Made of Misery
Shuffling along
with the rest of the herd,
noticing the nuances
of the livestock,
slowly feeling
the numbing pulse,
shake through my body,
twisting my soul
to match the cull.
It almost
slips past
my senses,
the slow.
draining
of my.....self,
but I do catch it
and release my horde
from my abyss.
Scorching the landscape
back to the ash encrusted ravines
and jagged,
crumbling cliffs
that fit
my troops.
Misery is
leading my minions
on the siege of this
blissful mosaic,
scattering the enemy forces,
like pigeons on the sidewalk
as a child runs through
their flock.
The skies are splattered
with blood,
as the orangeness of
desolation sets in.
Then as the scene
reaches epic beauty,
a casym splits my battlefield,
like a black bolt of lightening
running across the ground,
festering with unrefuted dispair,
causing a shockwave
of immobility
to pass through both ranks,
turning the battleground
into a garden of terracotta
soldiers.
Some shatter,
like a ceramic vase,
as the dispair settles
back into the earth,
leaving my castle,
under reconstruction,
untouched.
For the brick of depression
I've used to rebuild my walls
are impenetrable to the likes
of this.
Copyright © Mark Matthews | Year Posted 2007
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