The Werewolf
Night and day - a different creature
Shapeshifting in eternal pain
I was cursed by thousand witches
Cold winds have raised me, and cold rains
A dog to you I was, docile
And waited patiently outside
Protecting you, in the meanwhile
Nothing to the curly puppies was denied
Dirty dainty feet were walking on the table
To them was given what was meant for me
I never thought you would be able
To later make demands of me
They were such wonderful investment
Godlike unbearable perfection
Me - a waste and worth detesting
Me - worthy of rejection
Silence and protection - were delivered
Nothing seemed to be enough!
Just hearing your voice I shivered
Cursing my existence, it was love!
Your arguments so strong
I’ve been the one who’ve given you
Eternally to you I will be wrong
My life was spent just grieving you
On the street the passing strangers
They too threw stones at me
The fun part - putting me in danger
They robbed me, kicked me, wouldn't let me be
Thick pelt, bones turning into steel
Huge jaws and claws so scary
I was not allowed to feel
Of me they were becoming wary
My demons took over one night
Disgorging me, subduing me to their fun
Being instructed not to fight
They left me naked in the scorching sun
At some point a deal was struck
After all I was a dog unwanted
By day I would be stuck
Into a fragile human body, taunted
Wrapped around somebody else’s bones
The skin was on them nailed
I have evolved - sore, powerful, alone
I could have been as well for sale!
Pretending’s what I do by day
Turned upside down and inside out
By night my demons make them pay
Vile high-pitched screams and shouts
Feeding the enormous hole
Your dearest and sole creation
Because you stole and stole and stole
You keep on doing so, without cessation
My body and my soul I did submit
There is nothing left that’s mine
Just like a dog to which you just say “sit”
I have been asking “why”
There was no answer to be heard
To one I’m not even entitled
Obedient, I gave you all my shirts
Suddenly to you I was so vital
The curly puppies they are gone
It’s me who’s only here left
Devastated, you cannot go on.
You are feeling so bereft!
Now your voice - attempting to beguile
Into your prison, it is still the same
Your wicked, twisted and false smile
It makes me sick to see it once again
At some point I just stopped to bow
But raged and screamed and disobeyed
There’s nothing I can do, I’m foul
This way I’ve been portrayed
Remember that you didn't feed me?
You left me and you turned away?
You wanted so much to get rid of me
I’m not to mention it, I’m not to say
Remember kicking me around?
You wished me dead and out?
An ugly sight to you, an ugly sound
Such shame you could do without!
A scary werewolf now, you see
In pieces flesh is being torn apart
What you one day would do to me
From the beginning, from the start
I am now feared, I can cast a spell
A dog no more, submissive
I am the one in charge of my own hell
Nobody needed here “generous, permissive”
A werewolf you’d like to tame
Shapeshifter, sharp teeth, claws
For the sake of glory and the fame
Or for the pelt? Who knows?
For your kindness, I will never qualify
The curly puppies I don’t resemble, no
Them being gone, why would I try?
Being way more callous than before
I howl at the moon at night
And wear human skin by day
Otherwise I would have died
If I chose to stay that way
This transformation - huge ordeal
Enabled by your hate and curses
The evil raised with such great zeal
The only thing that’s left to worship
Cold winds into the woods, they beckon
Cold darkness, harbouring the ghouls
Among them I will be, I reckon
No longer would I be a fool
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