What Killers are made of

By Melancholic VIncent

Suffering, anguish, despair and frustration
These are the stuff that killers are made of
High-pressured pain
Starts building up
Till breaking point
Bullets are spewed
Start flying erratically
Sealing fates in mid-flight
Propelled by rage and fury
Bystanders fulfilling master's intent:

Blasting recklessly through a crowd
Power leaking from the discharged cartridges
By the wrong side of the gun
Bound to an impetuous urge
Let chance decide who lives or dies
Sounds a bad therapy for inadequacy feelings

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Copyright 2012 Melancholic VIncent
Published on Friday, July 27, 2012.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

After a bad time, I was feeling incredible sad and understood that pain taken to high degrees can turn people into monsters
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  • A former member wrote: ..I do know the feeling all too well

  • FadedBlues On Saturday, July 28, 2012, FadedBlues (2096)By person wrote:

    ...a depiction of psychological & emotional breakdown, & appropriate to a recent tragedy here in the U. S. ...

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    I heard all about it in the news, the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. I don't know if unconsciously I was thinking about that, but it suits well. Unfortunately, I think those kind of things happen too often in there. The guy is 24, it's one year younger than me. It's kinda surreal. I understand very well, what those feelings above can do to a person. And handling a gun can give you a sense of power that if is misused.... you know what happen....

  • Ortolan On Friday, July 27, 2012, Ortolan (214)By person wrote:

    I like the way it concludes, a bit of a surprise.Well done!

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    Well, I guess many people start on a killing spree, because they are dealing with their own frustration and other bad feelings, so if you look at it like that, it's a way to compensate for those feelings, it's a therapy, but a nasty one....

  • dwells On Friday, July 27, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    To understand the incomprehensible perhaps, and every hunter knows the thrill of the kill maybe - too bad the deers can't return fire, maybe someday like in Crocodile Dundee, when the kangaroo opened up on the poachers, classic!

  • Melancholic VIncent On Friday, July 27, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    Well, everyone sees the monster inside the killers, i'm trying to show the victims inside the killers.... Not that I think this excuses anything, but i'm just trying to see what everyone misses, what everyone chooses not to see. Just explaining why... Of course, there are various kinds of killers. This is one of them.

  • dwells On Friday, July 27, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    Understood Vince and thanks

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    Thank you sir

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