Nobody lies down to die
At the prospect of betterment
For giving up is the same as death
© Christopher Stamfors
Category: Poetry
Cloud of Doubt – Poem
What we want and what we need
are two different things
Things with purpose,
Oftan striving towards a goal,
Things that help us reach said goal
With purpose we make.
But with purpose comes needs,
Things that are more important than others
More difficult.
We tend to avoid them
Waste the day away at things that are numbing,
Without purpose
unimportant.
Do we need it?
Do we want it?
Questions asked in futility
For we already know them,
Yet we avoid them.
Our true purpose hidden
In a cloud of doubt
© Christopher Stamfors
Desert Ocean – Poem
Waves of the desert, dunes rising high, they are the bridges across the empty stretches, of the land where nothing survive.
But across this empty land, there lie riches abundant, foreign lands who yearn our wares.
We are are the people of the forest, where the goddess shed her tears.
Good coin is to be had in things we find most common, gifts by the goddess which foreigners would do anything to get their hands on.
Yet the strait between is vast, and it’s too soon to count our fortune, much can go wrong when riding the waves of torture.
Carry us high, Oh dunes of the dry land, the fair golden grain that are harsh and coarse, the deadly wind which we must put our faith in, we, our lives are at Death’s door.
© Christopher Stamfors
If you liked this you might like Invisible Touch…
Hypocrisy – Poem
Fair winds blow on my back
I shout and my voice carries far
Everyone can hear it
Everyone can tell me I am wrong
How bad I am
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The world is simple
Only two voices can be heard
Opposite of mind
One is right and the other is wrong
Nothing is diverse.
Most is interchangeable
And everything is convoluted.
© Christopher Stamfors
The Law of the Jungle – Poem
NOW this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back —
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip; drink deeply, but never too deep;
And remember the night is for hunting, and forget not the day is for sleep.
The Jackal may follow the Tiger, but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,
Remember the Wolf is a Hunter — go forth and get food of thine own.
Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle — the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.
And trouble not Hathi the Silent, and mock not the Boar in his lair.
When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail,
Lie down till the leaders have spoken — it may be fair words shall prevail.
When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack, ye must fight him alone and afar,
Lest others take part in the quarrel, and the Pack be diminished by war.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge, and where he has made him his home,
Not even the Head Wolf may enter, not even the Council may come.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge, but where he has digged it too plain,
The Council shall send him a message, and so he shall change it again.
If ye kill before midnight, be silent, and wake not the woods with your bay,
Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop, and your brothers go empty away.
Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can;
But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man!
If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride;
Pack-Right is the right of the meanest; so leave him the head and the hide.
The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack. Ye must eat where it lies;
And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair, or he dies.
The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf. He may do what he will;
But, till he has given permission, the Pack may not eat of that Kill.
Cub-Right is the right of the Yearling. From all of his Pack he may claim
Full-gorge when the killer has eaten; and none may refuse him the same.
Lair-Right is the right of the Mother. From all of her year she may claim
One haunch of each kill for her litter, and none may deny her the same.
Cave-Right is the right of the Father — to hunt by himself for his own:
He is freed of all calls to the Pack; he is judged by the Council alone.
Because of his age and his cunning, because of his gripe and his paw,
In all that the Law leaveth open, the word of your Head Wolf is Law.
Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is — Obey!
I think I’ll go ahead and read the Jungle Book now…
Invisible Steps – Poem
Their steps can be heard all over the valley
A thumping noise that makes the ground tally
But only at full moon do they show, for they move in the darkness
Even the ground hides their stroll
Nobody had been hurt by their heavy steps
Nor was the forest in tatters
Its as if they does not exist
Perhaps it is the fantasy of the people in the unknown
For life is simple, imagination is what we’ve grown
© Christopher Stamfors
Ghostly Creed – Poem
The alley echoed hollow on the empty street
Silence is a virtue by ghostly creed
Old houses and graveyards, is where they’d like to be
Hollow beings which the living cannot see
They are bound by the earth as long as they are remembered
Cast to the unknown, they prefer to stay unattended
For nobody knows what lay beyond
Are you going to heaven
Or hell as a thrall?
© Christopher Stamfors
Drew the cover image by myself this time around, although very hastily…
Night Call – Poem
Had a short poetry session with the artist behind most of my cover art, thought it was pretty fun…
Me: Cresent light shine upon me
Your way-ford light a reminder,
of times ahead
Your command the essence of my being
Tell me what needs to be done and I shall perform
Oh, crescent light,
Of darkness
And mischief
Him: Go where you see fit
Until you can’t see no more.
At the edge of the abyss
Where you’ll await my guide.
There we shall converse again and move forward
until that time the journey is sole yours.
Me: You speak of grander things
Chris the Cold
Of a time when the Dark Lord’s madness,
Were planned to unfold
But I have wandered between madness and the abyss
And I see no light and the end of the tunnel
Of guidance through the apocalypse
Don’t fool yourself with glory of a bygone past
We will never talk again
Unless you give up your soul,
As the master planned.
Cold and Deep – Poetry Story
I’ve been considering doing voice over for my stories to broaden my audience. I’m an amature with anything conserning audio and video, so keep that in mind if you choose to listen to it on Soundcloud
Cold and deep
The skeleton lay
Wood enclosed it
Keeping treasure hunters at bay
Life was never the same
When old red found his grave
The seas went quite
Trade resumed
Wares from all over the world
Reached the shores without fume
But people never forgot
The horrors the old sea dog brought
His sabre high
And his spirits higher
For centuries seafarers would turn around
Whenever the mist went thick
A sea chanty they heard in the dimly night
The old sea dog’s voice echoed hoarsely
Chanting merry rhymes
of plunder and of booty
of life on the high seas
But also of his eternal soul
Who limboed at the breeze
But centuries went
And people they forgotten
Taking routes nobody dared
In the age of their grandparents
But when people learned of great treasure
Hidden in the sea
They dared old superstition
Nothing would satisfy their greed.
Greed brought them there
And greed made them stay
In the depths of forever
The captain sang, with new crew-members
in the cold and deep
© Christopher Stamfors
Underbelly – Poem
A glint was found
In the darkness and the damp
Cities have their underbelly
Fear is what makes you stand
Standing before evil, it will face you too
What comes out of the darkness
Only you can have a clue
A face can turn evil at the sight of the unknown
Everything is a reflection
Of the past not shown
But though the unknown is a reflection
It will turn people away
For nothing stays the same
Except the knowledge that fear will never go away
© Christopher Stamfors
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