Riven

By The Fallen Angel

In the beginning, God created heaven, and earth
Created beings of fire and of dirt
In these are sons that God had given birth
Only to misguide, manipulate, and hurt

Of dirt is a man and of fire is a holy angel
Grants man and angel this gift called free will and pretends like he doesn’t know why they rebel
Even Satan was a son of God with desire to be like his father as any spoiled son. He was denied that possibility
So rather than serve in heaven, he reigns in hell for all eternity

God casts his son, his dark child with the apples of his eyes, the other called man
Like locking your beloved with a demented, flesh eating lion and worship him he demands?
Never! And with this, God refused to grant the one thing that divides men from animals…
The knowledge of good and evil! So that man would remain degraded, ignorant mammals

And for his own amusement, he sets policy and oppositions
While I struggle to an fro to live true, he watches and laughs at my own dementia
He leaves his confused children in an enigma
You’re a slapstick, you’re a spectacle, God’s Cosmo cinema

Don’t tell me about sin. Since the dawn of my existence, the prelude of my dark and sleepless nights
All I ever did was serve and worship wondering what the grand accolade would be like
But no longer will I tolerate my pointless paucity. It is neither, plausible nor right
The sleeper has awakened I have fallen and now I see the light

I don’t need a handbook for living
This vanity, a give that’s never giving
The reality hurts, but my wounds are healing
Healed over hard and deep like a tree mends in knots
Cast away priceless time dreams and imagination? I will not

Just spare me the constant lies
The false truths which life relies
No longer will MY steps be the dance of a fool
To serve a God who’s verdict is cruel

This just and holy God, quiescent on a throne at the pinnacle of celestial lights. Go worship, he created all
But he made the cycle, the cause and effect, the battle of good versus evil, He is the incentive for our fall
And for making man and angel with autonomy and with His gall
He punishes and judges our wrong because we’re merely insects for him to tread on as we crawl

If people were a number, then God would be the square root
Why create man like You when You don’t treat them like You
DON'T TASTE OF THE FRUIT?! DON'T CREATE THE FRUIT!!
Who am I to judge God? I say am like the infant he placed in the midst of tainted food

I will not taste his bile nor his bitter spirit
Until the day he swallows his godly pride and beg for forgiveness
He has broken my wings and I cannot fly
I have no purpose and am left to die
God allowed me to live in a tormented life
I always prayed, I did his way, I never strayed. I never thought to question why
All he ever did was watch the tears of blood I cry
My soul still could not find respite

The Lord is My Shepherd I shall not want, He make me to lie in pastures of green
Saunter in the shoes of ignorance and realize what life really means
Riven from God a distraught soul leaves
Riven is my heart, my deadly scream







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Copyright 2003 Fallen Angel
Published on Wednesday, August 6, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: this work was absolutly amazing. you put a lot of talent and skill into this.

  • Lord Kalgalath On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, Lord Kalgalath (182)By person wrote:

    DON'T TASTE OF THE FRUIT?! DON'T CREATE THE FRUIT!! i like that line.. hells bells i like the whole damn poem..i agree wholly excellent work.

  • Drifter On Saturday, October 4, 2003, Drifter (265)By person wrote:

    nice right, sometimes clarifying the painfully obvious hurts. Glad to see there are people questioning even the highest authority. To bad the best of his creations have to go to hell. Oh well, i could use a tropical climate >:- )

  • Drifter On Saturday, October 4, 2003, Drifter (265)By person wrote:

    Thats an awsome Pic btw.

  • manywalks On Monday, September 8, 2003, manywalks (747)By person wrote:

    The last stanza, just perfect. ~ mw

  • Diva_Satanica On Thursday, August 14, 2003, Diva_Satanica (74)By person wrote:

    wicked write i love it not as evil as kefka's but great none the less. we need mor eof this from you.-D.S

  • The Fallen Angel On Monday, August 11, 2003, The Fallen Angel (234)By person wrote:

    Thanx...you'll get heart and nothing but heart from me...

  • Abbyernathie On Monday, August 11, 2003, Abbyernathie (61)By person wrote:

    yet another great write! i can definately tell that you'll be on my fav. list soon. keep up the great work!

  • A Velvet Tongue On Sunday, August 10, 2003, A Velvet Tongue (434)By person wrote:

    You said this so well..you painted it so perfectly..I can tell I am going to love your works..~Velvet~

  • A Velvet Tongue On Sunday, August 10, 2003, A Velvet Tongue (434)By person wrote:

    You mi' friend...Ahhhh..Your sermon has just won a spot on my fav lists. The true...deep...decaying emotion that you have unleashed here, it is what great poems are made of.

  • A former member wrote: this is just...incredible. i had to read this three times just to let it all soak in. i only hope i could have half the talent you do. gimme more!

  • A former member wrote: You wrote about something that most people cannot convey in words. Like Cre said, This kept me captivated...

  • cre On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, cre (410)By person wrote:

    The way this flowed kept me constantly captivated. Nice write.

  • A former member wrote: i am sorry you feel this way.

  • The Fallen Angel On Monday, August 11, 2003, The Fallen Angel (234)By person wrote:

    Don't be!

  • Crying_Banshee On Friday, August 8, 2003, Crying_Banshee (62)By person wrote:

    beautiful...

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