A/N: Heh, I miss my poetry collections. So I took up the 100_poems challenge on live journal. Write 100 poems in 100 days. Fun huh. :) So here's the first of them…and hopefully seven more too.


Character Poems: The Dark Signers
1. Kalin Kessler

The hunger gnawed at him,
ate him from within
like a monster, without fangs
nor claws, and yet
scratching, scraping
on flimsy wall
and mopping up the debris that fell

And it was a sad state
he was in, alone in the dark
and defeated, without even
anger, or desire,
to feed him strength

And it was only whispers
in his ears

Loud

Louder

And clear, perfectly clear.

He found himself listening
and the small pricks of pain
became a vicious beast
prowling in its cage:
working up an appetite,
preparing, preparing to

Strike

Kill

Devour the meat that fell
before him –

And he was burning again,
a putrid taste on his tongue –
that liquid that snuck through
his closed throat
as he hacked it open again
and sat up, a shaking bony arm
as the prop

And he let the puppet take his mind
and steer him, towards those
appetisers, and finally
the main course.