A Room of Horror and Rust

A Room of Horror and Rust

A Poem by Dan Cowan
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This guy is about the despondency, lethargy, and listlessness that frequently sways me. The ending is a plea to God to impassion me once more, to 'let me burn' with a resolve to ever press onward

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The soil, that opened grave
Avid to see me fall
I roil, losing my way
Distracted by every call
It grows foggy in this dour mind
Blurring out my want to strive
Dissolving the fire that was inside
Baring the teeth of the apathy I hide
I reel, swollen with fear
Before a chance to prove my worth
I feel derision drawing near
Primed to pounce with a written word
The wind will rise and my passion will die
Snuffed out like a hope in winter
Like a cynical rise my languish will climb
And abandon me to hopelessly wither
Torpid, glued to this chair
I let the current take me thither
Forfeit, my potential to glare
Absorbed by these chains that slither
Vipers in the room
A cavern is what it is
A place where I'm captivated
By the nothingness that exists
'Futile', said the teacher
'It is all meaningless in the end'
I could blaze a torch for hope
But it would be doused by sordid men
Why do I try when it seems every time
those around me turn a blind eye?
They stop their ears and dam their tears
Hardening their hears below a charcoal sky
Better backpedal when I slash my silence wide
Giving a vociferous voice to the vitriol inside
Weighted by the chaff of which I'm comprised
Black, the laughter that echoes
It resonates in my head
Ash, of pain that wallows
Of love torched to red
Rage, soaked in  red
Spitting out my disgust
Bane, this lonely bed
In a room of horror and rust
Passion flagging, apathy swelling
My muse flogged and lynched
I had determined to keep my dwelling
But tension had begged to cinch
Now exhaustion of will has become my name
Straggling, ill, and taciturn
Wilting my vigor into a nest of shame
When will You let be burn?

© 2018 Dan Cowan


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Dan Cowan
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This is totally awesome! I like this write a lot

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I like this better then that first one is have better flow and impression of poem is very beautiful dark tone. I can feel your honesty streaming from your hart there is lot of passion and emotions. I like this expression charcoal sky I think is very good. What you can improve I don't know I am not professional writer or critic. Try go over imagination write about something what you don't write before. Anyway I like your writing.

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Dan Cowan
Dan Cowan

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I’m a simple guy. I work in landscaping/snow plowing. I love Jesus, writing, Japanese anime, metalcore, deathcore, and beards. I have recently published my first book— River Stone Tales pa.. more..

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