I Wake the Beast

Have you ever written about love
until your eyelids were heavy
and tears drip dropped
from your eyes,
when clearly you knew
you had awakened the beast
that lies inside you,
deep and wide.

This is when I hear the world begin
to count the ways
it can swing
against my pride.
When I want to hear you say
I am beautiful
wipe away
the tears I cry.

I could proclaim that roses
slide over all of my shadows
and hold me close
until I no longer want
to be anywhere else.
Say farewell
to these lines I write,
put them on a shelf.

Yet still, I write of the love I know,
day by day, on paper
until the ink of my soul
becomes a gentle scent
which fades into each page.
Again I wake the beast
inside of my heart's cage.

Author's Note

Art by Paul Kelley

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

To write about love isn't easy. Need to have the emotion inside your heart and mind. I like this poem. You have the ability to express desire and love with skill. Allowing the reader to feel and know the emotion. I like the purpose and the desire of this poem. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Arielle Ann]

the way you referred to love as a beast set me gaping...and indeed its so true...really its the most harmful beast when the only thing it can offer is pain...when its sleeping everything is just fine; but when it erupts its like a volcano; melting away anything like that hot lava...so let the beast be dormant; let it sleep and we will be at peace! great lines !

[Philip Smith]

You speak of love the way it should be. with your heart. At times it hurts and others it worked and you have done both in all your writing. Good Job Neva

[Cassie Fraga]

mmmmm.... I can relate to this on so many different levels... stop it now its like ur in my head or something... hahaha!!! GREAT write as always!! Def. going into my fav. piles!!!

[Hayley]

I have discovered everything I have written is about the same thing. I am almost incapable of writing something I have not experienced... That being said, the beast inside is awoken by the words I feel and I write. After all, our writings are our souls on paper, our innermost thoughts released from their cage we keep them in.

[Kenneth The Poet]

A powerful ode to the beast within for sure.

[Tate Morgan]

Ah love the one free gift that always warms our soul so eloquent are your words

[Rene Velez]

sadness in your words and the words way heavy in the mind, this is a different side of you, interesting work.

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Wow....such true words written...epically done....and so relatable :)

[Larry Dyson]

Makes me remember that very few Men experience this ability ever in their lives...while painful..at least women can experience this catharsis...HEART.