English: Artwork by Charles Raymond Macauley for the 1904 edition of The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Publisher: New York Scott-Thaw (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I am the Jekyll to your Hyde
I am the muse that stirs your pen
I am the question deep inside
You are the now, I am the then
I am the kindness, you are the cruel
I am the judgement, you the crime
You pull the strings for me, poor fool
You are stasis, I am time
I am the Jekyll to your Hyde
I live in fear that you’ll arise
I am forsaken, you are pride
Seeking to gaze now through my eyes
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
Loved this, awesome 🙂
Thanks Helen!! 🙂 🙂
Poem gave me shivers. Makes me wonder if everyone has a Hyde lurking in them somewhere.
We probably do…the issue being how well contained we keep our dark side…thanks Charles!! 🙂 🙂
I won’t pretend that mine is hidden very well. I have to call on my Hyde for villain writing.
Well at least it’s useful then! An excellent way to channel the dark productively, and relatively safely I would think! 🙂
Usually. I have things to keep him in line.
Loved it, Sis!!! xxxx Think we can all relate.
Thanks Skye!! 🙂 🙂
I like this. Conjures a bit of the ego-mind and all its shenanigans.
Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
I’ve found that the Hyde side of my nature sold out when I turned forty-six and went to live in the Cotswolds.
LOL! Can’t rely on anything these days, eh? Not even one’s dark side, lol…..
Nice job.
Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
true.. we are both light and dark, judge and convicted, flower and thorn, beauty and beast, love and hatred…
great job!
Thank you!!!! 🙂 🙂
In my case, it’s Jekyll and Granky… 🙂
🙂 🙂
Thanks!!! 🙂 🙂
Loved the rhytym, this was fabulous to read!
Thank you!!!:) 🙂
A beautiful interpretation of this strange case with form, rhythm and rhyme. Excellent execution in classic style.
Thank so much Mike!! 🙂 🙂
hi, i’ve nominated you for an award 🙂
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Thanks so much, that is so kind of you!! 🙂 🙂
This is one of my favorites Sis xxx
Thanks Roxi!! 🙂 🙂
What a wonderful poem. I love the story of Jekyll and Hyde, even the movie versions. Your poem captures the story so well. I imagine there is a bit (or more) of Hyde in all of us. We writers definitely need Hyde, but he can be hard to control at times 😉
Very true, a difficult thing to acknowledge the dark side without letting it take over! thanks for your kind words!! 🙂 🙂