Into the Depths -- Lady Jedi's poetry

For a while, I've been having frequent random urges to write poetry. So, to get back into the swing of posting on the forums, here's a few poems.

"Lullaby of the Damned"

Up the street
Not across the road
That's the way
The story goes.
That's the way
To end my woes.

It's all too quiet
The walls are black.
Darkness descends
And the silence is back.
Alone, all alone
In the box of stone.
Not up, not down
Not sideways
No air
No sound
Not a soul around.
The box confines me...

Up the street
Not across the road
That's the way
The story goes.
That's the way
To end my woes.

It's all too cold
The walls are blue
Little heat clings to me.
Oh how my heart sings to me
A sound of melancholy
In the box of ice.
Up and down
Air and sound
Freezing all around.
I shiver and slither
Across the icy floor.
The box chills me...

Up the street
Not across the road
That's the way
The story goes.
That's the way
To end my woes.

It's all too hot
The walls are red.
Here's now
The part to dread.
Burning, oh burning
In the box of flame.
Up and down,
Air and sound,
Fire burning me down.
Heat licking, caressing my skin.
Oh where oh where
Did this torment begin?
The box chars me...

Up the street
Not across the road
That's the way
The story goes.
That's the way
To end my woes.


"Turning Point"

Kiss me, kiss me,
Sway me, sway me.
Do you even know what
The meaning of life is?
It's there.
Why can't you see?
Its right there
For all to see.

Don't you get it?
This is the turning point.
Turn to life.
Turn to death.
Turn to health.
Turn to nothingness.
But just turn...

Dust, dust, death, death,
There's nothing left to breathe.
It's time to go.
Follow the grey
They know where to go.
Do you?
Have you ever known?
I don't think so.

Don't you get it?
This is the turning point.
Turn to life.
Turn to death.
Turn to health.
Turn to nothingness.
But just turn...

Crypt, crypt, crept, crept,
Kept, kept.
But not the kept anymore.
Ashes, ashes,
It's all ashes now.
Turned to ashes and dust.
Ashes, ashes,
Dust, dust.

Don't you get it?
This is the turning point.
Turn to life.
Turn to death.
Turn to health.
Turn to nothingness.
But just turn...


"I'm Not (the Goddess for You)"

Why do
you keep on callin'?
Why do
you keep on fallin'?
Why do
you keep on cryin'?
Why do
you keep on sighin'?

I'm not
the One who bore you.
I'm not
the One to adore you.
I'm not
the One who saves you.
I'm not
the One who craves you.
I'm not
The Goddess
You make me out to be.

It all began so suddenly,
Faster than my heart could see.
But I knew it wasn't to be,
You're not the one for me.

I'm not
the One who bore you.
I'm not
the One to adore you.
I'm not
the One who saves you.
I'm not
the One who craves you.
I'm not
The Goddess
You make me out to be.

When you call,
I'm not listenin'.
When you fall,
I'm not
Catchin'
You.
When you cry,
I'm not cryin'.
When you sigh,
I don't mind.
I
Never
Wanted
You.

I told you to move on.
I told you to get a life.
But I guess I misspoke
Since you went for the knife.

I'm not
the One who bore you.
I'm not
the One to adore you.
I'm not
the One who saves you.
I'm not
the One who craves you.
I'm not
The Goddess
You make me out to be.

You were on your knees
Crawling toward me.
Why couldn't you have
Opened your emotions
Before you opened your veins?

I'm not
the One who bore you.
I'm not
the One to adore you.
I'm not
the One who saves you.
I'm not
the One who craves you.
I'm not
The Goddess
You make me out to be.

A Goddess could have saved you...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

"Silenced in the screaming” ((Depche Mode – “Precious” inspired))

I think I heard a sound.
I’m not sure; it wasn’t loud.
I listen again, straining to hear
But what was spoken isn’t there.
And so I wonder…

Is my heart open?
Is my heart broken?
I know I’m not dreaming
Those silenced in the screaming.

I took a walk around here
Asking all the questions
Looking for the answers
But found nothing that satisfied me.
I can’t help but wonder

Is your heart open?
Is my heart broken?
Was it done through scheming
To silence the others through screaming?

I wasn’t alone.
I figured out that much.
I wanted you to know
You were losing touch.
But instead of recognizing
How the decision was agonizing
The pain became blinding
To the point of denying
That I was even there.
I no longer wonder

My heart was open,
Your heart was broken,
I’m still disbelieving
I was silenced in the screaming.

“Kain’s Lament” (monologue of Kain, vampire of The Legacy of Kain series; not so much poetry but why not?)

In the many years of my unnatural life,
I have exacted vengeance, conquered nations,
Spilled rivers of blood,
And have played the roles of pawn to God,
Manipulated to manipulator.
I have few regrets.
But there is one I still ponder.
Umah.
Oh, what a sight to behold in my weakened state
But you standing there in the doorway.
Those eyes!
Those luscious legs!
The curve of your…hmm, lips. ((throaty chuckle))
What impressed me most
Was your cunning.
You had all the necessary qualities
To be my Queen.
We could have ruled together,
Umah and I.
((sneers)) I have no doubt that her ambitions
would have eventually led to a parting of ways
And to her ruin.
Still, I believe she would have made for a more than…tolerable companion.
((dismissively)) Perhaps it was best for you to betray me,
Umah, then instead of having the inevitability of
Your treachery hanging overhead like a dark cloud.
Pity that you could not subvert your ambitions.
((quietly, thoughtfully)) A pity.

“Raziel’s Descent” (monologue of Raziel, vampire/Soul Reaver of Legacy of Kain series; again not so much poetry but if you let one character have a monologue quite naturally the other one demands to have one too )

If I were to ever feel a glimmering
Though of forgiveness towards Kain,
The memory of descent
My fall from grace
Cleanly burns such thought away.

Ah, burn!
The agony!
Do you have any idea what it would be like
To have every fiber
Every ounce
Of your being
Screaming in eternal torment?

No?
I have been close.
While my current state of being
Does not pain me
As the fall through the lake did,
The scars of memory
Run deep.

Kain…
If you only knew that burning,
Then you would know the depths of my hatred,
The lengths that I would go
For my vengeance
Against you.

Kain…
I am coming for you.
And not even an act of God
Will save your treacherous skin
Now.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hm. That's some awfully morose stuff. I have some feedback:

I implore you to write some stuff without rhyming. English is such a shitty language for rhyming in poetry. That it can often ruin your intent, especially when you make that a standard mode of your writing. Of course, there are sonnets and villianelles which emply rhyming. Also, are the legacy of kain ones written by you or are they from the game?

Also:

I'm not
the One who bore you.

the 'bore' adjective seems to go against the meaning of "the goddess that you make me out to be" why would being a goddess bore the person / him?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Aquas: I have to admit, rhyming is a bit of a cop out I used for the emo poetry (i.e. its easy to fall into, easy to do, etc). So, yeah, venting emo poetry is not my best stuff. I'll take your suggestion to heart.

"The Fool"

Step up, step up,
Step lightly on up.
The sky is clear,
The sun is bright.
The path is ahead,
It's up to you
To choose right,
Or is it left?
Or should you turn around?
Oh no!
Forward, forward
You must go.
Adventure, excitement.
Folly, youth.
But watch out!
There's the cliff!



I wrote the Legacy of Kain monologues myself based off the game and based off what the characters might had said but didn't (Kain speaking about Umah is partly based off of knowing an alternate sound track where the game designers had thought about having him save Umah or be more remorseful about him killing her but they decided against it).

Bore: to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child.

I meant to convey the sense of having created the person (i.e. I'm not your mother, I'm not your lover, etc), not that the person is bored with the goddess. Does that make more sense? (I hope)

I appreciate that you took the time to reply, Thank you.

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I like the Raziel's Descent uh song, because that's how I read it. I felt it would be great done in an Iced Earth style with some powerful vocals like Matt Barlow. I thought of the song Dracula they did.

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