Rhymes and Riddles

[ShadowLord_Lith he/him]

I heard some people quoting "hamiltrash" over in the 'I'm so exited and I just can't hide it' thread. It sounded like improvised poetry to me, one person responding to the others rhymes, so I decided to try it out in this thread. 

The rules are simple, finish the poem in the previous post, then write about half of a new poem.

If you guys get bored of poetry, it could develop into a riddle thread. Ask a riddle, see who gets the answer right. The person to get it right posts the next riddle.

Let's see how long this thread survives, shall we?

To start you off:

 

With fire and brimstone,

I rain from the sky,

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Death's awesome power-

You can't deny.

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

I'm thinking on the fly

And I don't like to try and terrify

But I can't lie, can't deny

We're all going to die

Edited January 15, 2017 by Pinnacle-Ferring

[Delightful]

And yet I try to revive

the indomitable hope

with which I aspire to survive 

which I cling to, pining, every time. 

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

So I fight against the curse

Each day promising to get worse

But I strive to say alive, 

So this I say: I WILL SURVIVE!

[Delightful]

Yet the brimstone smashes
and broken stones clatter

The fires leaves just ashes
 

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

But from ashes I'm reborn,

Like a phoenix, flames adorn

Ascending, blazing, rising, razing

Mortals praising my amazing

Power, wrested from a meteor shower

[Delightful]

And suddenly I stand

between today and tomorrow

time is borrowed but for a second

I command 

the world.

Edited January 17, 2017 by Deliiiiiightful

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Light and Dark,

Combined in an instant.

The powers of creation in my hands run rampant.

Highs and lows, hot and cold,

I command the flows

and this I know:

That if you destroy with your hate

a better world I will create.

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

A better world for some is a nightmare for some others

I just can't overcome the whispers my mind utters

If I try and do good for man, but hurt my brothers

Will they praise my name, or will it be in the gutters

 

[Erunion he/him]

Though I stand alone amidst the ashes of friends

Will I leave behind a hope to portend?

For when I at last, will see my end, 

I know no fears that shall apprehend

Edited January 18, 2017 by Erunion
Added spacing, corrected a word

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

As I stand there, memories shimmering, glimmering

My life, sharp as a knife, glittering, reiterating

All the times I failed and evil prevailed

I hear a Voice singing

Wavering, warbling, wantonly wandering

Meandering, it ceases singing and ringing

I hear it say...

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

The world is yours,

but just this instant.

Use it well, or will you waste it?

The noise recedes

But I still need

A proper way

To save the day!

[ShadowLord_Lith he/him]

Before we fall,

Into the gall,

That here surrounds

Such bitter thrall,

 

And ever shall,

We without mal-

-Eficence; be.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

This never deserved to die.

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On 29/01/2017 at 8:27 AM, ShadowLord_Lith said:

Before we fall,

Into the gall,

That here surrounds

Such bitter thrall,

 

And ever shall,

We without mal-

-Eficence; be.

Down to rall.

 

Who said penguins don't fly?

Who said dreams never die?

What if I fly? What if I fall?

What if I smash, bash, tumble and roll?

For you see, if chance is no taken

and taken is not this chance

Then what if you fall?

If there's a chance you could soar.

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

See a chance and seize it!

Every living moment, you'll need it.

You can't rise if you never fall, 

With a risk you overcome it all!

 

See the old ideas resurrected

Tear down the walls erected

Fight back the inquisition, 

for all this is my mission.