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WE-TALENT ROUND THREE | MY NIGHTMARE

warpedwhalePosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

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MY NIGHTMARE


Wait,
Did I tell you
That the world ended,
That the trumpet sounded,
And the promised saviour came?
Did I tell you that he was dressed
In blood and stank of rot and decay?
Did I tell you that he laid his hands
On the earth and stole her breath,
That he breathed on the living
And stole their life?
Did I tell you
That

He forgave the poor and blessed the rich,
Cursed the sinners and raised the saints?


Who is
this beast,
That rises
the sea,
Dressed tears, stained with ashes and dust?
Who is this broken thing, fat with sacrifices
And incense,
Pumped
With prayers,
Flushed
With pain,
Roaring
With fire,
Gorged with flesh?


Did I tell you
That the earth
broke at his feet,
That he choked
the wind,
And bowed the
mountains,
That he raped the volcanoes
Of
their sour breath
And fed the
whirlpools with sand?
Did
I tell you
Of the screams , the pleas,
The bees
fleeing the hive;
A new swarm,
a new plague ;
One of seven?


Did I tell you of the promised saviour who came
In my dream, dressed in darkness, shodded
In bleeding feet, spewing curses at the empty horizon,
Calling for father, bringing thunder? I did not?
He came, the saviour, the beast and
He fed me flesh; The crushed throat
Of an unholy song.
He fed me blood;
The weeping wail
Of a broken chord.
He came,
My saviour,
My lord,
My god

But his salvation was pain,
His freedom was death.


This poem was written several months ago on steemit. I had written it in the middle of night, when sleep deprived. The markdown editing was hard work but it was worth it at the end.

I was able to draw items with words. The first is the communion wafer underneath is the plate to catch drops that may fall from the lips of a communicant. The next is a cross and after that is a river and finally a cup.

These are two samples of the markdown editing that created it all.

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First Stanza

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Third Stanza

I enjoyed creating this. I hope you will enjoy reading it and appreciating the aesthetics.


This is my submission for WE-TALENT Contest round 3. You can check out the contest here
My Bitshares name: oskilo85

©warpedwhale, 2018.

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