The Chapters

The beginning chapters

I began as a man with everything to gain
Going into the world
No knowledge of pain

I kept right on my path
Focusing on the good
Ignoring evil's wrath

But slowly the good faded away
Demons began sneaking in
This was the last time I knew my way

Soon endless fires burnt inside
My soul was being consumed
While my paths had begun to collide

I lost sight of my track
To far off, I wandered
Too late to turn back

Was there any dignity left
In that mortal shell?
Was it taken from me by petty theft?

The middle Chapters

I had broken into two
Split by my angels and my demons
I lost everything I once knew

The fighting raged
Between my two halves
Intensifying on each next page

One side was turning me towards the shade
Battling its way towards my surface
Not stopping till the other side faded

It clouded my mind with nightmares
Ones which I could only cure with sin
If only I couldve prepared

It dragged me under so deep
I was unable to control
I could only gather what it reaped

The other side kept me alive
By turning me towards the light
And showing me the way to survive

It kept me gentle and sweet
Willing to love and thrive
The strength to defeat

Neither side could ever gain
Each one to powerful to conquer
All the while I was going insane

The later chapters

The reminiscence of the old was forgotten
During that calamity
A new person was begotten

Realizing the troubles of life
I strengthened myself
For all types of strife

I pushed forward in the night
Using my will to keep on
Until the moon dropped down to become light

Questioning the ways of the old
I answered my curiosity
And brought warmth to the my cold

The final chapters

I had defeated
Both sides were lost
And silence is what I greeted

The path now is lonely
The steps I take now are uncertain
Traveling through a world turned so homely

And through this despair
I will find my destiny
And not get entangled by the devil's snare

The book of my life contained every hue
Though it still is unfinished
At least now I know what I must do

With my soul to mend
And my mortality to defend
I head into these final chapters, entitled
The beginning of the end

by brian