Fellowship

Imperceptible at first,Insinuating itselfForever growing,Draining powerBringing pain,The parasite,Leading its hostIn reluctantFellowship,To its’ ineluctableDestination

— shazbat, Nov 03, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Norfolk, UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Kipling, T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan and many more.

Critiques

Kailashana

17 years 7 months ago

So you happen to know the

So you happen to know the story of the earwig on the old Night Gallery episodes? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660843/combined The Caterpillar Your poem reminds me of that one. Thank you very much and YUK! ;-) ~A

shazbat

17 years 7 months ago

I vaguely remember that

I vaguely remember that night gallery episode, but this is about something totally different. It's not often that I have profound thoughts,this is the exception tho. John

Kailashana

17 years 7 months ago

John, that was a pretty

John, that was a pretty profound and horribly frightening episode... Vengeance and arrogance are two ends of the same parasite, stealing all that is human. ~A

Barbara Writes

17 years 7 months ago

Fellowship

great little write enjoyed reading this. i thought it flowed well with much rhythm. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Barbara Writes

17 years 7 months ago

Fellowship

great little write enjoyed reading this. i thought it flowed well with much rhythm. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

themoonman

17 years 7 months ago

Hi John...

fellowship... most of us crave it... natural to want to be a part of the popular... but it seems your poem is begging to be read in a more dangerous light... Jim Jones... Hitler... and the like... it may not be where you were going.. but it is where it took me... enjoyed the write... and I remember that Night Gallery episode... from within we swarm painful rememberings laying eggs of togetherness for our ultimate undoing... don't know where that came from... must be the fellowship of poetry... Richard

shazbat

17 years 7 months ago

The parasite in this is a

The parasite in this is a dual reference, to either cancer or the human race in relation to the earth. Thank you all for taking the time to comment its much appreciated. John