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    The beast within

    It's an old one, but I prefer my older poetry to my new work, which is crap so I decided I will introduce myself with this poem.

    The Beast Within

    Falling away from me is this Sanity
    And all I can do is watch the event
    Change before my eyes, before the end
    I live in a world of inhumanity

    Deeper into the abyss I will fall
    When monsters take over my mind
    How is it that I could be so blind?
    Before the end, I will know the call

    The call of wisdom beckons me
    I see the truth floating high above
    Reaching out, I am touched by love
    Yet hated by many, forced to flee

    The love is left behind in Sanity
    Is this truly how it was meant?
    It is an event I cannot comprehend
    Am I the victim of my vanity?

    They hunt me down like a beast
    I see hatred not of their own
    In my eyes its true nature is shown
    Their fear has been unleashed

    Deep inside me the wolf dreams
    Full moon, the monster will awake
    Take over my mind everything’s at stake
    In the night, helpless screams

    Seeing blood is on my hands now
    The love I knew is gone
    It was the wolf that took her at dawn
    I am never to know how

    Killing myself, again I rise
    The wolf, the beast must be why
    Immortal, Therefore I cannot die
    Again I hear the endless cries

    Hunters searching for my lair
    Tormented with guilt I hide
    The wolf, long ago he took my pride
    Leaving me only despair

    A piece of silver pierces my heart
    The beast inside me dies
    From within nevermore to arise
    Now I am finally free to depart.
    There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!

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    Critiques anyone? Any advise on how to improve?
    There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AimusSage View Post
    It's an old one, but I prefer my older poetry to my new work, which is crap so I decided I will introduce myself with this poem.

    The Beast Within

    Falling away from me is this Sanity
    And all I can do is watch the event
    Change before my eyes, before the end
    I live in a world of inhumanity

    Deeper into the abyss I will fall
    When monsters take over my mind
    How is it that I could be so blind?
    Before the end, I will know the call

    The call of wisdom beckons me
    I see the truth floating high above
    Reaching out, I am touched by love
    Yet hated by many, forced to flee

    The love is left behind in Sanity
    Is this truly how it was meant?
    It is an event I cannot comprehend
    Am I the victim of my vanity?

    They hunt me down like a beast
    I see hatred not of their own
    In my eyes its true nature is shown
    Their fear has been unleashed

    Deep inside me the wolf dreams
    Full moon, the monster will awake
    Take over my mind everything’s at stake
    In the night, helpless screams

    Seeing blood is on my hands now
    The love I knew is gone
    It was the wolf that took her at dawn
    I am never to know how

    Killing myself, again I rise
    The wolf, the beast must be why
    Immortal, Therefore I cannot die
    Again I hear the endless cries

    Hunters searching for my lair
    Tormented with guilt I hide
    The wolf, long ago he took my pride
    Leaving me only despair

    A piece of silver pierces my heart
    The beast inside me dies
    From within nevermore to arise
    Now I am finally free to depart.
    You seem to be in friction with yourself fighting with Lucifer within yourself.

    This poem has something, indeed very deep to move and absorb us. I like the stuff in its entirety. Something really enigmatic and shocking, of course observing how man lives in a saucepan of evils, for there is no easy rescue.

    “Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””

    “If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

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    I really like this. Darkly heroic, battling oneself and others who both seek to make and unmake you, while you make and unmake yourself. I like the beast metaphor, and especially the end with the silver bullet killing the beast and starting anew. You certainly have evocative wording. My only critique is to don't force the rhyme-scheme so much. If you're going after rhymes I recommend using regulated meters. It doesn't have to be strict though.
    Last edited by MorpheusSandman; 08-06-2008 at 08:22 PM.
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