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Seren
Seren
Apr 12, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

A Tyrant's Madness

A wraith in the night
Dark embered eyes
face of granite
Preying on the weak
Seeking out the marked

Innocence of light
Stranger to dark
they are his purpose
Their only crime their race
Punishment and persecution
his Reign of insanity

Cloaking purpose with good intentions
Segregation a joke
herding them like beasts
Weaving his evil spell

False security abounds
Knowledge hidden from sight
Religion a mark to be carried
Their sacred Books burned

Unveiled their innocence
A revelation 
herded into carriages'
eternity awaits
their destination
chambers of death

Their ashes floating
carrying a story
of hope lost
lives wasted
Dreams gone

But as the phoenix
their ashes arose
Flying

The wraith
A distant memory
never to be forgotten
His blood-lust his madness

Annihilated .. 

 

— Seren, Apr 12, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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Shonna James

17 years 1 month ago

oooooooooo

Damn you're good!
Seren

Seren

17 years 1 month ago

Shucks

You'll make a girl blush shonna lol but thanks hun this one i wasn't sure if it was any good or not Love and Light JayC
Seren

Seren

17 years 1 month ago

I agonised over this one for

I agonised over this one for a few days getting it right ... its one i wasnt sure of and your reaction is enough for all the work i put into it ... I was trying to get the feeling over without being over emotional .. thanks again hugz Love and light JayC
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Ink Dragon

17 years 1 month ago

Seren,

I read this and found I was unable to comment. So I reread it after taking a break and have now pulled myself together enough to leave a comment. The German title, of course, got my attention. And I found a piece dealing with a painful truth. All the more painful for me, because it has happened in my country of birth. May I ask what triggered this write? I would also like to share my memory of visiting Yad Vashem, but it is hard to describe. A dark spacious cavern Soft voices humming Millions of candles Like stars across the firmament Each of them symbolizing Shattered hopes Destroyed dreams A life taken Because of a madman´s ramblings A sadist´s twisted fantasies Well, this is the best I can do now. Maybe I will be able to write a real poem about this soon. Yours, ~Nina
Seren

Seren

17 years 1 month ago

I knew this would be a

I knew this would be a sensitive subject , so i hope i did it justice , and i wasn't writen with hate in my heart but sorrow ..... I think of all the lives that where lost and think of all the art that didnt get painted , of all the poems that didnt get writen , of all the great symphonies that where never composed and it makes me want to weep .. Such a loss .. We should never forget what happened , so that we might not make the same mistakes again ..where ever on the planet we are .. What an incredible experience it would have been to visit Yad Vasham and a humbling one .. I just hope this hasnt upset you unduely , it was never meant to hurt but to honor the dead .. Love and light JayC
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Ink Dragon

17 years 1 month ago

As a matter of fact, it IS upsetting,

for all the reasons you mentioned, JayC. But not unduly so. If it ever stops being upsetting, I will have turned to stone. Yours, ~Nina P.S. Yes, it was an incredible experience. Incredibly sad. To see all those little flames and to know that their number is the exact number of the people who were murdered... Somehow, that makes it more real than just reading or hearing a number.
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Bosscombat

17 years 1 month ago

jay-nee

Told you it was my fav!! And I can tell by the other comments that its gunna touch peoples hearts... hope you feel the rush :) defineatly a poem for the portfolio! <3
Seren

Seren

17 years 1 month ago

Thanks Julie much

Thanks Julie much appreciated .. And yes your PM did help thanks again Sincerely JayC
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

((((((((((((((hugz))))))))))))))))

Awwwwwwwwwww Julie thanks so much ... I left this and worked on it from time to time till I thought I had gotten the feel right ... LOL I dont know anything about the voting protest so I am in the dark huni ... But im damn glad you broke it thankies it meens a lot that you think it vote worthy and that you think it's improved I felt I had let myself be too gentle with this topic ... Love and Light JayC ~smiles~ x
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moonlitanime

16 years 11 months ago

Imogen brandI love reading

Imogen brand I love reading this poem I am not sure why but you have got a talent for getting other readers attention.