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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:35 am 
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Andie99uk wrote:
So go through life with a smile in your heart
and enjoy it for all that its worth
for the time we have is precious and short
on this, our beautiful Earth

Hi Andie99uk - thanks for posting this poem. I agree, I agree, I agree! Glad you found Grimney too, it's turning into my second front room I'm here so often :D

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:15 pm 
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I've also posted this in the Stories Section as a video (once it's been approved). Moving pictures, unlike words, are trapped in my head so I worked with what I can do. If there's anyone out there that's good with images please get in touch, I have many ideas!

A Change for the better

And the rain rained much longer and harder and wetter,
The drowning of rats and the drenching of men,
The thunder destroyed what we heard in the maelstrom,
The pounding and crashing again and again.
My heart was of lead, my mind torn asunder,
The wind lashed my skin, flayed me hard with the spray,
My task now forgotten I fought for my life,
As the wounds on my fingers exploded in pain.

That night was the night I saw things ne’er imagined,
Of demons and nightmares that rode on the swell,
I prayed as I battled these visions of hatred,
But Satan did mock me and took me to Hell.
Those devils spat ice and they shattered my spirit,
My friends and my family mere dust in the past,
My nightmare was growing, my sanity slipping,
And each breath my last breath, my last breath, my last…..

Slashed the whip on my back and the blood fountained upwards,
The swearing and laughter of things steeped in sin,
My anguish brought joy as my skin fell apart
And these cankerous creatures fell on me again.
Now the passing of time is a cruel sadist’s jape,
Every blood boiling second sears flesh from my bone,
Distant memories of sea and my ship fade each moment;
I’m lost in this God cursed hell on my own.

But as madness consumed every fragment of thought,
I believed every word the flies spat in my ear,
I believed God was dead and the devils were saviours,
And that all human kind had got nothing to fear.
Now the beatings and torture have stopped, thank the master,
He knew I was worthy and one of the few,
One of only a handful of mortals worth taking,
Of leaving the old life and starting anew.

Now my skin grows back thicker and darker and stronger,
My eyes glow with fire ‘neath the horns of my head,
No pain do I feel now I stand with the others,
As hunting I go with the legions of dead.
Yes I howl as the sea crashes harshly around me,
The wind screams and urges me on with the fray,
A man chokes in pain as his ship sinks beneath him,
And roaring in triumph I snatch him away.

I am better than any I thought could have bested me,
Stronger more powerful, many I slay,
I’m a devil, a being of awe and respect,
I’m Beelzebub, pray you don't meet me one day….

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:07 pm 
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Spent a good hour or so reading through all of those. Pretty impressed by it all. Top stuff.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:56 pm 
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Loved that Elvira...I'm not usually able to read long poems without getting distracted, but that one kept me reading all the way. Great flowing poem. I know it's not a brilliant technical description, but I don't know what I'm talking about half the time.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:37 pm 
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I'm glad you made it to the end Tanza! And look on the bright side, you know what you're talking about half of the time, that's pretty good odds where I'm coming from :lol:

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:46 pm 
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How about this one, written in times of strife now thankfully past...until the next time!


Hold Fast

Sadness
A deep pool
Plunging downwards
To stop the descent
Changing
Painful yet
But halting the whirlpool
To oblivion

Trusting
Faith for now
Holding you fast
Begin the ascent
Changing
Less painful
Raising the phoenix
To fly

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:26 am 
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Wow, there are loads of high quality poems appearing here! I'm stunned. Couple of years ago there was just the seed and now there are golden flowers growing everywhere, pouring rich words from every petal. That comment was the nearest I've ever got to writing a poem, since leaving school that is. Hats off to you guys. :shock:


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:16 pm 
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I put this one out there on my web site last month but hope I can get away with another airing.

Destiny

Time is the sadistic master.
Laughing he erodes all will power
Until Indecision reigns, the farcical hero.
Thoughts collect like raindrops
Drowning defenceless Hope.
The master slows his pace as seconds sweat past,
Writhing with infinite glee.
Now outlandish Fear stifles Reason,
drowning she lies face down in the water.
He regards his victim, and smiles.
Hours pass, prolonging his patient torture
Until only Self remains, all emotions dissolved.
Time relents, disappointed,
For even he must defer as Destiny sheds her cloak, waiting....

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:24 am 
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Great to see more people posting their poetry, keep them coming!

Grief.

Grief is not finite
It's pain cannot be measured
Nor known by fresh blooms of teary-eyed flowers
Crisp and thorny;
As deep and sharp
As when agony's buds first took root.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:10 pm 
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Grief.
Grief is not finite
It's pain cannot be measured
Nor known by fresh blooms of teary-eyed flowers
Crisp and thorny;
As deep and sharp
As when agony's buds first took root.


My heart is pricked, a drop of blood oozes.....

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