April 3, 2010
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Guardian At The Door, NPM day 3, EBC #8
Daylight comes
in slumber it rests
oh, my guardian at the door.Children run
birds flock from their nests
and yet the stone sleeps evermoreSoon the sun
once again shall set
the darkness beckon at the shoreStonework crumbs
awaken my pet
and be free from the stones you woreVocals grum
in echo addressed
my beloved gargoyle does roar.Winged one
shall leap from its nest
and rocket to the sky, it soarsNight is young
there is time to fest
at heights above the forest floor.The winds hum,
the beast flies fearless
to search the darkness it imploresFigures drum
from far below its breast
Something provokes the carnivoreThus they come
the approaching guests
with a wicked intent in storeIntrusion
enter do the pests
and shall my gargoyle ever wage warThe air numb
Stalking those who test
The savage beast, the soulless coreRavage one
ravage all, in zest
their limbs and entrails, blood and goreDeathly fun!
Shall my pet ingest
the souls of men consumed in horrorFight is won
laid in bloody mess
now erased from the night beforeHe is done
Daylight ends the quest
Now sleeping solid at the foreRise the sun
again shall you rest
Sleep, my guardian at the door.Until the night beckons once more!

Comments (8)
Nice!
This is positively lovely. I love the transition from day to night and back again, and from the relatively peaceful guardian to the savage. And while I don’t usually like rhymes, you did a very nice job with the last line of each stanza. It really pulled the whole piece together. Fantastique.
Well done.
@Edgebreak - Thank you Edge!
Also, I really enjoy what you’re doing to promote/celebrate NPM. Props on the initiative! =)
@CatastrophicKitten - Thankeez! =D
I like poems that progress a story. Its certainly a step up from my old habit of writing depressing poems. Not as compelling. XD
interesting. shades of edgar allen, but…more.
very nice! i love the contrasting images
@Pyronide - Thank you Matt. Writers should have fun with their craft.