Chapter 1
Violet crouched behind the crate in the corner of the room. The torchlight danced on her charcoal grey skin, reflecting only off the slight sheen of sweat on her brow. Her grip was wet, though tight around the bone handle of the bow she carried. A quiver of wooden arrows, slick with alchemical silver sheen hung at her side, the shafts held together with loose twine for stealth. Her dark eyes tracked the movement of the lesser demon that occupied this chamber. It's claws rasped against the stone floor as it moved, and she used the sound to muffle her breathing, keeping time with its pace. At any moment, she feared, it would catch h
All stones have been but stepping
On the path to River cross'd
Our toes now soaked with dexterousness
Our hair unkempt and toss'd
The River is a rocky bed
That can't be lightly leapt
And tears that fill its widest banks
Are left by those who've wept
We stepped from rock to per'lous rock
Our footing, learning-sure
In hopes that firmer, softer ground
We'd find as River's cure
And when we reach the holy bank
We feel the solid ground
Our hearts are filled with certainty
At the balance that we've found
As blades of earn'd morning grass
Peeks up between our toes,
We raise our hearts' now clearer eyes
And the soul that sees you, knows.
All life
Travelling along a sand dusted road, with the chilled night air in my face,
My nose caught the wafting drafts of marijuana,
When suddenly, in front of me, a ways off, the was some faint illumination.
I had felt trouble keeping my head up any longer, and my vision had blurred;
I could not continue my travel this evening.
A female figure was standing between the outside and the in,
And there was a sound like the ringing of a church bell.
I began to consider the implications of the scene before me,
Thinking that it may be my salvation or my damnation.
Before I decided, she pulled a match and pressed it to the wick of tapered wax
And gu
I'm walking on the sidewalk at night. It's winter, and snow is covering everything. I've been walking in silence, alone with my thoughts. I've been watching my feet, paying attention only to that. The snow, I feel, is soft under my foot, but it crunches. It's clean, though trodden. Cold air presses itself against my face, and I can't feel the tip of my nose. The sky is dark blue, and the street lamps make it glow orange twenty feet up. Beyond that, it's only the dark blue. Beside me are trees, leafless and dead looking. Their branches reach into the sky, beyond the lamp glow, and they are still. There is no wind, just cold, and I can hear rav
Do you think its because I logically decided
That I had calculated my situation
And come to the conclusion that
Mathematically, and scientifically
It made sense, and was practical, efficient,
Or somehow, the most sensible solution?
Dont ever fool yourself into thinking
It was philosophy that made me fall in love.
It was you.
The pleasant green likes to pretend
As it bows reverently to whispered wind
And ignore the red that bathed its soil
And spoke of war, and not of toil
As if it somehow grass were to blame
For seeing man, they surely came
And trod upon, with hateful clash
The emerald life, that with a splash
Became a sea of red.
Today, the waves of bending grass
Admit to none their shameful past,
Pretending always all is green,
Refusing eyes their bloody soil seen.
Chapter 1
Violet crouched behind the crate in the corner of the room. The torchlight danced on her charcoal grey skin, reflecting only off the slight sheen of sweat on her brow. Her grip was wet, though tight around the bone handle of the bow she carried. A quiver of wooden arrows, slick with alchemical silver sheen hung at her side, the shafts held together with loose twine for stealth. Her dark eyes tracked the movement of the lesser demon that occupied this chamber. It's claws rasped against the stone floor as it moved, and she used the sound to muffle her breathing, keeping time with its pace. At any moment, she feared, it would catch h
All stones have been but stepping
On the path to River cross'd
Our toes now soaked with dexterousness
Our hair unkempt and toss'd
The River is a rocky bed
That can't be lightly leapt
And tears that fill its widest banks
Are left by those who've wept
We stepped from rock to per'lous rock
Our footing, learning-sure
In hopes that firmer, softer ground
We'd find as River's cure
And when we reach the holy bank
We feel the solid ground
Our hearts are filled with certainty
At the balance that we've found
As blades of earn'd morning grass
Peeks up between our toes,
We raise our hearts' now clearer eyes
And the soul that sees you, knows.
All life
Travelling along a sand dusted road, with the chilled night air in my face,
My nose caught the wafting drafts of marijuana,
When suddenly, in front of me, a ways off, the was some faint illumination.
I had felt trouble keeping my head up any longer, and my vision had blurred;
I could not continue my travel this evening.
A female figure was standing between the outside and the in,
And there was a sound like the ringing of a church bell.
I began to consider the implications of the scene before me,
Thinking that it may be my salvation or my damnation.
Before I decided, she pulled a match and pressed it to the wick of tapered wax
And gu
I'm walking on the sidewalk at night. It's winter, and snow is covering everything. I've been walking in silence, alone with my thoughts. I've been watching my feet, paying attention only to that. The snow, I feel, is soft under my foot, but it crunches. It's clean, though trodden. Cold air presses itself against my face, and I can't feel the tip of my nose. The sky is dark blue, and the street lamps make it glow orange twenty feet up. Beyond that, it's only the dark blue. Beside me are trees, leafless and dead looking. Their branches reach into the sky, beyond the lamp glow, and they are still. There is no wind, just cold, and I can hear rav
Do you think its because I logically decided
That I had calculated my situation
And come to the conclusion that
Mathematically, and scientifically
It made sense, and was practical, efficient,
Or somehow, the most sensible solution?
Dont ever fool yourself into thinking
It was philosophy that made me fall in love.
It was you.
The pleasant green likes to pretend
As it bows reverently to whispered wind
And ignore the red that bathed its soil
And spoke of war, and not of toil
As if it somehow grass were to blame
For seeing man, they surely came
And trod upon, with hateful clash
The emerald life, that with a splash
Became a sea of red.
Today, the waves of bending grass
Admit to none their shameful past,
Pretending always all is green,
Refusing eyes their bloody soil seen.
He didnt enjoy killing, or even violence in general; it disgusted him. It was something the world could do without entirely, and he wished more than anything that he could escape it. He knew, however, as we all know, one cannot escape violence in a world that lives for death. He didnt want, in any part of him, to kill another human being. Of course, that did not mean for even a second, that he wasnt going to do it.
Purpose; generally, this is accepted as the one thing every human wants and needs. In our society, and our world, no perso
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I know a lot of you have me added to your deviantwatch, and I appreciate the support a lot! I have been spending a lot of my creative energy running Dungeons and Dragons adventures, which is a lot like writing a very detailed ongoing story. Soon I'll be co-authoring a fresh new drama, so stay tuned. Thanks for the support, and stick with me, you'll get more of what you love as soon as I can kickstart my inspiration!
Well I haven't been writing much, not in terms of poetry or fiction anyway. I will eventually come back to it, but I just don't have the focus I want to make it really good. In the meantime, feel free to check out my blog! It's not one of those "this is what I did today" blogs, but rather a collection of opinions, observations, and philosophical ramblings.
http://categorizeinfinity.blogspot.com/
The "Categorize Infinity" is in reference to Aristotle, and his belief that the only way to understand the infinite in a finite amount of time is to categorize things.
Well I finally posted something new. This short story is strange and kind of dark, though not as gruesome as Death in Literature. One day I'll make another...
What this journal is really about is my friend who is new to Deviantart! She is a poet like me, and her writing is totally worth checking out. Please leave comments and convince her to write and post more! Her name is 12-buttons... so check her out! http://12-buttons.deviantart.com (like you didn't know that already)
Do you like to read? I'm writing a story which I hope to soon get published. It's called THE YELLOW STARS. It's a scif-fi horror story, and you can read it chapter by chapter on my page! I also write poetry.
Hey, man. Just felt the need to stop by and tell you that, from one writer to another, your story, The Establishment, was real solid, and that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Anyways, that's all I really gotta say.