The Beast Broke Free

A mans dark nature overwhelms him.

The Beast within me has broken its shackles,

To the cage in which I imprisoned it long ago.

I loathed that She had not noticed it happen,

Her whom see's the best in me but not the worst.

I loved her but the Beast made fools of us both,

Baring its teeth in reckless abandon, ferocity,

Now unchained.

Selfishness and Love caused me to stay beside Her,

Resulting in the death of the Woman I held most precious.

The eyes of the Beast glow a fiery crimson,

Ready to pounce on that which provokes it.

In a fit of overwhelming rage I strangled her,

Seeing her eyes, the confusion and hurt there,

And finally witnessing the Light go out of those

Eyes I had always Loved in the past, emerald green.

Laying beside her still body I wept for hours,

Gazing into her lifeless green orbs as though,

As though maybe she wasn't really dead,

That I hadn't killed her for reasons I did not

Comprehend.

Sleep eventually took me to a better place,

Replacing my horror with happiness,

Where I was fortunate to see her again,

This time alive and happy with me.

Author's Note

A concept on the "Beast" within us all. I wrote this as the words came to me so it may be rough around the edges. I still need to revise andedit. It's also a fairly dark one. Let me know what you think.

Reviews

[Ardra]

In a fit of overwhelming rage I strangled her,
Seeing her eyes, the confusion and hurt there,
And finally witnessing the Light go out of those
Eyes I had always Loved in the past, emerald green.

could be the relationship too... the anger and ego can kill it and leave us all alone.. :)

you could change the font to something different to make it little more easy for reading :)

[Lovecraft]

Perchance you are right, Milady! ;)

[Lovecraft]

Looks better now, more legible.

[Ardra]

hehe :) a lady is always rite :P

[Ardra]

yep ... does looks lot better to the eyes :)

[Ardra]

maybe you can add a warewolf in a cage showing off his angry glare... or something to add a extra touch to the poem

[Lovecraft]

I felt like it wasn't done. Lol, I just added a new poem called Wolves Surrounding a couple of minutes ago.

I'll probably add something like you said though.

[Ardra]

mmm or did u have vampire in mind ;)
whatever u feel like i was just suggesting..

[Lovecraft]

I added something in the middle but I'll leave it open to interpretation. ;)

[Ardra]

yes...its good for readers to choose the one that they find amusing enough to let them fantasize their own death lol