Vile Creature

You're a creature so vile.
At your mere sight
I have to choke back the bile.

I'm getting wise to your gimmick,
You're astride with every step of mine.
Everything I do you mimic;
You're nothing more then an idiot pantomime.

When my gaze catches yours
You look straight back.
It's that stare I abhor,
For the emotions it lacks.

Your stare is unflinching,
It burns to my core.
My nerves near panicking,
Filled with spectral horror.

Overwhelmed with paralyzing fear.
Reality seems so unclear.
Why are you only here
When I peer into a mirror?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Lamoureux Avatar
July 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM
You captured this very well, a fantastic piece.
Strong Avatar
July 25, 2013 at 9:07 PM
Thank you Richard.
Cheesman Avatar
December 14, 2012 at 3:46 AM
Sometimes we don't like what we see in the mirror reflecting back at us.......especially when what you see maybe others don't.....interesting poem Casey - Shaz
Strong Avatar
December 14, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Thank you Shaz. Honestly, I wrote this one with the intention of it being on the horror side. But now, after reading it a few more times since its creation, I see how many different ways one could interpret it.
Hughes Avatar
December 7, 2012 at 11:29 AM
This is really cool. thank you for sharing : )
Strong Avatar
December 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Thank you for reading and liking it. I personally feel this one’s one the weakest of the few I’ve put on here, so read the others and see what you think of them.
Irwin Avatar
December 4, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Nice and dark. Just the way I like it. Congrats.
Strong Avatar
December 5, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Thank you Luke. If you like dark you may like afew of mine!
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December 2, 2012 at 7:53 PM
Casey ,,, congratulations with your poem featured on the soup home page... love it~ LINDA
Strong Avatar
December 2, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Thank you Linda. I didn't even know it was until now. I’m happy to see my poems, though a bit on the darker side, are well received enough to be on the main page and appreciated by other fellow writers.
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November 13, 2012 at 3:39 AM
Casey, welcome you to the P-Soup! You write very well, I like your poem. - Hope you'll have great pleasure in sharing your thoughts and poems here with us. Looking forward to reading more of your poems. Have a nice week. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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