Over 2000 years have passed since the Great Wall was built to keep those deserving (or rich) safe from a zombie hoard. Histories have been rewritten and beliefs have changed. When the wall is torn down, a war erupts, causing the horrific deaths of t...
The darkness opens A cold wind blows from The empty maw
You feel drawn in You feel Tempted
A step is taken Stolen from the distance between By an unseen thief
As you near Unwilling yet willing You are engulfed By sorrow The chill of regret Of hope dwindled to nothing
As are you
Nothing
No one
Nowhere
All is futility With a singular recourse Succumb!
The darkness opens To show you YOU And welcome you Your despair its sustenance
But
Truth and deceit are Brethren Separated by perception By suggestion By facts twisted Hidden and revealed
You have to see and to know and to believe That in that darkness Though it exists within you Within all You must be the light A flame no false promises can extinguish
You must become the fire And reach into every corner of the limitless abyss Though, with no limits There are no corners
But
Such a contradiction A paradox Is nothing when, against the all consuming night, You stand tall Emblazoned Fierce and brave
For
Only you can save you Only you can find hope when there is Seemingly None Only you are the champion The hero You need
You
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Hey there Sinners. Here's my latest entry into the LayethTheSmackDown Multigenre Mashup!
This time, we had to write a poem about a superhero. Of course, I wrote the book HERO, where everyone has a superpower apart from one boy, but this was different (not least because it's poetry). I wanted this piece to follow on from the previous chapters, so it continues the Source story. I imagine you've no idea, after reading the above, how that might happen. Well, all I can say is, you'll (hopefully) see!
I hope you enjoyed the poem. In a world where Marvel and DC bring us superheroes every day, we forget that we, ourselves, can be the best hero we every need.
Oh, for the image at the top of this chapter, I used ideogram.ai, a brilliant new AI tool from by the great allenlau, co-founder of Wattpad itself! Try it out!
