though perhaps others may like it. You've got a lot of emotion packed in there toward the end. My personal preference would be to be restrained here, especially since it really doesn't contribute directly to the heart of the poem.
  6. skib's Avatar
    I was agreeing with Virgil because I had nothing productive to say.
  7. BienvenuJDC's Avatar
    From a literary point of view, I can see how the Morning could Wake...inanimate objects often take on human traits. In the same point...how could the morning lift? Both could work just as well. But to critique a little...from who's point of view is this told?
  8. kevinthediltz's Avatar
    I want to keep the first line because I want to hint at the idea that the morning is waking without him. He has no desire to get up and continue his seemingly worthless life. The second line reinforces this. Then it progresses from worthlessness to the realization that he is his own god. He is the master of his own life. And it is told from 3rd person. A godlike figure if you will, although there is no evidence of this in the poem.
    Hope that helps.
  9. NikolaiI's Avatar
    Actually I was partly thinking of this one when I posted that last message on your other blog.