Life Is Nothing, But A Dream Within Reality. -TheHen

I don't think I would ever be the same,

If you were killed,

And gone from my life.

I still remember the days,

When there was a fire in the hearth.

Please, I beg you, I’m sorry.

Trying to please those around me,

Trying to ask for nothing more than freedom,

Trying to please you, just saying please,

Please, forgive me.

I tried to hide from you,

I tried to run,

I tried to ignore the darkening skies,

But now you caught me,

And put me into chains,

Forcing me to follow your reign,

So I please you,

I bring you what you ask,

No matter how hard the task,

Even if you slap me,

The red mark on my face,

Deep and cutting,

Though I don’t cry,

I never really asked for pity,

I only ask you,

To forgive me.

Please, please, please,

Just let me go,

Stop taunting me,

Stop forcing me,

Stop killing me,

Stop hurting me,

Stop tearing me,

All I ask for,

Is to be free,

And I will please.

Please, forgive me,

Please, release me,

Please, let my soul,

Go.

We drown ourselves in the illusion,

That we drive our lives,

Lost in our own confusion,

There are always secret knives.

We believe we're so wise,

Blinded by unknown lies,

Our destinies held hostage,

By the forbidding skies.

Though who's to say,

That we can have it our way?

The truth held at bay,

From clueless minds,

The changes so mere,

Only seen when we rewind.

Life is not driven by us,

Though we may think we're the biggest bus,

That destiny lies in our hands.

But if you opened up,

Realize,

We are afraid to admit,

That life was never lead,

By us.

Fortitude

There is helpless heartbreak,

Ripples in the endless lone lake,

The scattering of light,

Swift, unsteady, the wind,

Drifting above the clouds.

It's so hard,

To see the kindle,

The hope,

When you spend time,

In solace,

Solitude,

Till the day when,

The world's upside down,

The water from the skies,

Threatening to drown,

There are soft cries,

Of people who lie,

Who only say,

I give up.

But it is said,

That life's light waits in its stead,

That maybe sacrifice,

Is worth something.

Even if tolerance is finite,

Maybe it's worth fighting,

To face it all,

To save someone,

To know that you tried,

In fortitude.

Jumping Trout by TheHen

The annual salmon,

The jumping trout,

Who swim upriver,

In and out,

For one can see endeavor,

That seems to take forever,

It sure is not clever,

There could be some way better.

The falling cascade,

Of streaming water,

The power it takes,

To reach the lake,

No, even if the trout jumped higher,

Even with all that desire,

No one can be better,

Than the leading sire.

Day after day,

Despite being eaten away,

The trout jump on,

Without any way,

The seagulls diving in and out,

Though never broken away,

The jumping trout,

Live for the future,

In hopes for anything better.

It's funny how,

We look at words,

We are stunned by their meaning,

We give them so much prestige,

We are enchanted by their form,

Yet it is almost never thought,

That it all comes from our eyes,

From the other world,

Of silent nature.

Phantom by TheHen

The silence in the air,

The burdens that I bear,

Life is so unfair,

No one will ever care.

They told me,

That this is my fate,

That I must follow,

And just be blind,

Even if it took all,

Made everyone fall,

I must fulfill my fate,

Before it’s too late.

There were so many,

Who came to me,

And asked how to be free.

So I led them to the tree,

Where we came to see,

That we were meant to be,

Forever friends,

Even to,

The darkest ends,

Of the sun and moon.

When noon rises,

And midnight falls,

I’m far from asleep.

I watch the horizon,

The hills that lie so far,

Like the stars in the sky,

That twinkle with mystery.

I take the wisps of wind,

And blow them away,

The traces of their presence,

Swirling in the breeze.

Everyday,

I hide in the dark,

Watching people’s lives,

Or just waiting to strike,

To hold the crimson blade.

But everytime,

I find myself frozen,

Unable to bring their lives down,

Afraid to just… erase them,

To devastate their families,

And friends,

And whatever they lived for.

There are dreams that I await,

For them to become reality,

But I know,

That I’m dead inside.

The chaos,

The cyclone,

That never subsides,

I’m dead inside,

But even so,

I’m still alive.

The friends I made,

They were there,

And fought the wars,

By my side.

The chaos may never subside,

No matter the sacrifices I make,

To protect them,

And prevent the end.

Though many were there,

Others never care.

Fake friends,

That betrayed me,

That turned around,

And said goodbye.

I tried to ignore it all,

Tried not to be shattered,

But there are times,

When I fell to my knees,

Every drop rippling,

The reflecting lake,

Under the stars.

They called me a legend,

The reason why I faded,

And became shaded.

Though I could slice,

And had the will to sacrifice,

I was hated,

Known as a traitor,

Because I just couldn’t do it.

A failure,

Weak and mere,

Only filled with fear.

That may have been true,

But now I just stand through,

The desolations of ash and blood,

Though they streak my face,

And trace my silhouette,

I am a survivor.

I was the shadow,

Who lurked in the abyssal night,

Who gazed at the stars in the sky,

Who was a traitor,

A failure,

To all.

I cried so many tears,

Even after all those years,

Their throats slit,

Right in front of my eyes.

I tried to defy,

But now I’m here,

Restrained by chains,

Banished from the place I loved,

Yet hated.

Baited,

I walked aimlessly into traps,

One after another.

Hypnotized,

I was blinded by the speculation,

The illusions.

I guided so many lives,

Their desperation and sorrow,

That flood through them,

Receded when I revealed,

That there is always a better tomorrow.

But my namesake,

I was meant to be alone,

In the dark,

There is so much you don’t know,

The tears I cry,

The hate because of my fate,

The lies I’ve told,

The sacrifices I made,

To save them,

To try and change,

Despite my differences.

The secret power that I was given,

Was not to be harnessed as a tool,

How come I was such a fool?

Bloodied,

Torchered,

Burned,

I still survive,

But I always regret,

And I’ll never forget,

The mistakes I made,

The burdens I still carry,

The lives died for an unknown purpose,

The pain marked into me,

Is not the hell they created,

It’s the scars that tear me apart,

That scorched me to the bone.

I shall never be forgiven,

But I’ll live on,

Despite all the blame,

And flames.

After all those days,

None of them could ever stay,

So now I’m here,

Nothing but mere,

With secrets and power,

Unknown to you.

Phantom,

The name that I always cherished,

That I always loved,

No matter what.

Like a shadow in the quietest night,

I’m watching and waiting for,

My purpose and time,

To twirl the stars in my grasp,

And change everything.

I lived a life,

Of solitude,

No dove,

No traps of love,

The sunrise,

A sign of no demise.

I never tracked time,

I was always sublime,

Yet then came fortitude,

Destroying my solitude.

I

Had

No

Choice.

I tried to flee,

My legs tied to the knees,

I couldn’t run fast enough.

So I turned,

No more running,

No more sputtering,

Fortitude replacing solitude,

Barren pain,

Stabbed

Right

Through.

Now my days,

No longer quiet,

A presence,

Waiting,

Peace is gone,

War awaits,

There shall be no silence,

For several years,

Till change is here.

I remember the day, when I opened the door,

And I looked upon a cat, upon the soaked floor,

It’s abyssal fur frizzled, the color of midnight,

The yellow eyes, with a tint of light,

Stared at me, with unknown resilience,

Testing me for something that I ought to know,

Yet, suddenly it began to snow,

Flurries, soft, and gentle,

And when they smothered the night,

It blanketed the cat,

Who plodded inside,

Who had the slyest smile,

Who came to my legs, and leaned its head,

The purring ever so slightly,

The little paws gripping on tightly,

The stray cat, so calm, so warm,

Its breathing body strong amidst the cold,

And it fell asleep within my home.