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

[Chelsea]

Wow, Neva.. This is simply amazing. It almost makes my heart ache just reading it.. Keep up the great work :)

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Oh Neva..you have a poetic romantic soul which beats bigger and louder than any other..this is just so heart melting..that first stanza..just perfect.

[WhiteWillow]

This is lovely, so flowing and heartfelt. You are an amazing writer.

[Pratik]

This is both heartwarming and heart wrenching.. Beautiful and sad... its brilliant the way you have combined both these elements in one piece... Too good :)

[Enigma]

Incredible poem. There is a sense of obsession and helplessness, conveyed on a passionate note. Brilliant.

[Sujash I. Purna]

this is beautiful!

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

You even make dark and saddness seem beautiful. Lovely write, Neva!

~Anna Rose

[Patient Poet (Yos)]

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.

Thats almost made me cry .... so beautiful ... so tender ... we all want to be loved , to fee love we want it , don't ever be afraid to wake up the beast ... those tears are for a good reason ... they make you be alive.... I would afraid of the day we will not want to have love , when the tears will dry , meaning the beast had died
xx Yossi

[EMF]

Breathtaking. Every line you write, every time. Beautiful? You are. And not just on paper. Or screen for the pedantic Canadian out there. You write of love and make it love. That's about as simple as I can think at the minute. You have my head reeling, in such a fine way. Breathtaking

[joshua deathdealer]

*sighs* This is wonderful. Awakens feeling inside and brings tears to the hopefuls eyes. "day by day, on paper until the ink of my soul"..xx