Enter Reaper.

Enter Reaper.

Come, welcome him with an open heart,

For he has not come to tear you apart,

But to fix your soul, that is his deed,

Your acknowledgement is his need,

From this wretched existence you loan,

He will take you to a place you own,

As he is your saviour and your doom,

A shadow follows you room to room,

And he will not change your fate,

He will not come too early or too late,

But only make sure it's executed well,

Hopefully you'll fall under his spell,

Everything you do is and was planned 

Perfectly well aeons beforehand,

The Reaper only plays his private role,

With his own heart as black as coal,

As every man, woman and babe must,

We have worn our very souls into dust,

He will take them all away, in time,

One for every single church bell chime,

The Reaper looks just like you and I,

Time to be rid of this damned, awful lie,

Not a hooded, masked figure, no.

But journey with him, you must go.

This man is a man like any other,

He could be your friend, father, brother,

It's only his duty to take you away,

Maybe, just maybe, he'll find me someday.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A nice description of the reaper. Your sentiments are correct. Death will come. Better to be ready and hope for a better place? A nice ending to a excellent poem.
Coyote

[Kya]

This was absolutely wonderful. Very powerful and moving. Thanks very much for the piece.

[Never-Sane]

Deep and thought provoking

[Jason Martin]

I thought this poem was deep very deep

[Lina Grey]

A unique take on the depiction of a bit cliched idea. Where most think of death and the reaper as wretchedly evil, you see it as a necessary part of existence. The simplicity and the rhyming scheme add to the beauty of it. Thank you.

[~ Stefanie ~]

Well done! I loved the rhyme scheme in this poem... it made it easy to follow and understand and I now picture the reaper as a great guy, who is just doing his job, like the rest of us do in the world today. Once again well done! I really enjoyed it

[Team_Jaward_Gale]

well done bravo good job and I liked it

[Kim's Poems]

WOW, such a powerful piece here, I liked this. Your rhyme shceme and flow was wonderful as well

[Jay Harris]

I love this and it's peek of ambiguity. As ironic as it sounds, when I reached the end of the poem, I got the feeling that the "reaper" is a man of effortless beauty or grace and has saved himself for a special person. It sounds as if he is a great, great man. I love how you played with the idea of a "reaper". Lovely work, NamelesBeast!

[R J Askew]

Well eexecuted and pleasing to the eye even. I esp like 'Time to be rid of this damned, awful lie//Not a hooded masked figure, no.' Yes, he is in us all in some way. As for the last two liness, seems a cert to me! Enjoyed the read.