The Beast (02)

04 Apr 2009

·menoh

Hellfire posted a poem called The Beast, this is probably not as good but was written so many years ago. Haunting pasts come back to some, And lucky they are for the chance To run away from chosen memories. For some, the past never left But mingles and fuses with the present And casts great shadows on the future. What wounds have not quite healed That still draws maggots to a feast? What scars that burn, still so raw From the claws of the mighty beast? When she digs into your soul It is then you must decide To quickly shrug her off Or take her for the ride. This wraith, this haunt, this ghost Came to do battle and won, For the few days of a happy heart Came years of it being broken.

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I am a button pusher. I stir up trouble. It is what I do. I live in the borders between light and dark. I can write about beautiful things, and joy and love, but I find I am more creative when i write about the dark. I love to hold a mirror up to the...

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