The Beast by experimental
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Description
The beast has two tails,
one on it's rear,
and one on it's nose.
The former to steer,
and the latter
to know where it goes.
Moving in duality
Two different speeds
independent from the steed
It's hindtail grows longer
as its foretail grows shorter
It's steering gets stronger
as it's direction gets quartered
The beast has a million legs
Only which four will move
at any given time
Which will only prove
that it is less than sublime
It stumbles along
each step once wrong
Then corrected forever
Only to find it's next mis-step
One might say it's clever
but it is only in prep
For the next stage
to break free from it's cage
Teeth, razor sharp
devour all in it's path
will only blindly harp
the loss in it's wrath
Comments (4)
nocturnecsh
I get the feeling that this should end with "What am I?", like those quizzes. Interesting. -j.p.
TallPockets
As Don Henley says, "Ya' just can't kill the beast"? Always enjoy your works, experimental! My best, T.P.
experimental
Perhaps my metaphors have gone a little above and beyond normal human imagination (don't ask my definition of normal, even I don't know that much). I'll summarize here, but please draw your own inferences first, I prefer it that way. The beast is humankind. The tails are time, past and future. The million legs are the aspects of our brains, the different cognitive tools we have at our disposal. The teeth, razor sharp, you may have guessed is our destructive nature. And the cage is this planet which traps our spirits. Hope this clears things up. I don't enjoy explaining my works often because I like to hear what else it could be, and the need to explain something only denotes a failed metaphor. I would like to add that this was not drug (or alcohol) induced in any way. My drinking days have shortened (maybe this is growing up?)
hanevi
It's good to see you in the gallery again. I liked the acid edge of your poem and it's bite of truth. All my best to you.