The Monster

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She lay there moaning with pain

A giant, ugly and worn

Whilst the forest danced in silence

And I stood baffled, forlorn

‘O sweet human, help me out

For I’m a great deal in pain

The thorn yet kills my feet

I do not do this to feign’

‘How do I know your intentions?

You may yet slay me alive

A monster, yes, that’s what you are’

My fear now fresh and rife

‘You are lost, O puny human

And I can show you the way

The forest is wild and dangerous

Now come, do as I say’

I trod like a brave warrior

For a bargain has been struck

My faith drives me to remove her thorn

And alas! Then all goes dark

O foolish! Foolish little me!

A prisoner, that’s all I’m now

As she laughs and screams and strikes

To her unholy whims I bow

‘O mistress, haven’t I pleased you enough?

I have washed, cooked and cleaned

Listened to your tales of woe at night

And kept you happy as you deemed’

But a slave has no right to plead

And still further, justify her cause

Freedom can change the weakest of hearts

So I sit and pray and pause

Until one day, she lies sad and gloomy

And lost in gloomier thoughts

And sips the wine to numb the pain

As I fill her wine-brimmed pots

Her snores soon fill the cave

And I rush out crazed and wild

Her map lying secure in my bags

Away from the monstrous child

The dark nights pass me by

As I walk for days, now lost

Her fear but keeps me going

And freedom, and it’s cost

Hungry, worn and ugly

I find at last what I seek

The salvation to my way

The opening in the creek

I jump as magic enfolds me

And light soon blinds my sight

My body is hurled through limitless holes

And I emerge into the bright

I lie in bed baffled, forlorn

My eyes open and wide

The ceiling scorns my dreams

As distant snores mock my plight.

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Shackled..

Is freedom so hard to find

From bonds, yet harder to flee

Like chains that cut into my hands

I struggle, as you laugh with glee

I struggle still as you laugh

While blood seeps from tethered wrists

Yet rays of hope still burn bright

As tears gush down my cheeks.

The dark cloaks me in its cold

And I dream of shackles freed

You rage as wrath fills your soul

While with freedom I quietly tread

The dawn brings with it another day

Chained to bonds, yet harder to flee

Still I struggle with all my might

 And hope as you laugh with glee

This too shall pass..

Was it never meant to be

Was it never meant to last

As memories swirl into a big black hole

And forage into the past

Like sand slipping through fingers

And water filling voids forlorn

Drowning in lanes that break the heart

Cast away to shores unknown

Yet they churn and torture the mind

Until novelties are all it seeks

To drench in pleasures hitherto forgotten

And cleanse yet memories bleak

But bygones cannot always be bygones

And the present holy bliss

Yet one day this too shall pass

Buried beyond some forgotten abyss

Torrents of Joy!!

As the winds howl with unworldly roars

And the clouds darken with might

You unchain the shackles of long closed doors

And unleash torrents this wondrous night

The pools ripple with unbridled joy

The walls drench to your touch

As lovers welcome heaven’s envoy

And pleasures yet in their clutch

Lips soaked in your sweet nectar

Words rush to the soul

So long denied such worldly wonder

And delights but untold...

Peace enfolds my parched heart

Cold soothes bruises scorched

You shower such bliss and joyous darts

And decry faith reproached

For solace can yet be found in darkness

And comfort in dreaded cold

Just stretch your hands in holy unconsciousness

And embrace joy tenfold..

Betrayed..

The darkness weighs heavy in my heart

A thousand knives pierce its soul

Blinded by promises that overwhelm the mind

Shrouded by folly and foul.

Yet hope flutters her sprightly wings

Doubt etches rays of trust

Caught in this ever frightening whirlpool

That threatens but all to dust.

Let the pain burn ever more brighter

Until this heart is but left stoned

Waves crashing on its cold surface

May perish decried and condoned.

Still hope flutters her sprightly wings

Igniting flames of love

As tears drip down unwary cheeks

And the heavens break above.

 (This is my first attempt at writing a poem!! Eagerly looking forward to your responses!! :D)