The Monsters Are Feeding

by Good Enough   Aug 23, 2009


Damped voices within the air
A hungry looking, greedy stare
Challenge the righteous, challenge their wit
But all you do it cry and sit
The monsters are feeding on your despair

They creep and walk in through the door
And feed off your soul, more and more
And all you can do is sit there and cry
Asking poor Jesus what's and why's?
Searching for answers to the core

The slanted lines across your wrist
Where the monsters seem to kiss
You were strong, but now your weak
The monsters breath lays on your cheek
Your death note looks now like a list

"dear aunt sally, I'll miss you a lot
As my body lays here and rots"
You couldn't or wouldn't want to fight
The mean or the ugly to the sight
But you couldn't here me through the last shot..

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  • 15 years ago

    by Lady Nik

    Temps said it all for me. I really liked this hun. I miss your writing. You never fail to amaze me :) Keep them coming. Nik

  • 15 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    A great title; right off the bat it's dark and makes you want to read more!

    'Damped voices within the air'
    ^I really thought this was well written, a great line to start off with, I actually have never heard someone use the phrase 'damped voices' I really thought that was original.

    'A hungry looking, greedy stare
    Challenge the righteous, challenge their wit
    But all you do it cry and sit
    The monsters are feeding on your despair'
    ^This was full of that 'dark' feeling; what a dark atmosphere youve created for the reader so far. Very well done with this!

    'They creep and walk in through the door
    And feed off your soul, more and more
    And all you can do is sit there and cry'
    ^Alright to be honest I had a few issues with these lines. First off too many 'and's so that kind of threw me off. Maybe rephrase this part like this [only a suggestion] --

    'They creep and walk in through the door
    feed off your soul, more and more;
    all you can do is sit there and cry'

    ^Basically all I did was change the puncuation and take out the unneccesary and's that were used.

    I dont really know if I was a fan of the repetition of wanting to sit there and cry, I dont feel like that line is the strongest nor is it something in my eyes that needs to be repeated.

    'You were strong, but now your weak'
    ^Your should be you're

    'The monsters breath lays on your cheek'
    ^Monster's should have an apostrophe, other than that.. this line was brilliant. Loved how you described the breath lying on your cheek, I have never heard this before; it blew me away.

    'As my body lays here and rots"'
    ^Maybe try and say 'to rot' rather than 'and rots'

    Interesting ending with the dialogue per se, the death note. A unique write.. I think youve really improved lately in your writing, your poems are being more and more enjoyable. Keep up the great work! [;