The Fall of the Gods by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
The Fall of the Gods
The Fall of the Gods
Written by John Swartz
The drums that bellow and filled with fire,
They roll like thunder as we march,
armed with our own hopes to return home,
Our hearts scream with our desire!
We saw the gods,
they ruled us all!
You come to harm our ambition,
you cruelty comes to an end tonight.
We are not afraid,
we do not fear the black hands that grip us.
We defend our passions with blazing shields,
Dented armour and is covered in rust,
Eating holes in our defense slowly eroding away,
This does not slow us down!
We march on!
Each step of absolute certainty,
our faith unshakable as the mountains that watch,
they watch like buzz
Bandaging a Wound
Written by John Swartz
Our moment began with the stomping of feet,
a rhythm forged from adolescent children drug fueled,
sugary hyperness that made everything blurred out of control -
Yet time lingered for me;
Lingered like a storm that is about to break,
The first breath a baby takes,
The very last breath a man gives before becoming perished.
A moment hung as centuries flowed and twisted,
Creation and destruction all at one,
Stars are born, cradled and released.
As history is gently weaved together to tell a story,
All in that moment that came with a breathless “Hello.”
You told me you loved to draw and I saw s
But I still love you by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
But I still love you
But I still love you
Written by John Swartz
I stumbled upon you today,
You came drifting into my place,
The angry storm brought me to you,
I know that I was brought to you,
Destined in the storm clouds above.
This uncertainty riddled my whole being,
Seedlings of dark doubt flowed in me,
Feeding the hollow unfaithful side of me,
I hold back this miserable feeling,
I cry my mantra out but my heart does not care.
"This is not real."
People fuel their doubts in everyone's life,
Slithering around me and penetrating my wisdom,
Your voice breaks me away back to you,
A light switching on and guiding me to you,
You are a wanderer - a Nomad like m
Dear Soul, Yours Truthfully. by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
Dear Soul, Yours Truthfully.
Dear Soul, Yours Truthfully
Written by John Swartz
My Dear Soul I write to you with a heavy heart,
I have words that needs to be shared with you,
Written in these verses and stanzas written for you,
I asked for guidance by some high above power;
I find myself neglected and needing your advice.
How can I be a man without support or strength,
My enemies are willing to strike for my knees brutally,
They want to take me out and crush my very soul,
Willing me to become the gravel of the old dirt road,
I wonder what I have done? God, oh why? Why?
Your voice has never neglected me or guided me wrong!
Give me your wisdom and pull the strings for a
A Wretch like Me
Written by John Swartz
The literal monsters chance our blood-lines,
We are doomed to be hunted and haunted by Hell-Hounds,
A young girl has a tragic heart failure,
A young man has a painful, cancer induced suicide,
I listen to the winds and I fear that these hounds,
These hounds are on my forest trail.
'Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me.'
I'm a lyrical master - my words have lifted crowds,
My words are buried in that cross road ground,
Hellish fingers gripping that dark contract,
The leverage to steal my very soul,
I listen to the water and have a great fear -
That my blood and my blood's bloo
Autumn Drives
Written by John Swartz
Lingering memories of melody and Autumn drives,
Gone in the twisted roads,
The dirt kicking rocks up on the mud flaps,
I can hear the engine whimper in solitude;
the radio sings to me like a mother's lullaby,
rocking me off to warm day dreams.
Elegant.
"Smile like an apple pie,
Set your straw hat on my head and walk on by,
it's just another perfect day;
until she shows up in pretty shoes and you both skip away."
I hold the items that remind of those moments close,
The blue sky and the Autumn nights,
Those memorable emotions fill me with peace;
The calming of the thoughts that race through my mind,
Just
A little bit about myself by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
A little bit about myself
Hey Litterer's or those I call Readers..(I don't know, I just go by what I felt like writing back when I began writing.)
My name is John Swartz, I am an American all my life. I'm proud of my blood that runs through my veins and as my father use to say when I was a child 'John you're a Swartz, the blood of a near enough American runs through you. If you bleed it's red, white and blue.' I come from a military background with a pretty shitty family on my mother's side due to her terrible, terrible choice in men - except her current partner, he's awesome. I moved to England about 11 years ago the August after 9/11 for multiple reasons ranging fr
The Demons that Haunt by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
The Demons that Haunt
The Demons that Haunt
Written by John Swartz
Broken sweat, blood and tears I work for you,
Through wind, rain and snow the elements I work through,
My voice does not show weakness or exhaustion,
My body does not give up when at my weakest point I break,
Condescension is something I expect from people that hurt me;
Though you have given me support in reality it's lies.
We are ignorant to crimes that would ruin us,
Following us through darken alleys and instead of being light,
You are the demon that stabs back into me with a knife,
So sharp are the words when I find the truth,
So sharp are the emotions that consume me when I hear,
I just want
My Nocturnal Visitor by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
My Nocturnal Visitor
My Nocturnal Visitor
Written by John Swartz
A Dark scorn ripples down the translucent meadow,
Rolling up and over itself again and again,
Senseless blathering buffoons watch on,
Mocking me, always do they mock my judgement,
Whilst eating crumpets or drinking cups of tea,
They exist to be more like parasites then useful opinion.
I often ponder the relationship between greatness and average,
My thoughts can shift and morph like an insane man's dream,
My dreams come in the form of Dumas an excitable chap,
He brought me Justice and Revenge, True love and destiny;
I become an automaton that scans bar-codes of chocolate,
To the rhythm of boredom
Then and Again it Comes by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
Then and Again it Comes
Then and Again it Comes
Written by John Swartz
Like old hooves of shire horses,
That echo through the night-time,
Rapid and powerfully you break the quiet,
On your tale of important,
Fast like the Wind you come;
And in your shadow your love is less,
A more and distant coldness for me.
Through the old woods that hold mystery,
Chased done by pale riders,
Creatures that are not like men,
Their shadow bodies that once were whole - are not,
Casted away through the centuries;
Empty shells but with malicious contempt,
We are not so uncommon those pale riders,
Neglect has become us and vengeance is ours to take.
Hollow trees that whisper tales to
Autumn Drives
Written by John Swartz
Lingering memories of melody and Autumn drives,
Gone in the twisted roads,
The dirt kicking rocks up on the mud flaps,
I can hear the engine whimper in solitude;
the radio sings to me like a mother's lullaby,
rocking me off to warm day dreams.
Elegant.
"Smile like an apple pie,
Set your straw hat on my head and walk on by,
it's just another perfect day;
until she shows up in pretty shoes and you both skip away."
I hold the items that remind of those moments close,
The blue sky and the Autumn nights,
Those memorable emotions fill me with peace;
The calming of the thoughts that race through my mind,
Just
Writing Tournament 2011 ~ First Round Closed by Writers--club, journal
Writing Tournament 2011 ~ First Round Closed
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The Fall of the Gods by Kane-Blackthorn, literature
Literature
The Fall of the Gods
The Fall of the Gods
Written by John Swartz
The drums that bellow and filled with fire,
They roll like thunder as we march,
armed with our own hopes to return home,
Our hearts scream with our desire!
We saw the gods,
they ruled us all!
You come to harm our ambition,
you cruelty comes to an end tonight.
We are not afraid,
we do not fear the black hands that grip us.
We defend our passions with blazing shields,
Dented armour and is covered in rust,
Eating holes in our defense slowly eroding away,
This does not slow us down!
We march on!
Each step of absolute certainty,
our faith unshakable as the mountains that watch,
they watch like buzz
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