The White Horse

By VenomPlease

It was a pale horse,
The palest of white
And his name who sat upon him was Death.
And I could swear I shook the hand of the Devil,
Selling away my soul, intertwined with fear.
Then looking back on myself, small and infantile,
Recalling the simplicity,
And the tiniest of desires.
How could such beauty turn awry?
A magnificent diamond turned to an ebony soul.
Then I see the white horse, befitting hell.
Dominance over the earth and so many
As if to kill with a sword.
Spewing famine and death over the world.
Hades followed with him.
And like a fool,
Or perhaps in spite of my wellbeing
My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that color
I shook his hand,
Sealed the deal with beauty and with grace,
And I rode away
Never to look back
I rode the white horse that day.

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Published on Saturday, November 27, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: So eloquent.. I'm speechless.

  • italianbella On Monday, December 24, 2007, italianbella (185)By person wrote:

    Love it this was so awesome:)

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, March 10, 2007, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    Fantastic write, the build up to the conclusion and conclusion itself brilliant....:)

  • sevil_sevas_tra On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, sevil_sevas_tra (1)By person wrote:

    Very lovely work - i enjoy your imagery; you've definitely got a unique style. Thank you for your comment!

  • Mr King On Thursday, December 23, 2004, Mr King (547)By person wrote:

    Wow... cool story... my first read of you... gonna see where this goes... 1, Seth

  • rondant On Saturday, December 4, 2004, rondant (58)By person wrote:

    very nice......Ronda

  • A former member wrote: I love it. One thing is that so many people imagine Death to be a black horse, strangely. But in my experience the truth is never that plain. After all, evil often disguises itself in a form of good.....

  • VenomPlease On Friday, December 3, 2004, VenomPlease (134)By person wrote:

    Exactly the point I was trying to make! thank you.

  • blue On Sunday, November 28, 2004, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    "...behold the pale horse, and the man who sat upon him was death; and hell followed with him." from the bible(can't remember which book) nice spin, VERY well written. applause! b

  • VenomPlease On Sunday, November 28, 2004, VenomPlease (134)By person wrote:

    Oh yes, you are the first person to catch onto that. I believe it is from Revelations 6:8 or something like that...

  • shadowsinthelight On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, shadowsinthelight (146)By person wrote:

    Yes, you are correct, some bibles he is a pale horse, but in the catholic bible he is a pale green horse. Go figure. Very nice write. S.

  • A former member wrote: very awesome write

  • Grey Lies On Saturday, November 27, 2004, Grey Lies (186)By person wrote:

    A magnificent diamond turned to an ebony soul....love that line...well done

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