Below is my humble contribution to the #poetryslamtwo contest. I hope to tell another perspective of the story of the fallen angel Azazel, leader of the Watchers. My inspiration comes from the version of events as told in the book of Enoch. Mine is a tale of freedom from all forms of oppression on earth.
Jagged Prison of Stone and Blackness (The story of Azazel)
Enoch tells of Azazel’s crime
Against the Creator
He was punished by time
For teaching man to strive for more
Sharing knowledge to empower
Lifting his status to that of king from poor
Women taught the art of seduction
Aiding progress and success
At the cost of fools deserved destruction
Time spent for millennia in the blackness
Amongst the rocks of complete desolation
In isolation he lies in wait of Judgement’s harshness
A time when the world will burn
Humanity nearly fully corrupted
The fallen Watcher will return
Joining the ranks of those destined to be cast aflame
Awaiting their place in the infernal empire
For eternity burning in evil untamed
So the story goes, perhaps written by those
Who desire an outcome of particular persuasion
The actual events no one knows
Just perhaps the fallen one of the Watchers
Will return in anger to reclaim his glory
Seeking revenge and punishing his captors
Ushering in a new era
Of freedom from religious oppression
Arising from the tomb of darkness and sierra
History is always written by the victor of battle
Truth obscured and smeared, faded by time
Azazel the fallen angel will return
Freedom’s sword he doth rattle
Free In Thought, 2016
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Note: All photos are original works taken in 2016 belonging to myself.