Break Its Chains

by Countess of Monte Cristo   Apr 11, 2010


Never felt this lost in life,
Never wanted to give up this much before.
Like a bird that has lost its nest,
I'm a wave that has escaped the shore.

The feeling that kindness is never repayed,
The pessimism starts to sink in.
Standing upright in a world of fools,
My head yet again starts to spin.

Falsehood creeps in everywhere,
And authenticity seems to wane.
The good slowly starts to dissipate,
While evilness quickly reins.

This is a cruel world we live in,
Yet beauty still remains.
For the inevitability of an insurrection looms,
When goodness will break its chains.

*Thou sword of truth fly swift and sure that evil die and good endure ~ "Sleeping Beauty"

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  • 14 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    This world is a evil place at times youre right, but there is some beauty if we look hard for it. I loved the hope at the end. It was a nice ending to a dark poem.

  • 14 years ago

    by Jad

    You did a good job with showing how evil looms but still there is beauty and it can all be overcome and done away with. Excellent job.

  • 14 years ago

    by Anthony M

    Overall a good write with some good metaphors.
    The message is very clear, and the feelings conveyed well.

    Just a couple of minor critiques; evilness reads a bit awkwardly in that sentence, though I figure you wanted it to rhyme with goodness in the following stanza, and reins should be reigns. The line; 'For an insurrection is sure to arrive so soon' also reads a little awkwardly and disrupts the flow a little bit.

    Just an example of one way to write that particular sentence another way that might flow easier; 'The inevitability of an insurrection looms'

    I enjoyed your poem nonetheless and it'll be fine if you decide to keep it just the way it is :)

  • 14 years ago

    by Sylvia

    Dark but with hope at the end, that goodness will endure above all. Well done.

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