Transmutation



My thoughts bleed out to words
Carefully collected into glass vile
Scent so deadly you turn in denial
Obsurd things you read once unherd..

Faint echoes gain speed: super sonic
Closing my eyes, I drink this toxic tonic
Alchemic transformation takes place
BEHOLD!
Birth of new god, superior to all race

In crumbling ruin old lies
Spreading vast wings, blackening blue skies

Eyes still closed, time not ready
Calls from the south, war drums beat steady
With cynical grin, fangs apear
An unholy reckoning draws near

Unraveling my fist
Your only contribution: creating blood mist
Rise and fall in unison
Clouds follow path of warm crimson

Claws spread
Sinking deep into corrupted soil
Eyes rip open
Shinging so bright like sun reflecting gold foil

Survivors gathered into circle
PERMISSION NOT GRANTED!
Youve no right to stand vertical

Scared, you weap
Knees break
Collapse to your feet

You are the real animal
Drunk on your own hollow power
All rejecties you devour

So easy to bow when youve no pillar to stand
Me the rising tide, you a castle of sand

Belief not requiered!
For Im the true maker
In my new realm of fragile life
I am its taker.
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Submitted on July 19, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAB CCDBD EE BBFF BBGG BHGH ABA XXB AFF BB BFXF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,102
Words 199
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4

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