Awaken and Hunger -LF2021- --non.writer--

Spring time arrived and the creature would crave. Fresh seasons promised different prey for the thing beyond the grave. It alone perceived one concept, one command: Feed. And each year at spring it would revive, ravenous, raging, remembering again and anew why it remained.

Next, summer would bring its victims to enrapture. Fixation to its dictation, the growing consternation, their delicious trepidation. The beast grew robust as they became dust. Each toothy thrust was powered by a hungry lust.

Now in its great grasp, autumn exerted a certain softening of the veil. The strength stolen to sustain that satanic machine called once more: A hero must step-up and strike it subjacent.
Mocking as it fell, the demon knew the winter spell; deprivation and cumber.
A Spring birth, that vampiric summer, fall's revenge, and inevitable wintery slumber.

To dream, to hate, the grave would recall the legends of the fall.

THE END

a reply to: oddscreenname

Now that i liked

Edgar Allan Poe wouldve enjoyed it too.

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

Thank you! Was trying to lean in that direction.

I agree with the above sentiments...

It has a very cool Edgar Allan Poe 'vibe' to it.


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Johnny

Well done 👍😊 S and F

And welcome to the fray 👋

a reply to: oddscreenname

Good read. Last line is perfect.

a reply to: Onlyyouknow

I'm fairly proud of that one too... I probably stole it from somewhere.

a reply to: oddscreenname

wow this was excellent , the Rhyme and Flow shows true talent .

a reply to: oddscreenname

Your story had a certain cadence, and I wonder if someone more talented than me could set it to music. Enjoyable!

originally posted by: argentus
a reply to: oddscreenname

Your story had a certain cadence, and I wonder if someone more talented than me could set it to music. Enjoyable!

i wondered the same thing , as I read it I almost felt like I was singing.

a reply to: asabuvsobelow

Years ago I decided to binge read (coughlistentoaudiobookcough) H. P. Lovecraft. It was his alluding to of a play called "King in Yellow" that was my take away from all those stories. What would a story that drives you mad be like? Thinking about it, the only conclusion I could come up with is it has to have a lot of word play in it. The intention being "awakening" something in the back of your mind. So the construct would have to be alliteration, rhymes and patterned syllable count at least.

But in all seriousness I think if an entire story/play were written like that it'd be a chore to read. Which is probably why that play drove people mad in the story.

a reply to: oddscreenname

Thanks really enjoyed that.

I wanted to know more about the beasts form though. I thought of a koontz story about the ancient enemy, but I don't think that had teeth.