NO NAME

The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others

No Name

 

You’ve been here since the dawn of time

Adam and Eve knew nothing about of

your coming and going, yet you were foretold

Ever since that ‘word’ was first uttered.

 

You’re the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse

Riding on scarlet horse, dressed in purple robe

In your forehead bears the numbers

of thousands of hearts your hand laid claims.

 

Your spear and arrow proudly brandish

Its sting was quick and swift

Precisely aimed; pierces deep,

Deep down into the hearts of men.

 

Such mortal wound sustained, takes

forever to mend, let alone heal with time

While thousands more bleed a slow death

and drink the deadly potion of your lethal

cocktail and you killed Romeo.

 

You soar high and beyond anyone’s reach

You gave birth to poets and rise to songwriters

In your wake lies but ruins of broken

hearts, hopes and dreams.

 

Anything you touched surely dies and

the ground was drenched with lonely tears

Your iron clad grip changes everything

and impossible to escape.

 

You’ve mocked the wise; turned them into fools

You’re legendary and well known

And yet you have no name

You’re brutal, callous and have no soul.

 

You inflict the worst and mighty pain

To love someone should be the greatest gain

But of all the feelings that lay amiss

Is to truly love someone and yet loved in vain.

 

In your realm you reign supreme

There I heard your dreadful name

And those who’d love and fail, lived

As if they never there nor exist

Such a terrible, cold and cruel place.

If the Prince of the power of the air

Should suffer such fate

He’d rather rot in hell and stays the same.

Than to bear the unbearable pain and sorrow.

For nothing is compared to such

Anguish and despair.

The utterly dismal feeling

of your unspeakable shame; such as

the "unrequited" love. And that’s your name …

 

By NeiL ArandA 02/14/2014

Author's Note

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. How did I miss this wondrous write.
"For nothing is compared to such
Anguish and despair.
The utterly dismal feeling
Of your unspeakable shame; such as
the "unrequited" love. And that’s your name …"

Sad and touching too...:).................

[NeiL ArandA]

thanks for your read and thoughtful words brother Sami

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)....................

[Aethereal]

This poem plays with one of the main archetypes of our species. This archetype appears time and time again throughout human history taking on various personified incarnations. Any innate mood taken to its extreme becomes a cruel merciless juggernaut. It's much better to play it safe, and stay in the gray between white and black; don‘t go to far off track. Moderation leads to tranquility. Obsession is a burning eye. Most of our moods are so complex that they have no names.

[NeiL ArandA]

As always , I appreciate your intellectual thoughts here Aethereal. Its really hard to describe once you've experienced it ...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

how sad...there is nothing worse than unrequited love...and no one is safe or immune to it...whether normal humans, gods, kings...doesn't matter, we are all susceptible...

wonderful piece...

[NeiL ArandA]

Thanks Jacob for visiting this piece. Should be back to check out your stuff.

[Lyn Anderson]

I beg your pardon, I did read this piece, and I read it again. I really like it. It was the "No Name" that threw me off -- didn't recognize the title.

[NeiL ArandA]

KLG , sorry for the late response . Thanks for leaving your paws-prints on my piece. You are always appreciated

[Marie]

Sad...this must be Cupid's evil twin...

[NeiL ArandA]

LOL ...perhaps its worst than that..the feeling of being in despair...

[Lyn Anderson]

The poet's main meal, beautifully restyled and aptly presented in this piece.

[NeiL ArandA]

Thanks again KLG ....for your patronage :)

[gabrielle]

It's a bitter reality that we cannot ALWAYS have what we desire the most. Well-written, Neil.

[NeiL ArandA]

I appreciate that Gab... I need a reality check :/ I should have taken the Blue Pill instead of the Red Pill ...

[gabrielle]

Color-coded pills (lol)...ignorance is a bliss =).

[NeiL ArandA]

Yes ..remember the movie Matrix ? Neo was given the choice to take the Blue or the Red pill .

[gabrielle]

yes, i remember that. but i sleep throughout the movie. LOL. =)

[Frieda P]

Wow, why dontcha tell us how you really feel? I'm so glad this one's not about me, poor woman. ;-) I meant I really appreciate your sentiments here, no matter how much they smart. Awesome read really...it slaps you upside the head and takes no prisoners.

[NeiL ArandA]

Thank you once again Ms Frieda for your thoughtfulness. You are absolutely right " unrequited love " doesn't take prisoners. Romeo paid dearly with his life. Such feeling when someone is in despair. :( . The muse was that hopeless feeling. I take the slaps as a compliment. To wake me up from this dream.

[David Scott]

Interesting how you frame " unrequited love " in apocalyptic scale...
It certainly feels "Biblical" in proportion to our lives at times.
A unique write.

[NeiL ArandA]

I appreciate your note here David. Trying to find the perfect word to describe such feeling and you are right I may have coined it in doomsday scale. Always a pleasure to see your face on my page.

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

Neil, this is it! I see your brilliance once more. This is amazing. I see the cleverness...just like in one of your great poems there. Great word choice.
I like this one.

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

And I believed...because He's close to the brokenhearted, He sent each an angel.

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

Hey, I'm here again just to say something...you're title doesn't conform with your ending line. Your title is NO NAME while your ending line says "the "unrequited" love. And that’s your name …" So. it HAS A NAME. LOL. Peace be with you, bro. Smile! =)

[NeiL ArandA]

Yes ..this Entity has really no name. I found out about who and what truly was this Entity is when I experience it myself first hand. And now I know ... it has a name ..... LOL :)

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

I'm glad you don't easily get offended with my words. I'm just a joker...telling the truth. LOL

[NeiL ArandA]

I'm now on a writers block . Brain empty . I tried to scribble some lines yesterday but I wasn't so interested putting so much effort into them.
I don't easily get upset nor get offended. A friend is a friend forever. Its going to take more than that to offend me. LOL