Running in the forest at night
A howl echoes behind me
The paws on my feet quiet my steps
The leaves crack under my feet
The trees seem to whisper
The pack chases close behind me
Coward they call me
When I wouldn’t kill the child
“Exile!” they said “Exile or death!”
They can’t understand what it’s like
To fit in nowhere
At home I am a coward
To the humans I am a killer
And to some I am a coat or food
And why
Because I am a wolf
The pain was his addiction
The silver across his skin like a sting
But it felt so good to see the blood
He wanted the pain as he had wanted nothing before
It left scars so he covered his wrist
The fabric of the shirt was heavy
On his arm it was like steel
A necessary prison
It hid him from the rest of the world
He had become those scars
Ugly, but in time they
And he, would become clean again
They would blossom as the blood had blossomed
When the silver had cut through the skin
Except this was not pain but relief
He hurt himself as a penance
His own personal punishment for being insecure
All he needed was a friend
Someone to help carry this weight
The weight of the world that rested on his shoulders
Crushing him, making him shrink away from the rest of the world
Away from the hate that was directed at him
All the uncertainties that were there and the pain
At least the pain he could control
At least the pain he could understand
The words he couldn’t control
The words he could feel
But it hurt him more than anyone know
Not to be acknowledged
Not to be understood
So he cut
Looking down at this blood soaked skin
Can’t tell where the blood starts or where I end
The silver so cold, so hot
Dragging it across the skin forming drops
Why can’t you take
this pain away
Why can’t you show
me what to say
The pain it hurts so very good
The eyes hiding under this hood
The scream so silent yet so loud
I can’t hear you through this shroud
Why can’t you take
this pain away
Why can’t you show
me what to say
The waves crashing on the sand
Forming and warping and shaping the land
Rubbing out trying to reach
Out beyond that dark cold beach
Foam so white rolling off of its tops
Laying down for the land
Going so fast like running from the cops
And stopping when it reaches the sand
So calm cool and composed
Yet so rough
It sounds so tough
And smoothes to become like a rose
The darkness in her eyes
Tells me she wants to speak
But the mouth below them
It is like a book
A book that cannot open
The muteness in her speech
The quiet
Her eyes scream for help
But no one listens
Is this because they can’t hear her
In her torture
Her living hell
They see her, but she walks right past
Is she scared
To speak to them
But if anyone took one moment
One simple moment
To look into her eyes
That book would…
… Open
Listening to the sounds of the night
the crickets gaining and losing volume
like a background to a symphony
the locusts following in tune with them
the breeze rolling across the grass
bending its blades back and forth
forming a dance to the music
nearby the bees add their song of honey
the wolves coming in with their chorus of howling
followed by the scampering of the squirrels on leaves
freshly shaken from the trees
the wind picking up the leaves
and ruffling the limbs of the trees
the wind dying down as the grass straightens
the fireflys come out lighting their lights
becoming a small fireworks show
that. is. nature.
COMMENTS
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BlackRoseVamp
00:33 Nov 30 2010
all poems are kool