Cacophony Of The White Ravens

Vandalised neons

But for now let him sleep.  For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean, or glide over the highest cloud."
                                                                         -Albus Dumbledore

Sound track- Superheroes- The Script

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Some nights I had wondered,

With the dark closing in,

About the next line,

The next step,

The next life.

In the dark I had painted

A prophecy for myself,

A mural of blinding neon.

With the painting whirling in my head,

I used to finally surrender to sleep.

But you denied me

My time, my glory.

You built a barricade;

A feeble attempt

To lock the lion's cage.

A mere curtain to my colossal stage.

I will rip it apart;

Your façade, your mask,

Your sheep skin.

You may be the wolf,

But a wolf without its pack,

can only live so long.

Walk into my lair,

Oh, cunning prey.

Fear not, for I neither crave 

Your flesh nor your blood.

I am but a broken heart,

With vandalized art,

Aching for revenge.

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When I was writing the poem, I had imagined the protagonist as a victim of abuse. Does this information make you see the poem in a different light? Tell me what you think!

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Yours truly,

Ebonylarch

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