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A Challenge to Thanatos

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You hear the sneers beneath your laughter,
Like quivering arrows shot in the air.
Your own voice taunts and mocks you,
The living mirror of a lie’s contraire.

Making up excuses just to remain calm,
Soon out of things to make you feel numb.
Go on and hide the scars in the sun,
Your acting skills are second to none.

Every day’s fear swallows you up whole,
Giving birth to yet more doubt in your soul.
As each time is spent with a life on the edge,
You see yourself simply waiting for death.

Constantly at present with tales of the past,
You’re idly staring while others prance.
Where is that heart you wear on your sleeve?
Emotion has left you and oh, does it grieve.

Torn apart by the unknown you so fear,
Where the knight is kept in a little girl’s dream.
Dreading for the day you finally get to breathe,
For now you’re still stuck gasping in your coffin.

Remember though in your deepest of depths,
Exists a single string gliding from the web.
Whispering softly like the sliver of a note,
Waiting for your strength to come grab and hold.
Thanatos was is the god of non-violent death. To read more about thanatos, you can go here:[link]

With all the problems and crap thrown our way, there comes a time when we fear we might break. That we'd think of suicide, get depression and simply find no meaning in life. We die while we're still alive. Let us challenge death. Challenge ourselves. To live the time we have and simply enjoy the good things. To challenge death, we must not only survive, but live.

!st poem of 2013, I wish to write more this year. :D
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Gecko-Comics's avatar
i like this poem, especially the ending. your rhythm was nice and the rhymes weren't cliche. they were subtle and only used when necessary. keep up the good work.