Death

Death

Out of Breath,

The beast of Seth,

No one beside,

No one is near,

Cold

Bitter,

And old.

The reaper enters.

He is the keeper,

The shepherd,

And I,

I am the Leper,

The dieing,

The dead,

And my last breath,

Is taken by Seth,

Seth, 

The ruler of 

Death.

Author's Note

well before any one asks, "who is Seth?" look up Seth in Egyptian terms.

Reviews

[alesuriko]

Actually... Set (or Seth because it can be spelled in various ways) isn't the god of death. He's the god of the desert, storms, darkness, and chaos. Not death. Anubis or Osiris are considered the Egyptian Gods of death.

But if you look at it despite the inaccuracies... the flow and rhythm is great and I love the imagery with the Reaper and the Leper. Really nice decay.

[JaceJordd]

i like it. it flows nicely and it gets to the pointt. (:

[The Lone Wolf Prose]

Flow is very nice. I see someone already pointed out the Seth/Set thing so I won't make a comment on that. The poem overall is very nicely written with the almost rush you kinda get as you are reading. I guess more accurately the looming or impending feeling of death coming over you. Very nice.

[Luna Northstar]

Good word choice, very powerful and frightening. Nice job.

[Dupree]

I must say that even with your mythological inaccuracies this poem is amazing. The ryhme scheme is great. Your descriptions and choice of words are very wellt hought out and very intriguing.

[Desert Dreamer]

I like your poem...to be taken by one of the gods...death and decay...we must all die and I like this image of Seth standing over the dying one.

[Dutch Jr.]

The ruler of Death... a very well-written, simple poem, but with so much meaning. Nice write.

[Ruth]

Interesting poem and structure
Like it a lot hon!
Seth brings a whole new meaning to this piece!
xx

[The Uncommon Muse]

I did not feel the deepness of emotion as I did with your others, but you still bring so much in such a concise manner.

[TTBoy28]

Good write. No real emotion or interaction with Seth. Did you want him there? Did you want him to hurry? It was good!