"Childe Of Night..."

"Once upon a bad time... you learned just what it takes to be you."

Sometimes you have to decide who and what you are - ya know?
Sometimes you actually get asked... other times you aren't as lucky.

If U were an animal, what would U be?  Who would you be?

To this question I spoke out briefly...
succinctly,
purposefully,
reasoned-ably.

Human...
  Remember...

Oft forgotten
just what we are -
I am...

Human...
  Remember...

There is a darkness shared inside
that leaks and leers the crooked smile
and sneers all the while
at any that think they touch or know
the depths that we as beings go
to reach the recesses abscessing within
that festers and grows - our other skin.

Human...
  Remember...

Shattered and
                     smashed
     slashed and
                       splashed
hooked and 
           torn   a s u n d e r   -
     to maniacal dreams
of empowering
               schemes
that kill
           anything
                                 and take
          everything...

Human...
  Remember...

"Childe Of Night..."

Call the wolf

...wait...

call again.

Watch -

soft pads pace
circle
pace.

Draw it CLOSE,
hard breathing

eyes matched -
kinship stare shared.

Acceptance...
nuzzle, pinch, nip.

Growl - throat bared...

teeth

jaws close
                TIGHT!!

... R R R I I I I I P P P ...

Warm-wetness              flowing -
         spraying...

peace

at last -
PEACE.

Taste...
               drink deep
sleep.

Yes... sleep,
til the morrow
                     climbs
  high above
                     all.

Sleep...

  remember...

Human...

Chris

Author's Note

"Darkest Of The Dark"...

Reviews

[Jeremy Baker]

I like the structure - disjointed at times, free flowing at others. A bit like life and the way people are apt to behave at different times, too, I guess. We can only know, and be known, to a certain extent, and beyond that it's either guess work or memories. What a wonderful story you've told here.

[Teri B]

So..."If U were an animal, what would U be? Who would you be?"

You'd be a wolf?? *grins*

Sorry, love! Am feeling remarkably frivolous tonight! I note with interest that you would still choose to be human...thought notable also is the wolfish tendencies that you see accompanying that.

[Muse]

Wickedy cool! Good luck on the contest! Setting the tone for Halloween? The font, the word play, I love how you dress your poem up. It adds nice drama!