Necromancer

A display of a true necromancer from the descriptions given in the Daemonologie, written by King James I of England.

From the wicked snarls of twist and turn

The humble man of stretching yearn

Creeps down from a wooded balcony

Holding the head of a mishap Valkyrie

 

“Fire and brick, stone and ash

Turn deceased to olden Craft

Life misplaced for greater sin

To bring the Promise once again”

 

His voice echoes throughout the halls

Growing cold with every snarl

Octave deepens with darkness folds

Atmospheric chants so bold

 

Eyes of red, teeth of gold

Growling spells from the unknown

In this shack so dark and silent

Ethereal powers of war go vibrant

 

Tossing and turning with shrieks of pain

The man falls down, limp and lame

Vigorous head, decapitated whole

Cries out a name of those untold

 

Hellish fire engulfs the room

A sacrifice to bring one’s doom

The man recovers from his prone

To snatch the crying head alone

 

A figure too dark and terrible to say

Appears within a red display

Chains bound him side to side

Stretching to their extended bind

 

His voice a low and fearsome growl

He rages and thrashes with a scowl

The man commands the figure to silence

“A deal was made! You have my consent.”

 

He tossed the head into the fire

Flames licked up, eating desire

Sacrificial ceremony made

The demon was at this man’s grace

 

“Lend me your dark powers of war,

For I seek out a vengeance aboard

That mighty ship that’s out at sea,

I wish for her to sink, indeed.”

 

The man cackled and hissed like a snake

As the demon’s whip cracked with a break

A growl from depths of dark and evil

Spoke “In return, your soul’s upheaval”

 

Grinning and smiling the man offered

A scrawny hand to the demon’s answer

The deal was made, a bet was set

The man whose heart full of regret

 

The darkened light fell from the room

Back to the abyss of eternal doom

Necromancer was the man who sold

His saddened, hurt, corrupted soul

Author's Note

I'm honestly too lazy to write a whole book just to break this poem down. If you don't get it, I'm sorry, I hope you had fun with the rhymes.

Reviews

[Hope's Etro]

Powerful...Absolutely powerful...Hatred' along the lines of a friendship turned sour...Regret' all those bottled up emotions yet to take hold; but for a moment completely consuming the soul...Fear' that they won't forgive you - won't love you anymore...And the most important, Honesty...Being able to live with yourself; forgiving yourself...I give you 100 points bro ^^

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you so much :D

[Hope's Etro]

Your more the welcome bro ^.-

[Colleen]

Good god this is awesome.

[Storm K.]

Really nice work - it's probably the longest poem I've read on WC but it really kept me hooked. A nice use of description and rhyme, which kind of made it seem like the poem in itself was an incantation as well as a story. Very powerful, great poem. I really enjoyed reading it :)

[Enid Blake]

You had my attention at 'necromancer' - cool poem :)

[quinfinn]

this is thrilling, enthralling and very deep and dark. the rhyme scheme is excellent and the story is mesmerising. beautifully done!

[...Relic...]

This was really well written and very interesting. Years ago a friend brought over a book called the Necromonicon. (The spelling is wrong but it sounded like that) I know I should have looked up the info before making this review, but supposedly it was written by H.P. Lovecraft although I haven't checked to find out. It was along the same lines as this finely written poem though as I recall. There's also a rush song by the same name. You did a good job here. Nice writing.

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you very much. And yes I own the Necronomicon. It's not ACTUALLY the necronomicon that Lovecraft writes about in his stories. It's just a book collection of all or most of his famous writings. The actual necronomicon is a literary device he used, or a fictional object, in order to provoke a deeper darkness into his work. Make it seem real. I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you for the review :D

[...Relic...]

No problem.

[xSamilynnx]

omg that was like...... no words its so good xD

[Maan]

It was good and nicely written, I appreciate your honesty in the writer's note. :p but well I get it.

[RachelReaper]

necromancers!!!!! of course i understand, wonderful write and nice play on words

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you thank you ;D

[RachelReaper]

:)

[paperdaydreams]

The piece flows really well with the rhyming pattern, and I also like the way you picked interesting words to describe but didn't over complicate the vocabulary so it was still quite easy to understand :)