I THOUGHT I SAW IT COMING

Here I am,
Here we come again,
In a dark world,
Known to people but understood by me.

I find myself standing face to face with
A mythical creature, a creature of of horror
With its green scaly skin reflecting on me.
A spell has been cast.
It blew its breath of fire at my face,
Right into my soul.

Behold!
An exasperation has taken over me
My emotions has taken the best of me.
Righteousness has been taken from its abode
And locked up in a dungeon.
All the flaws have escaped from the dungeon of
My soul and they have set an arena for display.

I thought I imprisoned those flaws,
I thought I could control them,
I thought I will see them when they try to escape
So I could be careful.
I saw them walk not knowing that it was a race.

I have seen it come before I saw it coming.
I thought I saw the mistakes coming.

Author's Note

Excuse the grammatical error

Reviews

[SleeplessVolcano]

What a touching write. We think we know, but often we don't. Life has a way to sneak up on us and before we know it, we didn't see it coming.

Brilliant poetry.

[Haneefah]

Thanks sleepless volcanoe. Your words are encouraging

[sparkly.ghost]

I love this-- I can relate so much to the darkness and lost feeling of this poem, and even though I'm sure your intention wasn't to make other people feel more understood, I felt very seen and validated by what you have written. It is beautiful, raw, and honest. I found myself wondering what the scaly green monster represents to you-- is it a personification of your flaws, something you saw before the emotions/exasperation/flaws took you over? Was it the trigger for the rest of the mistakes to come flooding in? I'd love to see more about the meaning of the monster and if it's more connected to the speaker's self or is a completely different entity.

[Haneefah]

Sparkly Ghost, u interpret the piece so well. Thanks for the review, it encouraging.

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We are all flawed individuals, i believe, Haneefah. It is what makes us human and allows us to always strive to conquer ourselves and become a better person. We can always hide our flaws away in our deepest dungeons, yet they always manage to escape and show themselves to the world. Embracing our flaws and always trying to better them is the pathway to a more peaceful existence.

A deeply thoughtful and frankly written poem. Nice work.

[Haneefah]

Thanks for the review Doodly. I so much appreciate. I love it. It is encouraging

[Onlyme]

Wow, this is a really interesting poem, deep, thoughtful and intriguing.

[Haneefah]

Thanks Dawn. Your words are encouraging