back to the disaster

2008 (Blood type B: Installment One)

I am pushed down to face reality

there is no one coming to save me

all of our dreams were lies

your ashes fill the air

dressing myself in sackcloth 

preparing for an age of mourning 

the allotment for this time is over

surrounded by my new alliance with the fallen 

drinking the mortal souls of our enemies

we're burnt out for all the right reasons

given immortality to waste in long seasons

treason is all around, angels are falling down

back to the pills

and the blood

back to the disaster 

life on the grind

it's getting faster

Author's Note

This is actually one of my first bloodlust poems. Written in 2008. It's a little different but it was the beginning of the series so I decided to put it in the book as installment one. Thanks everyone for reading..xx

Reviews

[Blue Moon Ice Cream]

Oh, that picture is so terrible. It makes me shudder. :) I disagree with Kittie on the lack of emotion. I think it fits the poem. It's bleak, narrated by someone who has given up. It casts a black cloud over the reader as it is read. I really liked the blunt, resigned tone. The only thing that struck me as strange was that the ending stanza rhymed, while the rest of the poem was very free. I mean, the rhymes worked really well, but I wasn't expecting the change. This could apply to any time and many situations, yet it's easy to see how it works with what's happening in today's world. It made me stop and think.

[knowman]

This is David of the bible all over again He wrote the Psalms before he became King

[StarSandwich]

vivid imagery, very smooth flow and very personal. :D

[Elizabeth]

I second (or third) what Coyote said. This piece is clean and to the point, which makes it all the more powerful.

"we're burnt out for all the right reasons
given life to waste in seasons"

That bit is especially haunting.

[Kenneth The Poet]

We go back to the disaster for sure. It's like drowning in a shallow pond. You keep your face in the water on purpose despite being able to get back up so easily. Deeply disturbing, but awesome nonetheless.

[.......]

Love this it's quite powerful and wonderful.
Some truth in this as well.
Wonderful write.

[ivizarx]

I say Coyote blowed the fish outta the water with his comment and said all that is needed to be said. And pretty hardcore King James bible quote, idk if I'd say it fits the subject of the poem though (but that's all perspective), not much of a bible man myself, but do agree with your meaning.
my CC contribution: well, nobody likes to hear it, nor do I, lol, but grammar is a frequent problem for our kind. mainly my only prob is just take out the second "is" in the second line and you're all good brother (except if this poem is based on a meter, then you will just need to add something in it's place or add to another word in the line). As for anything else, pretty well done bro.
Awesome work though man, really. Claps to you sir, claps to you.

[ScaryTrees]

there is no life in this half-life
tear it down

nice write

[CharlesMonroe]

I love this...amazin write Joshua

[Coyote Poetry]

Little hope in this poem. I do believe the world can be changed. The kids of the sixties and the seventies stop the cold war and Vietnam. The people got tire of the money being wasted. This generation need to take of nature and try to get the world in order. Can happen. I feel the pain of this generation. 40 million on welfare and foolish President will tell us. We are OK. Time to lay-off s****y leaders and start the mess over again. Less government and education is the way. Thank you for a excellent poem. Made me think.
Coyote