[IamBenT]

Good battle!

DeadLion - So poetic and a muted style that still carries weight. Your opening imagery was great, the turn of events was intriguing, and the ending was the best part for me. you have a unique writing voice and this was a great intro to the amazing pieces to come.

"put all the money in this pouch!"
not a soul makes a noise.
He knows he'll break,
but then tastes blood.
His bones begin to ache,
- he's been shot in the gut.
We cannot do everything at once,
but can do something at once.
When patience turns into a burden,
we lose sight of what we've become.

really liked this ending, it was abrupt but really poetic and fascinating.

Pohfig - Wow i think you really came through with this verse, it's haunting, its poetic, the execution is damn near flawless, and yet another battle on my list for VOTW. every facet of your skills was on display here.

Toe-to-toe, blow for blow fiends waving their motion to leave
while rowing their shoulders against the undertow of the stream.
Repulsively eat - and fill the hole that you feed.
Hunger and thirst will lessen the first impressions
of the goals that you meet.

wowowowowowow very dope

A shadow in vast throes of past hopes as a figure in the drapes -
Robbers breaking in with blades of guilt to pick apart the brain -
I felt a vicious repetitious set of wishes quickening the pace.
The keyhole seems close to the spot where our conviction drifts away

Masterful

Really not much to criticize, tbh.

Vote -PohFig i liked DeadLion's piece, I felt it had a real aura and sense of sadness to it, but PohFig's verse was just an entire notch above.