Each weekend, I'll be posting some fiction or poetry for a change of pace. This week, I've chosen a poem based I wrote in 2006. This poem is based on a rather strange verse;
Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Genesis 4:15
The Bible certainly doesn't say this, but the premise here is; what if this mark made him immortal?
Cain; Immortal.
What is this mark
You've placed on me
That I may never die
A wanderer I
Am doomed to be
But you will not see me cry
What is this mark
I can't escape
What have I become?
Leave me alone
I cannot bear
To speak with anyone
My anger flared
I had no choice
But I never meant to kill
How can it be
How did I get here
Must I wander still?
Alone I will be
Hidden from view
My life is just a lie
Leave me alone
You cannot know me
For I will never die
04/28/2006
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