We, The Worms

We feast on flesh and bones abound

We the worms, who live in ground

Lepers, Legends, all in likeness

They all fall victim to our kiss

 

We suck your soul dry of frame

And what god can say the same?

We eat your beauty do you see

The truth of your eternity?

 

Now you see your fate so pure

We, the worms who hold the cure

Human sickness cleansed in us

Why not worship gods like us?

Reviews

[Gray Witch]

Amazing...I love it...and so true.... Nice first post on this site....

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Micheal said it all for me...powerful pen, sir

[Michael X]

paying homage to the lords of the earth, this poem has an otherworldly
feel, dark, seductive and ancient, powerfully invented and expressed!

[VannahBanana]

I now have a different outlook on worms(: this was good. There were only two parts that I thought may've needed something.
"They all fall victim to our kiss"
I think this line needs to say the same, but have a different meter, if that makes any sense, so it can line up with the "Lepers, Legends, all in likeness" part. I think those two lines are really powerful, and they set the mood of the poem.
And the very last line.
I guess I've always had a thing with words that are meant to rhyme, but are the same word. And I don't necessarily think it needs to be changed as I read into it more.
But, all-in-all, I really do like this poem. The idea that something so small has more to do with us than we know. Good job, Kenneth(:

[Daniel Affsprung]

The worms as a symbol of the ever-present entity ready to erase all one possessed in life is a great example of the physical realities of death. Philosophical in it's address of that issue, and poetic in it's symbolism. I liked it.

[Relic]

A macabre piece of poetry filled with uniqueness. The flow is like a river, the rhymes are perfect. It makes me ponder the possibility of cremation as a better departure from this ball we call earth.

I enjoyed this, yet now I fear one day I may very well worship the worms. Hee hee.

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

You bring uniqueness as you bring a different way of picturing a meaningful point in this. Different... nice. I like how you used worms in this.

[Rambling Prose]

This piece evokes much to ponder - great imagery.

Nicely penned...

[SweetPeachesAlways]

Good point!
They all fall victim to our kiss - hmmm, cremation, anyone?
I liked this, though..."Food" for thought, so to speak! ;)

[Tinquire]

Wow. Powerful and provoking. The idea of post-mortum decaying as god that deserves worshiping is both unusual and appealing. this poem grabbed me.