Halos & Horns

Resting on a perch among the clouds
Lifting long white wings to the sun
Warmth emanating from endless smiles
Happily giving support in every pursuit
This is where you placed her

Lounging comfortably on molten stone
Feet submerged in a lake of fire
Tongue forked to allow for the lies
Eyes alight with nefarious plots
This is where you cast her

Could be a bit of both
Though never the fantasy
In the end merely a flawed human
Trying their best and failing sometimes
This is where you realize it

Reviews

[Travis Gibson (poetic h..]

As always, impressed! Short and POWERFUL!

[Rogue]

Well, thank you very much. :)

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

It's always my pleasure.

[Rob Santana]

What an awesome piece Rogue. The last two lines are so true. This reminds me of my family and it's huge religious background. Always being told to give myself to God or perish. Not realizing there just as imperfect sinners as I am...a flawed imperfect human. I really enjoyed this.

[Rogue]

Aw, thank you. That means a lot coming from you. I am glad you liked this one. :)

[Trevor Bushey]

"In the end merely a flawed human"

The idea of the duality of humanity is well illustrated in this piece.

"Could be a bit of both / Though never the fantasy"

Modesty is a virtue that few possess. Or, perhaps it's something we ought to exercise.

[Rogue]

What are those Radiohead lines?: "I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul."
An impossible dream. Eventually we have to live and come to terms with the flawed human we are.
Thank you for your thoughts on this. :)

[Sam Gregory]

An interesting read, the concept is very good. I really like the imagery, could see everythin u were describing in my head vividly. Good work :)

[Rogue]

Thanks. :)
Happy the images came through.

[Sam Gregory]

No problem :)

[kelvin]

Nicely written the good the bad which side could it be a split personality to one sometimes good and gold then hellish as hell. so in the end could you be just sitting boarder line with mixed emotions on being good and bad. or simply here's the good sides to having the halo and the ugly side of having the horns. in either way this is a good piece on show the sides of both and as always keep writing fellow writer. some of us better get it together for many will have horns then halos nice read again.

[Rogue]

Thank you. It was nice of you to come read and review. I really appreciate that. :)

[kelvin]

You're very welcome

[Trigorin]

Not bad. You show a nice dichotomy here and while your image is a little heavy-handed, it does get the message across fairly well. I do wish you'd expanded the ending a little more, as it seems to dodge the tension that built up in the first two stanzas, but that's up to you.

[Rogue]

-grin-
I wondered when I'd show up on your radar. I shall consider myself lucky as I came away with barely more than a scratch. :D
In truth, thank you for reading and reviewing. I appreciate feedback both good and bad (as long as one understands the piece. And you have here.)

[Frieda P]

Good & evil, that dual personality that lives within us all....I really like the way you twisted this one Rogue, yep, we're all flawed humans, who would want to be perfect anyway? Good one!

[Rogue]

Well you know, with the hormones and all, we're usually considered one or the other. :)
Thank you, Frieda.

[Frieda P]

ha you blame hormones too! ;-)

My pleasure...

[Sami Khalil]

I take it from the first stanza that you are referring to an angelic person who was sent to heaven or deserved to go there and placed among the other saints.
I take from the other stanza another person was cast onto hell due to evil doings in life and nefarious plots.
I take it from the third stanza that we come to a realization why our souls and bodies go to either and how do we feel we are the flawed human beings.
Another one of your great write...:)

[Rogue]

-grin- Now that, Sir is a very interesting take on these words. And I truly enjoyed the thought process. :)
What I was saying with this piece.. I'll leave it for speculation. :D
Thank you, Sami. Your endless support is greatly appreciated.

[Sami Khalil]

Another take that I thought of is that there are angels and devils and in life we play both and live in both worlds. I think I took it literal , I guess.
You are welcome...:)

[Rogue]

There are no wrong answers, Sami. The words have different meaning for us all. :)

[Sami Khalil]

I totally agree . Have a great weekend...:)

[Rogue]

You too. :)

[Sami Khalil]

^^~^^ :)