Calm - 'Rebellion Is Okay'
I am a very odd demon…
The name is Calm.
My demon name is translated “Calamity”,
Though I, defiance in my streak,
Shortened it fittingly to “Calm”, some insignificant eons before
I have come to terms with things that demons should never come to terms with
It would make any demon excruciatingly miserable
It makes me excruciatingly miserable.
See, before, centuries and centuries before,
There was no reason to ponder such things that now haunt me,
To flop like a fish upon the realm of why we came to be…
For upon my fall, I instead thoughtlessly acted:
Upon malignant, disgusting, and impenetrable impulse—
The very impulse that led the Devil to fight against his creator
See, even acknowledging this…
Would make any demon excruciatingly miserable
Because long ago I have learned to come to terms with the fact that,
Yes, I am good in many ways….
What I was, like a prisoner pledging amongst earless brothers,
Is no longer what I am…
And like my brothers, I am a slave,
Doomed to fall with my master in the end…
Because, there is no going back
No place for the luxury of that desire
And since I am ostensibly doomed, the present I consume,
In my own way, I rebel, because rebellion is okay…
I spend a lot of my time here trying to imitate human behavior
Most of us find these creatures stupid, and even hate them,
Though as for me, I relish in their complications—
See, a true demon under the Devil calls the humans simple
And as for me, being among the few that are great,
I understand…yes I understand,
That anything God creates is not simple…
You have to be a blind fool to deny that!
Copyright © Laura Breidenthal | Year Posted 2015
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