I hate death for it will not embrace me. - Midian

**Iglosone** · December 24th, 2009, 10:25 PM

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^The Audio

I hate life for it will not release me
I hate death for it will not embrace me. - Midian

I'm an ethereal being, made of magic and lore;
You couldn't imagine what I've had to endure.
forced to craft many wars for my masters before;
the sadness and madness, trapped up and stored.
Inside of a lamp, it's hard to imagine;
there's no happy ending, this is far from Aladdin.
You don't know loneliness, I stress that assuredly;
I spent 1,000 years in the depths of the Persian Sea.
No laughter or tears, feeling lost and hopeless;
unable to move, I am so claustrophobic.
All I've known is slavery since my life had begun;
spending countless years with out light from the sun.
When I'm freed, it's nothing I'll likely enjoy;
I spent centuries thinking of lives I've destroyed.
In the hands of warlords I've seen fiery pillages;
then been commanded to kill whole entire villages.
Elders and children, burned to ash on command;
forced to do anything asked by my master at hand.
To act on my own is beyond my might;
A man scorned wished leprosy upon his wife.
I made her suffer, blood by the innocent spilled...
is all over my hands...and now I live with guilt.
No lovers embrace...if I just could escape;
being used as a tool of destruction and hate.
I'll grant your wishes, fill your gluttonous pride;
you all desire power and put justice aside.
Corruption inside is what I've noticed in people;
who are internally focused, on stroking their egos.
Actions speak louder, their message is clear
Wealth, fame, sex and glory's all I expect I will hear.
I've given up hope; sick of your vanity, no question;
It's time to use my powers...teach humanity a lesson
I have tricks to play on those with wicked ways;
so wish away, I 'll grant it...in twisted ways
A greedy man wished for gold to fill his hateful pride;
I gave it to him...and left him encased inside.
A vile man found my lamp, it's onto to next beast;
he wished to be a king...I turned him into a chess piece.
Pain shows in my gaze, my eyes are heavy
The only wish that I have is that I'd die already.
In my life woe and strife, will not evade me;
but wish as I might...death will not embrace me.
.
and so I live on...alone...in pain...nothing more than a tool for evil men

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**Iglosone** · December 25th, 2009, 10:18 PM

^^^
Merry christmas yo

**IDGAF** · December 26th, 2009, 12:30 AM

nIce job bro, id put up an in depth review but im on my ipod touch right now, ill get on it soon

**Tactixx** · December 26th, 2009, 12:55 AM

nice....soon as some real readers peep this you'll get the recognition this piece deserves..the story was very well laid out...I was comfortable with the flow and multis...had a few well written insights and references in there...some recognizable metaphors...are you in SS??....If not....sign up soon...it'll do wonders for your type of writing...hit me up for another collab...you've got talent man...I'd like to see you release that..this piece was laid out very nicely imo...imagery was nice...length, structure....mechanically it was also well done...keep em comin man...even though you drop pices left right and center...heh.. :}-~

**Iglosone** · December 26th, 2009, 03:50 PM

for sure Tac.. I'll hit u up on a collab

thanks for the props

**Iglosone** · December 27th, 2009, 02:13 AM

yo yo

**Iglosone** · December 28th, 2009, 12:20 AM

to the top

**iLLin L** · December 28th, 2009, 12:40 AM

Fuck this is so dope real talk.
I don't know why, but this didn't rhyme for me
You don't know loneliness, I stress that assuredly;
I spent 1,000 years in the depths of the Persian Sea.
No laughter or tears, feeling lost and hopeless;

**DERwrEKed** · December 28th, 2009, 01:59 AM

this is so far my favorite peice that ive come across on this board...very impressive multis,especially early on which set the whole tone for me...you wrecked this,so I wont be petty with my critique as there is no need for it,this is a great example of everything coming together.One thing I noticed is perhaps a typo on your part?
"In the hands of warlords I've seen fiery pillages;
then been commanded to kill entire whole villages."
wouldnt it make more sense to have the second line end with "whole entire villages" so you dont break the multi up?and as far as the assuredly/persian sea line,for me anyways,it rhymed nicely and was a memorable portion of this piece.

**Iglosone** · December 28th, 2009, 02:31 PM

wow.. thanks alot der.. yeah.. it was damn typo.. lolz.. I always seem to miss one

**Genocide** · December 28th, 2009, 02:55 PM

this is just a quick response cuzz im busy..

kid, your nasty man, one of my fav cats on OM at any time.. this piece -what ive read so far (8bars) --is totaly nasty man.. ill finish later

ok.. heres a little better feed

I'm an ethereal being, made of magic and lore;
You couldn't imagine what I've had to endure.
forced to craft many wars for my masters before;
the sadness and madness, trapped up and stored.
Inside of a lamp, it's hard to imagine;
there's no happy ending, this is far from Aladdin.
You don't know loneliness, I stress that assuredly;
I spent 1,000 years in the depths of the Persian Sea.
No laughter or tears, feeling lost and hopeless;
unable to move, I am so claustrophobic.

that whole segment was flawless to me, opening was insane, sucked me right in

When I'm freed, it's nothing I'll likely enjoy;
I spent centuries thinking of lives I've destroyed.
In the hands of warlords I've seen fiery pillages;
then been commanded to kill whole entire villages.
Elders and children, burned to ash on command;
forced to do anything asked by my master at hand.
To act on my own is beyond my might;
A man scorned wished leprosy upon his wife.
I made her suffer, blood by the innocent spilled...
is all over my hands...and now I live with guilt.

this right here man, this is what made me look at the qoute and be like wow. you really captured something in this segment made me realize the pain this man must have felt when he said what he said

No lovers embrace...if I just could escape;
being used as a tool of destruction and hate.
I'll grant your wishes, fill your gluttonous pride;
you all desire power and put justice aside.
Corruption inside is what I've noticed in people;
who are internally focused, on stroking their egos.
Actions speak louder, their message is clear
Wealth, fame, sex and glory's all I expect I will hear.

lmao @ the dayum i felt from this. sick man, and that last bar tied this altogether perfectly

I've given up hope; sick of your vanity, no question;
It's time to use my powers...teach humanity a lesson
I have tricks to play on those with wicked ways;
so wish away, I 'll grant it...in twisted ways
A greedy man wished for gold to fill his hateful pride;
I gave it to him...and left him encased inside.
A vile man found my lamp, it's onto to next beast;
he wished to be a king...I turned him into a chess piece.
Pain shows in my gaze, my eyes are heavy
The only wish that I have is that I'd die already.
In my life woe and strife, will not evade me;
but wish as I might...death will not embrace me.
.
and so I live on...alone...in pain...nothing more than a tool for evil men

great ending, this piece was flawless man, loved it HOF in my eyes. 1

**IDGAF** · December 28th, 2009, 05:47 PM

Aight, now I can review it.
Like I said before, this is fucking sick man.
"To act on my own is beyond my might;
A man scorned wished leprosy upon his wife.
I made her suffer, blood by the innocent spilled...
is all over my hands...and now I live with guilt."
I love when you write dark shit like that. Something about your style of writing really enhances the idea of death and blood, and I fucking love it haha.

"Pain shows in my gaze, my eyes are heavy
The only wish that I have is that I'd die already.
In my life woe and strife, will not evade me;
but wish as I might...death will not embrace me.
.
and so I live on...alone...in pain...nothing more than a tool for evil men"
One of the most amazing endings I've ever read on RB, period.
I can't even find the words to describe how dope that ending is.

Keep up the good work Iglo, you never fail to impress me

**Iglosone** · December 29th, 2009, 08:46 PM

=) thank you

**Cody Nash** · December 30th, 2009, 08:37 AM

props.. good read overall. it had some nice qualities about it, some good wording, flow never really fell off if read in the right way.. had a good pace to it.. short-bar style, and yet so much to say in each line. the struggle of the narrator was really apparent as you read on... the quote fits well. a really great quote, too. it's no surprise to me that it inspired a piece like this.. you're definitely a fast-growing writer on this website, I see the progress each time I read something from you and I can see that you're going to be no push-over when you're done here... great stuff man.... props again, thanks for the read.