Hero, Monster or God

   
"Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. "    
                                            - Gerald Hausman    
   
Peggysoarus    
   
As silvered wings    
shrug off the gale,    
night descends long    
her spectre pale.    
   
High above it all,    
soaring in the mists;    
a soul gallops untethered    
in a heavenly tryst.    
   
To feel her heart beat    
is to flutter great wings    
and drift into sleep    
as moondust she brings.    
   
A creature of myth    
birthed from aspiration --    
look to the star cluster    
and view minds creation.    
   
                .....    
   
 "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become  
   a monster.  And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back
   into  you."    
                                                                            - Friedrich Nietzsche    
   
Freekenomind    
   
Hollow eyes, plastic hair;    
only a cyborg to ahead stare.    
   
Single minded or no mind;    
heart in stasis not unkind.    
   
Given to walk with legs unflexed;    
looked upon with sight perplexed.    
   
Grave the unnatured unsmiling pout,    
granted no throat to even shout.    
   
A creature fashioned of sadist plans,    
likening to programmable hands.    
   
Dystopian nosoul only penned about    
in a wild imaginations restless bout.    
   
Made to fit clothes with features gaunt --    
fashioned to be what others want.    
   
                            .....    
   
Kraken Up    
   
Part the sea, do your bid    
you snorting aberration!    
   
See if you can tsunami    
our kind out of existence.    
   
Your feral snarl is intentionable    
and your scales impermeable.    
Not much of a heart under there    
it would seem..    
   
I mean you are laughable --    
as if you could sink a ship    
by thrashing your flimsy    
flip flopping tentacles    
at the lowest hanging fruit    
in your short upward reach.    
   
Inspiring drawings of scrimshaw    
is your biggest achievement.    
   
Go on, threaten our masses    
you mythical beast of lore,    
I don't believe you are out there.    
   
A bunch of drunken sailors    
with their sea stories    
where no others survive but them    
to relay the tall tale, so go on    
swim back into archetypal oblivion    
and do us a favor    
stay there..    
   
                   .....    
   
"In your head they are fighting, in your head they are dying"    
                                    -from 'Zombie', The Cranberries    
   
War Inside    
   
Grave the game was    
played once before now,    
not seeming so far gone    
not even how.    
   
     ...The war is inside    
   
Tattered remains of    
threads still stained    
cling to mud and grime    
worn loosely still now.    
   
     ...The war is inside    
   
A fortress where    
the covert subject hides    
from his worst enemy    
and all who would chide.    
   
    ...The war is inside    
   
To recall the chattering    
rip through heavy air    
waiting for the smattering    
the seasoned try not to care    
   
    ...The war is inside.    
   
To never emerge    
from the cause at hand    
a hero remains fraught    
with steady and full command    
   
     ...The war is inside.    
   
                 .....    
   
  "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere    
   and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."    
                                                 - Christopher Reeve    
   
Heroistic    
   
Deep within my mind    
heroes bend bars    
travel from Mars    
encircle the globe    
and visit the stars    
then simply land    
to greet the ordinary.    
   
Penned in respect    
of heroic dialect    
and the ever striving    
for some great return    
to the just cause    
ever shared in union    
by all who understand    
comprehend.    
   
Humble words    
can't contain the feats    
of hearts on their sleeves    
laid bare by opposition    
forged in submission    
and furthur than expected    
or ever thought possible    
ascend graciously.    
   
To reach higher than    
imaginable is never easy    
but wings must be used    
to remain functional    
for the smaller things    
the true hero cannot fly    
but to the hardest realms    
and still love all of it.    
   
             .....