The Beast

About the perception of life through the eyes of a depressed soul, and the eternal war between heart and mind, when logic and reason combat those sinister feelings within.

At first, 

deep within comes a moaning,

A muttering;

A well rounded sonorous cry,

Rumbling within the deepest reaches of the soul.

It shakes, and quivers, and cries, and spits.

Then, agitated, for too much time has passed,

It shrieks! 

It yells!

It kicks, bites, scratches! 

Wild-eyed, and neglected for too long, 

It springs forth, hunting precisely for you.

Do you hear it?

Coming wildly in the night

Invading dreams, attacking hearts, and feeling?

From states of sweet slumber

It doth come

Deep within this wood of humanity,

Comes this terrible beast,

Demanding obeisance, for you must pay heed.

And it takes hold, finding it's opponent

In the cage of man's lower rib, 

Forsaking its place from beneath the scalp

To wage war with the heart.

Till it grows, and restlessly paces about, 

Seeking to conquer,

Full of virtue and truth, 

This throbbing thing within, 

That soon beats louder, and harder, and faster

Till at last you cry impossibly from within: 

I Am Here!

I am flesh and blood, and bone and hair and nail and teeth!

Crying, sighing, moaning, laughing, loving, hating!

Ashamed and naked, and ugly and worthless!

But here I stand!

I am that creature, though desiring to be buried

Still walks among the living

I am that thing which wishes for the deep hole of solitude 

To swallow whole the body of my person

I am the human hoping this vacancy sign of my soul will switch off

Dreaming that perhaps, slumber will last ever-long

But the beast roves about,

Summoning courage, 

To assign dignity to my verse 

On this poem of humanity.

I will not go silently in the night,

For the beast allows no cowardice

And the war beats on.

Reviews

[Tegon Maus]

Yikes !! Slim... Please tell me you write this well and you are not plagued this way. I admire this one... this one I understand very well... to well. You did a great job here... even I got it !!

[Aliice In Wonderland]

As someone who has suffered through depression for many years, I'd have to say this is pretty exact to what I feel on a daily basis. Very well-written and very descriptive.

[I'd Rather Write]

Very well-written, I enjoyed reading it's entirety--meaningful and very true in human nature. Your description perfectly sums it up.