My Own Nemesis (Part 2)
Within my transformation
my sight changes...
I now can see
dark purple veins,
like cables,
passing throughout
the beast,
also I can make out a face
not quite demonic,
but no less familiar.
With Rage now coursing
through the very
arteries of
my new form
I can taste
flesh and blood
in my mouth
as I lick my curled lips.
Releasing a savage
howl that cracks
the very foundation
of earth
I leap at
the closest vessel
sinking my claws
deep into it
then tear it open
like tissue paper.
I feel its oozing body
quiver
as the blood rushes
to leave
through the new opening.
I leap for the next,
slicing through it
seditiously,
then the next
and the next,
working my way
towards the head.
My castle,
now bathed in blood,
is little more than
a rubbage pile
as the towers disolve
in the bluish,
acidic blood seeping
over everything.
Only now
do I
realize the destruction
of the attack,
which drives me
deeper into my Rage.
I start shredding
the not quite dead carcass
like I was a bomb
that exploded
within the creature.
As the pieces hit the ground
they turn to liquid,
and seep into the soil.
When there
is nothing left
in front of me,
I stop.
Turning around,
I find no sign
of the beast,
just its destruction.
Now that
my castle
is a pile of stone
and my lands
are poisoned
I have no means
of finding her
or Sorrow
who has vanished.
All I'm left with
is Rage,
who is still within me,
and I don't know
if I want to let him out.
Copyright © Mark Matthews | Year Posted 2008
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