poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on Relief (Ventilation Shaft rewrite) by cyan9.

ALChemy9 Dec 2005

The last verse seems to abandon the blacksmith metaphor completely. I think you may have missed a great opportunity to carry the symbolism through. What if you'd said something along the lines of "For all his wrath in forging a sword to slay his demons he now saw he had beaten the blade and handle flat and was now facing the cross he bore". I know that's kinda cheesy but it was off the top of my head. You see what I'm trying to say though right?