The dying poet was not eager to live.
Nor death to make his reprieve.
But to lie somewhere in between
Death and the life you seek.

His soul cried emotion for love of both
So he tried once to kill his soul.

But soon the love of good and that of bad
Found their places in one single man.
The colors of light and those of dark
Painted his blood in white and black.

To redden what white and black was ever not.
He tore his skin and licked the blood

He later sought to know the strings attached
To what tied the duo of sin and man.
Sought knowledge to East and back
And from he who lived in desert sand.

So as a hopeless traveler, bruised and torn.
Beaten and dying for the knowledge he sought.

He met a mountain sage, meek and bald.
Who knew what tied the duo of sin and man.
That was a day before he breathed his last
When he learned of ying and yang.

He had found at last what he gave all to seek.
But it never stayed long to give him peace.

He breathed his last in the arms of the monk
"Scatter, yeah, my ashes dear noble monk"
But never me mourn with a painful song.
For today I found what I long long sought.

Then he waited his last wish to know
If burned or not the body with the soul.

timpaker:



The exaggeration and personification here is just interestingly horrific.

Just highlighted my favourite lines.

Great one Lake! (he's back!!! )

Interestingly horrific? The strange way poets use words.

He's not back yet. This is only a flash of lightning - on a sunny summer day. Haven't you now finally lost your pen, Tim?

timpaker:
Nah. I still write. Just too lazy to type.
So you're partially back huh?

Back? I was never front, sir, you know.

You are now LAYing words upon words like some bricks for a mansion of subtle poetry.

Lovely poem. Thumbs up @Op

My teachers all in one place.

OMA4U:
You are now LAYing words upon words like some bricks for a mansion of subtle poetry.

Don't go and come and be whining me, sir.

Chief, you have resurrected. What happened to your numbers, sir?

elfico:
Lovely poem. Thumbs up @Op

Thank you, sir, thank you!