The Worm



Millions of centuries ago
In a land called - Igorro
Lived a worm with extreme discontent
Fed up with its current predicament

It was during the mid of winter season
When the worm completely lost its reason
It made a deal with the King of the Underworld
And from then on, its soul was labeled - sold
Day and night it served Hades endlessly
Became a slave of evil uncontrollably
Driven with a promise of reincarnation
To become a human in another dimension
And so their contract finally reached its end
A man from hell just suddenly ascend
Gifted with all of earth's desirable treasures
He became fucked up beyond measures

The worm now living as man in the present time
Had later on passed its ultimate prime
Just like any other mortal human being
He entered the stage of deteriorating
All along he thought he would at least be happy
But his life as a man is equally such a misery
And oh! Hades even used a strange trickery
That reminded him of his worm life memory
Slowly being consumed by unimaginable agony
Diseases spreading throughout his frail body
He dreamed of his irrelevant life before
His stupidity for wanting so much more

And so that day eventually came
He knew so well he lost the game
But before embracing his inevitable death
He muttered these words on his last breath -
"I begged a devil to change my destiny
Sold my soul for this awful anomaly
Dedicated my existence for such slavery
And still experienced nothing but brutality
This is the part where I fully understand
No good will come out from a bad demand
I was totally disgusted by my previous form
But in the end, my corpse will be eaten by the worm!"

About this poem

This poem conveys the unfathomable complexities and ironies of life. What we make out of it would determine how our definitions of the word "life" will differ from one another. Note: Inspiration derived from the poem - "I Was Just A Pawn" by Robin Loving.

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Written on May 15, 2023

Submitted by FLi on June 28, 2023

1:30 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXX BBXXCCBBDDEE FFGGCAAACCAA HHIICCACJJXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,626
Words 302
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 12, 12, 12

Francelle Ortega

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