Of Writers, Like Reapers

By Echoes of Orpheus

The words laid in trenches;
Dug by a pencil tip
Pushing through dust.

Carbon whispers in the
Chilled air of a
moonlit November.

Words
Born into death,
Amidst eraser dust;

Amidst words deemed unworthy.

Pages are punished.
Desecrated with descriptive pain;
Like some form of
Gory graffiti. 

In the hands of poets, 
Pens become scythes
And Ink is laid like blood



Writing from pain
Makes any man a reaper.





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Copyright 2014 Echoes of Orpheus
Published on Thursday, November 20, 2014.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

An attempt at more 'dark' poetry. I am rusty
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  • Cassette On Thursday, December 21, 2017, Cassette (1144)By person wrote:

    Your rust might be my gold, Dylan... man... wish I could have "rusty" writing this good.

  • Fantecstasy On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Fantecstasy (122)By person wrote:

    I thought it was really good. The unification was excellent with no metaphors straying... You should be really proud of this, *tips hat*

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Friday, November 21, 2014, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    "In the hands of poets, Pens become scythes" - great imagery! You don't appear to be rusty at all. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • soul_versing On Thursday, November 20, 2014, soul_versing (882)By person wrote:

    Words dying before even hitting the page to define its reasoning. I find this to be delicately grim. You, sir, have gained my attention. Scholar

  • Pride Ed On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Pride Ed (108)By person wrote:

    Still good! lol I feel like a reaper now.

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