The Anguish of Lazarus

Saxon Crow

It began with pain

And a quick gasp of breath

What once was darkness

I now had left

And all I heard 

Was the sound of a voice 

'Rise Lazarus Rise!'

And without any choice

I opened my eyes

And walked out of a tomb

Like a new born baby

Leaving the womb

And that day so many years ago

Is a curse brought to me by some ego

And I'm sick of him and his holy ways

For I can never die not on any day

And my 'God' I've tried but everytime failed

Even the devil won't take me to hell

And so I'm doomed to walk this pitiful earth

Because of a rabbi and his magic spell

Judge me if you dare

For my blasphemous remarks

But you weren't there

Weren't lying in the dark

I tasted death 

I know his name

But now I can't dream

Can't hide from the pain

And I've done everything 

That this world has to offer

And learnt it's only me 

That will go on forever

And no matter how far I trudge these lands

I walk in circles again and again

There's no distraction 

I haven't tried

I've been rich and been poor

I've been honest, I've lied

I've lived every life 

You can possibly conceive

But through it all

I've never had sleep

What did I do to deserve such pain?

Nothing at all I was just part of a plan 

And I don't know how long this will last

But if I could, I'd go back to the past

And I'd walk up to the man 

Who gave me this life

And I'd just scream at him

'Tell me why?!'

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Saxon Crow (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 16th, 2022 00:13
  • Comment from author about the poem: A rather moody and angry one today. Yuk!
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  • Goldfinch60

    Painful words SC, I hope this is not reality.

    Andy

    • Saxon Crow

      Nah. Just imagining what it would be like from Lazarus point of view. I'd be pissed if I was brough back lol

    • orchidee

      Though he was dead, he was 'sleeping' as it were. Was he having a good snooze?!
      Yet an amazing thing to have been there - bit spooky too?

      • Saxon Crow

        I always wonder what happened to him. He could still be out there roaming the world for all we know.

        • orchidee

          I think he did die again, being human. We might have asked him: 'What was it like to be dead?' Eh?!

        • L. B. Mek

          wonderful characterisation
          a perspective and tone
          that's very understandable..
          (and that whole chapter and verse
          reads to me
          like a morbid fantasy within
          a fantastical fantasy..
          on so many levels
          see, like you
          I would consider
          being saved from death
          as a mercy, maybe..
          but
          being brought back, from death
          that's more like
          a human mind's, ill-conceived
          horrific, fairy-tale!
          goes to show, whoever came up with that story
          in the 'good' book
          was as obsessed with death
          as we are..
          and that's an indication of how far
          removed
          from godliness, those words are...'
          (forgive me if my opinions cause offence
          this is just my feeble perspective,
          nothing more
          although, nothing less - either)
          thanks for sharing, dear Poet

          • Saxon Crow

            I agree completely LB!

          • Paul Bell

            They do say the 60s were the decade to be around, so If I was Lazarus, I would want to come back then. Mind you, he might hate music.

          • Rozina

            Different, morbid but interesting!

            • Saxon Crow

              Yeah it was wasn't it. I've already tucked it at the back of my poems



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