Beast Within - Jason

The Pantheress and the Monongahela

Blackest cat on high bank prowls
Panthress down the shoreline growls

     In dreams, the feline spoke

The Deepening water I kept behind
Monongahela in place did bind
     But why had dread not woke?
   

     Oh, I was penned by the water
     Penned as prey
     Penned in my head ‘til the break of day

Tough, I stand to hold my ground
Stressed and pressed I won’t back down
     “I’ll make it quick,” she said
Bring the calm into my frets
Cool the Panthress making threats
     Her eyes they want me dead

     Oh, I was trapped by the devil
     Trapped O my soul
     Trapped in the hope that’ll make me whole


Slashes came and tossed me back
Splashes came across my back
     Monongahela deep
River caught my lifeless form
Baptized dreams to be reborn
     So down and still asleep

     Oh, I was penned by the water
     Penned as prey
     Penned in my head ‘til the break of day


Down I dove to rushing bed
Depths that pound the diver’s head
     The chain wove through the stones
Planning how to use these links
Hold the beast of forty winks
     I’d call her with my tones

     Oh, I was pining for freedom
     Pining at night
     Pining plotting this dreamer’s delight


Panthress jumped to stop my taunts
Teeth and claws to stop her haunts
     The water slowed her down
Loops of chain fell o’r her neck
Wrapped and weighed and now in check
     My battlefield had drown

     Oh, she was penned by the water
     Penned as prey
     Penned in my head ‘til the break of day