This poem was an experiment. I haven't really written any poem like this in the past, so I would really like feedback. If you would just leave a comment, it would be greatly appreciated. Tell me whether you liked it (or hated it), if you enjoyed it (or not), whether you think it was well written (or a disaster), or whatever crosses your mind.
The Fall of Almet
Eyes that glitter
Like emeralds
Solid determination
Like the rock beneath his feet
Glowing, cold steel
Gleaming in the darkness
A mighty blade
Lumen
He faces the creature
The monster of the deep
A minion of the darkness
Never before defeated
The bones
Of those who have come before
Cover the land
Too many to number
Almet
The Dead One
Raises his gruesome head
Facing the one who has come to challenge
"Why do you come, foolish one?"
A voice like death itself
"I have come to end terror, end darkness."
"Even once I am gone, the darkness will live on.
For as long as there is light, there will be dark.
It is the way of the world."
"Yes but mayhaps, the light will last that much longer.
Mayhaps the light will hold that much more sway."
Fire. Brimstone.
Darkness. Light.
Blood. Sweat.
Man. Monster.
The battle was long and great
Lasted many days
It snowed smoke
Hailed ash
Fangs locked with steel
Talons with bone
At long last
Lumen came down, striking the fatal blow
The beast was smote from the mountain
Crashing into the great lake
Almet sank through the waters
Never to rise again
The sun burst from behind the black clouds
The barren land was illuminated with its glow
The man gazed in satisfaction
In wonder
As the world bloomed into life once more
