I am the specter
That dwells in
The dark land between
Anger and hatred
Born of jealousy
Reared on suspicion
And fading dreams
Thriving on the edge of sanity
I am the specter
Who pulls at hope
Who caresses despair
Till a hollow soul remains
Excited by betrayal
Orgasmic in fear
I walk the barren lands
Of a broken heart
I am the specter
The ghost of Hell
Of my own device
I crave my own demise
Shunned in the light
The light of eternal love
I coax the tears of futility
From unseeing eyes
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3 Comments
Your writing is very good, but don’t get your hopes up with my opinion– because I’m just a hacker who arrived here by accident.
You’ve done a good job picking the worst possible words, and creating the worst possible scenarios, to describe the worst-possible existence on Earth.
If you haven’t already hung yourself by the time you read this, then lissen’ up, pumpkin!
Every word you’ve used so far has an antonym. The world didn’t do this to you– YOU are the one who picked your words so carefully– to cause the most amount of mayhem and chaos. You did that all by yourself, not me. You did that to drag the rest of the world down to your level of pain and suffering. RU happy now?
“You are the Spector” my ass! Get the fuck real! Do you also have delusions of being the anti-christ?
In a world of infinite words and infinite choices, you picked only the rottenest words to describe yourself. You did that to teach the rest of us a lesson. Oh Yes! We are all just miserable Specters and ghosts, and thank you for our lesson today!
I am no expert on poetry. You may be right. There are plenty of people willing to sling a noose around their own necks, and maybe your poems hit that particular spot. Maybe you’ll make a million bucks with your writing.
I just think that words matter. You’ve already chosen your rotten words. It’s up to the rest of the world now to decide what happens next.
“Of my own device”
I’m guessing this was the only line that was by accident. All of the other self-hating and self-demise was scripted.
I wanted to follow-up on this… I spent the day regretting what I had posted above, and arrived home from work to find a very friendly and cordial email from the author. What a polite and well-spoken individual!
Here is the mistake I made last night– I let his words affect me too much, and I was so pissed-off at the subject matter that I couldn’t separate the author from his writing.
Now, I still do not like his subject matter, but the writing was evidently powerful enough to send me into an unthinking rant. That is a compliment to good writing, and (in my opinion) what the author could have been going for. It certainly had an effect on ME!
HeavenSkyy is an outlet for such creativity, and I sincerely apologize to the author, and to HeavenSkyy, for reacting so poorly to this particular submission.
Words matter. Mine sucked. I’m truly sorry.
JPD