Brian Sage Finch 

Notre Dame, IN, USA

Brian Finch, who is also known by his pen name Sage, was born in South Bend, Indiana on July 14, 1976 to Paul Finch and Barbara Swinehart-Finch. He is currently a business major in college, with hopes of going into the hotel/restaurant industry. Sage began composing poems during the fall of 1996 to cope through severe depression. Since that time his first poem, Valpb, earned him the title of honorable mention in the 1997 North American Open Poetry Contest, including a nomination for 1997 Poet of the Year. Sage's poetry has also been featured in numerous anthologies.

"ZOLTAR............ruler of society"

ROAR ZOLTAR, ROAR I SAY! 

He is the underlord from the other side 
The other side?? YES! YES, I SAY! 
My other side.....he is the divine darklight 
that all vile human beings seek..........he is the almighty 
ZOLTAR, KING OF THE EVIL ONES (humans) ! 
                 (hear him roar) 
ROAR ZOLTAR, ROAR I SAY!!

I had a dream of peace.......King Zoltar was dead.
AHHHHHH!!!     (We have been re-born, ZOLTAR is dead!)

ROAR! ROAR! SPEAKS ZOLTAR
YESSSSSS!!!  (we have not been re-born)
LONG LIVE KING ZOLTAR, RULER OF SAGE!

Valpb

But I am not in that light, as desired by all..and accomplished by few
I'm stuck, stuck in my darkness....and I'm fed up with my darkness.

My darkness is a small treasure to some, but in all of my few years of being =
I'm not a wise enough man to love my small treasure...me
But I can and do hate my darkness...my small treasure, me. I must accept.

Oh how I long for the divine light of peace, peace is what I seek....peace
But I am surrounded by hate, ignorance and ...........................FEAR.

It is lonely out here in my darkness....I long for kinship
kinship of my own, what ever that means.............?

Pain, pain and pain I feel as I search for growth...and finally heal my wound, pain
But I must and will survive....the light is growing closer, much closer.

.........I can see the light..........

Lizzie