Passing Over
He walks down a road
a dusty road
endlessly long
a scream
quiet earth
earthly scream
Shattered walls
the sky falls
"Stop this train!" He shouted
"I want to vacate"
"Too late" the dead conductor called
"This train has already crashed"
"Into the past!"
"Would you like to join me? I have a grave for us. It is vast"
He made his way down the road
Two wild dogs walked at his sides
he drunk the blood of a bird of prey
ate the remains of the hot day
one of the dogs looked up
it said "Do you know who you are? We know who you are?"
Further he walked
the further away he was
An overturned truck
it reeked of death
7 faces stare
one is still alive
He shook hands with the devil
he offered him a bribe
eternal riches for the other 7 lives
He walked past his mother and father
"Son, your a disappointment!"
Scream!
He saw his childhood sweetheart and they...
He saw his second childhood sweetheart and they...
he saw his wife and they...
divorced
he saw his mistress and they wed
"Stop!" Screamed the wild dogs "Marriage is a prelude to divorce"
Scream
The road turns into a snake
The serpeant is his spiritual father
He looked up to the clouds
They bore his face
"Continue!" They screamed "Your still alive!"
In the distance, a figure
a familiar silhouette
The silhouette is death
"I've been expecting you"
Scream!
"How would you like to die?"
"I want to die on a hollow stone, I want to die competely alone, to music that eats my soul, want rats to gouge out my eyes, want these wild dogs to feast on my insides, I want an angel to fuck my soul, I want to be awake through it all."
Scream!
"Are you sure this is how you'd like to die?"
"How would you like to die?"
"I want my tears to drown me alive, I want to feel pain when I die, want my death to go unknown, want my soul to sit on a thrown, to rule a kingdom on my own, forbidden vices I would like to have, want to see my life pass by in a flash."
Scream!
"Are you sure this is how you'd like to die? I will ask you one more time. How would you like to die?"
Laughter
"I want to die in your arms, to the sound of passing cars, with my bride, with my childhood sweetheart, with my soulchild runnin wild."
"Welcome to the spirit world"
Jeff Dawson
Sat 12th Jul 2008 00:21
I'm just catching up (been a busy week with Interpol on Tuesday and Mia's Below the Belt play last night), and will have to read this again.
Another interesting concept and I'm not sure whether I think it should be a poem or short story, or whether it matters! I love some of the lines in it anyway, ignore my ramblings and keep up the good work, cheers Jeffarambling!