Steel sings on steel, as silver blades are drawn
Day faces night, the deep dark faces dawn
Hearts beat loud and strong, like a distant drum
And as the dancers meet the air begins to hum.
Only one shall prevail, in this dance of death
The dance can only end with the draw of a last breath
Eyes locked, the opponents face one another
One man doomed to find only death as his lover
Spinning, twirling, dancing nimbly from fate
The two dancers swirl to the music of their hate
Blades flash, steel shines, and meeting, rings
The dancers unaware of all other things
Then the beat is ended, and one contestant falls
Darkness and light, day and night…
The Death dance always calls.
By Analexii (Cassidy R. Scaglione)
Author notes
I think this is one of my best poems so far, even though it is considerably older than most of my other good stuff. I liked it anyways, and you asked for our favs, so please do enjoy.
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I was wondering if you would like to be a part of my ap family?
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awesome It gives a great visual, I can see how its your fav. great job
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Very very nice.
Thank you for the entry!
(Sorry the comment's so short. So many to comment)
Good luck in the contest!
-System of Cyanide
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Divinely beautiful. Deaths dance swims over us as we take our place on the battlefield that we happen to call life... Oh that was very poetic, I copyright that now. Lovely write, very expressive.
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the imagery is incredibly vivid, great work
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WOW....
THis is PHENOMENAL...
I love it...you painted the mental picture for me so well...
xoxo
Sahabah
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i could hear all those deadly sound of swords and the rhythmic dance of death...
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this is a very nice write! please be sure to put the option so as to remain on my list!
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This is awesome. The movement is well-shown and described. It sounds a lot like a book that I recently read, "Kushiel's Dart". The death dance is well though out
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great imagry and very deep, great wording
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Interesting thoughts. Interesting choice of dance. I applaud you.
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bravo
I couldn't agree more with this sword fight analogy, especialy the anime ones with the fighters so graceful it truely is a dance of death. Wonderful wording and rythem. Good luck
Ash
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