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lou
lou

Fallen Soul ( updated)

Angelic perversion
fall from grace
banished into the wilderness

He wanders a solitary road
a desolate soul,
the abandoned one.

Hades and the bowels of hell,
behind soulless eyes
the stench of death upon his ragged clothes.

Creeping through the urban undergrowth
ashen heart, so brittle and cold,
Godforsaken, rejected.

Immortality his cross to bear
condemned to exist in purgatory,
A deviant fiend.

Vile transgressor
contrition his eternal torture,
redemption his goal.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: UPDATED VERSION 23/12/2010

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

About the Author

Region, Country: West London, GBR

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda , Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, D.H Lawrence, Jim Morrison's lyrics,

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Comments

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Anna

Thank you

Lou

Geezer

Geezer

14 years 7 months ago

I would...

like to see you expand on this one. You lead us on with a description of a tormented soul, but we never have a clue as to why. The word you want is spelled bear. Unless you meant that he bared his immortality to the world. Love to see more of this, ~ Love ya, ~ Gee

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Gee

i take your point and i will look at expanding it.

love lou

S

scribbler

14 years 7 months ago

soul

Don't take this wrong but as the writer of tormented souls you are the best...............scribbler

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Stan

Thank you that is very kind.

lou

Candlewitch

Candlewitch

14 years 7 months ago

ooh Lou!

I would love to see this piece expanded! My favorite lines:

He wanders a solitary road,
a desolate soul,
the abandoned one

I think that at sometime in all of our lives we all can relate to this! Brilliant write!

love, Cat

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Cat

I'm pleased you like it, its based on a character in the book i'm writing. I'm working on adding an extra stanza or two at the moment.

love lou x

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Xena

thank you

Hooded Stranger

Hooded Stranger

14 years 7 months ago

Lou

Lou,

I thought I recognised this from your book. Since I am aware of the story and the characters, I don't need it expanded upon, but I guess others unaware of your story need a little more information to make it work.

I think you should include this in your [prologue]...would make an excellent addition to it. Actually, thinking about it, I would leave this version you've written as the prologue, and then use the whole piece (assuming you are writing some more stanza's) in the [epilogue]...would kind of round off the story in one. All you have to do now is write the novel!

Good poem, great introduction to the book.

Good job indeed,

HS

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

HS

HS

I like the idea of using the poem in the epilogue.

The novel will get written, just might take a while. lol

Lou

Psyve

Psyve

14 years 7 months ago

Lou,

I liked this one.

Didn't realise it is about a character from a book you are writing, but the poem has almost a "Lord of the Rings"-ian sort of fantasy fiction feel to it. The protagonist could well be a fallen character from that.

Nicely done.... dark... and grey ash everywhere...

Psyve

lou

lou

14 years 7 months ago

Thank you

The character is actually a fallen angel, i didn't make that clear. Im glad you enjoyed it .

lou