Wings are tattered,
there is no halo left,
concerned with Good no more,
indifferent at best,
you don't want to know the worst.
How did this Angel's white robes
become dirty, dark and black?
What caused this transformation
of good to evil, white to black?
Was it one sinner too many
repenting their sin at death,
or not repenting at all,
deliberately setting their fate?
What does it take for an Angelic being
to become a demon brother?
Perhaps it's the human race
continuing on its suicidal run on,
pride, envy, wrath, greed, gluttony, sloth or lust,
its love of destruction, of war and
a hatred for anyone daring to be different?
It's not for me to understand, but
to welcome him as a brother and
give him a place in our growing ranks.
They say that it is free will and not
fate that rules lives, of humans.
What can you call it when you turn your
back on what you were created for and
not given a choice?
I guess you can call it free will,
even for us.
Author notes
Written October 24th, 2006
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A contest entry
- Level One: Difficulty: Painless by IndividualEleven.
600 points, ended January 29, 2007, 182 entries
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Merry meet Amythest,
guess what... my next contest after this, im holding in honor of the mother.... i think you should enter.....lol, nice to see you in my contest once agin, best of luck.
i enjoyed your poem, and i seem to have been lost to your words once i read that as soon as i finished, i said " i couldnt have read this poem til the end already.....did i???....
great poem
Brightest blessing unto you,
~choaticrose
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Merry meet,
Thank you very much for your kind applause. Thank you also for your kind comments.
Amythest -
It is the long journey down the spiral of pain agony and death that covered this shimmering angel into the hideous apparition that he is today.
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Merry meet Rooms,
Thank you very much for your applause. I'm glad that you liked it and thank you for your insightful comments.
Amythest -
Outstanding
I thought this poem was very thought provoking and deep with a lot of philosophical debate. This is a dark poem with a lot of truth and perception
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