The wind blows death across my feet
the howling of the trees
A scent just like humidity
reaching one hundred six degrees
Barren edge cuts as a knife
unfolds the forest down below
Awaiting sorrows solitude
a death that no one else can know
Nostrils flared with sunken eyes
sleep eludes me now for days
Ground bludgeoned from the hell before
I walk the burning haze
The silence here quite deafening
as the sweat pours down my skin
I fear no evil in these woods
but fear the evil kept deep within
Betraying all humanity
my heart and soul have turned to dust
Tears have long since died away
leaving sunken trails of rust
Nefarious my thoughts and deeds
a blunt deception of all mankind
With barbed tongue I spoke the words
and left them deaf and blind
Even the wicked abhor my name
all others just call me fear
Alone I’ve ruled for centuries
and once again I’ve reappeared
To walk this final battleground
where only the silence rules the day
In ruins combatants strewn these fields
no graves for them to lay
This war of hatred their demise
they’ve followed blindly just as sheep
Fighting me with all their might
only to watch the masses reaped
Millennia of waging wars
without a noble cause had they to win
Payment rendered in full today
suffering now for all their sins
Blow the stench of malevolence
to every nation far and wide
From me you’ll find no way to win
and no where you can hide
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this is awsome.
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Thank you
For all your reads and comments they are greatly appreciated. Best of love and luck to you. Rick
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Well Done....
.... this one is a great poem and should do well in the contest I am glad I stopped in to read it. If the Judge sees this I am saying from one poet to another This one is the winner hands how. He rocked your contest, ran the table and cleaned the floor with the competition. Bravo!
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Fear is the name that brings forth those goosebumps that are traveling up my arms and the shivers that run up and down my spine. This, honey, is spooky and yet is done with vivid imagery. I loved this, but you know I love things like this as well by you.
Your lady and wife,
Joann
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Heh, heh... Nicely penned. This is the stuff!
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