Burning inside the deepest souls,
The ignited wings of an angel falling, falling,
Crashing to reality amidst shards of shattered dreams.
Darkness consuming the light.
Feel the embers wrap around around your lifeless limbs,
Lift you high into the night sky,
Underneath the stars, flickering in and out of existence,
A shredded lifeline when you are beyond the point of no return.
The flames surround you, like the spirits you fear,
Spirits of your haunted past, holding you back, chaining you down,
The frantic memories that stop you moving into the future,
That makes time eternal until you accept the truth.
As you grow stronger inside, the heat becomes more intense,
Channeling through your veins, the elixir of life,
Cutting the chords of your past to present,
You release yourself and fly free.
The destruction you left behind goes on,
Blazing. An inferno engulfing barren lands.
Born from regret, sorrow, pain and torment...
You rule this world you created.
Cowardly instincts, you try to flee,
You try to taint the light with your shadows,
Too weak, you can't break through to the Heavens,
That place where you once belonged.
Banished to your lonely nightmares,
Left only with the choice to carry on,
They say you are the ruler of the demons,
But in reality...the demons rule you.
Unbearable heat rippling through the air, death.
Screams and cries in the searing pain, hatred.
Distorted features of faceless creatures, torture.
Eternal Life. Hell.
Author notes
I actually have no idea what i think of this. I wasn't really thinking while i was writing it, just pouring out loads of random words onto the page in the hope that it would breat something! i don't think i followed the criteria of the contest to well...but the prompt was fire? I had no idea that it would turn out being about the devil when i started writing lol! However, it's far too much like many of my other poems, so i'm not sure about it.
A contest entry
- The Elements: Round 1 by Ink4Blood.
900 points, ended June 30, 2008, 19 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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wow!
This just left me speechless! it was brilliant! >.< I absolutely loved it! it was unique and perfectly written! what more can i say? AWESOME!
~Ranji
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Cowardly instincts, you try to flee,
You try to taint the light with your shadows,
Too weak, you can't break through to the Heavens,
That place where you once belonged.
Banished to your lonely nightmares,
Left only with the choice to carry on,
They say you are the ruler of the demons,
But in reality...the demons rule you.
Unbearable heat rippling through the air, death.
Screams and cries in the searing pain, hatred.
Distorted features of faceless creatures, torture.
Eternal Life. Hell.
wow this is dark and deep good luck in the contest
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I dont know how you can possibly say im good.
This is soooooo good.
I mean it makes me crap and thats even a compliment to me.
You are so good.
i feel it.
Wow.
I love it.
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NooDle rocks! i didn't know what else to say...so i just said this! ooh yeah go me...*rolls eyes* i'm off to go record a song lol?!? or something along the lines of that anyways =] xxx
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