AWAKING VAMPIRE

The sun sets.
The creatures of the night
coming to play...
to play with humans...
naive humans...
No one knows what will happen.
You don’t know, either.
Although it’s your life
that’s going to end...
tonight.

The darkness is falling.
And you’re still happy.
You still don’t know what will happen.
Still don’t know anything.
Soon you’ll learn...
You’ll learn to love eternal life.
You’ll learn to love the night.
You’ll learn to hate the day.
Same as I did.
And you’ll learn to love me.
And maybe, someday, I´ll tell you...
tell you why you had to die...
tonight.

The moon is rising.
And I found you.
I took all my hate...
and made you one of us...
Now you’re lying on the ground.
The pain is for the moment...
but it’ll let you go.
And only the sadness will stay.
The sadness of having lost your life.
And maybe, one day,
of having lost your love.
But for the now it’s the sadness
of having lost your life...
tonight.

Author's Note

ENJOY!!! One question tons of people might ask is "Where do myths and legends come from?" well here's an answer someone saw it happen and then they called it a myth they might just thought it was a dream but something I always say is "Myths are reals and so are your dreams, believe it or not"

Reviews

[sarah]

Wow this is really cool and interesting you did a great job with this!

[Coyote Poetry]

Nothing like a good Vampire tale. I like the old Vampires. The nasty and mean one's who had no concern for human life. A vampire with a good heart is like a man eating a hamburger and telling me he is a vegetarian. I like the story and the ending to the poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Caitlynxoxo]

I'm not usually a big fan of legends/myths, that sort of thing. But i liked the name of this poem, and decided to take a chance and read it :) Glad i did, because this was a very well written an enoyable poem! You really have a way with words!!

xoxo Caitlyn xoxo

[Esoteric Strand]

This poem is pretty raw, maybe it's the conversational tone, maybe it's the prosaic language. The problem with involving vampirism in art is that there is already a vast canon to contend with. This piece needs something for it to stick out. That so something, in my opinion, is images...or figures of sight in poetic parlance.

Just add a few memorable, well-crafted images and you'll be on the right track.

Regards,

E

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Cool!

[Linear]

Loved this take on the vampire story, wasn't it Bram Stoker who invented the Vampire? great work