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a halo of expanding hopes, dreams, and life 
a crimson teardrop, tribute to the fallen one's strife 
encircles the head of an angel without wings
 a splash of color to these dark streets it brings

 porcelain skin, cold as the night's bitter kiss 
spiderwebbed with cracks, seeping cool mist 
this angel was once a most beautiful thing 
bright cut emerald eyes, hair black like raven's wing 

the angel in past had lived, loved, and laughed 
how tragic this scene, that it could not last 
for the angel dreamed flying, to touch the moon
 but these dreams awoke jealousy, plotting, and doom 

you see, in the city where this angel did live i
t was mechanical, heartless, and did not forgive
 run by the hateful human machine who could not fly
 confined to the earth in a rage it would cry 

"who is this angel to be different from us?!" 
hate did consume it like mechanical rust 
it sought a way to grind her into the gears of the machine 
"since she is not like us, we'll **** her will to dream" 

with that they commenced to wicked dark things 
captured the angel and cut off her wings 
broken and torn, they left the angel to the dust 
content to proclaim "she is now just like us" 

but the angel could never assume human form
 unable to fly, she could not weather this storm 
the moon in the night sky, silver and fair
 taunted her mind, dreams turned to nightmare 

confined to the ground, humanity rotted her mind
 great beauty now gone, with decay left behind 
lost to the madness, driven to the edge 
the angel, a mere shadow, stepped to the ledge

 porcelain skin, cold as the night's bitter kiss 
spiderwebbed with cracks, seeping cool mist
 the angel looked to the moon, once loved, in the sky 
stepped forth, and though wingless, for a moment could fly 

for though the hateful human machine 
had taken her will to live, love, and dream 
it could never break her call to be free 
the angel found an escape from this cruel place to be
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Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 1:11 PM UTC
escape
a halo of expanding hopes, dreams, and life 
a crimson teardrop, tribute to the fallen one's strife 
encircles the head of an angel without wings
 a splash of color to these dark streets it brings

 porcelain skin, cold as the night's bitter kiss 
spiderwebbed with cracks, seeping cool mist 
this angel was once a most beautiful thing 
bright cut emerald eyes, hair black like raven's wing 

the angel in past had lived, loved, and laughed 
how tragic this scene, that it could not last 
for the angel dreamed flying, to touch the moon
 but these dreams awoke jealousy, plotting, and doom 

you see, in the city where this angel did live i
t was mechanical, heartless, and did not forgive
 run by the hateful human machine who could not fly
 confined to the earth in a rage it would cry 

"who is this angel to be different from us?!" 
hate did consume it like mechanical rust 
it sought a way to grind her into the gears of the machine 
"since she is not like us, we'll **** her will to dream" 

with that they commenced to wicked dark things 
captured the angel and cut off her wings 
broken and torn, they left the angel to the dust 
content to proclaim "she is now just like us" 

but the angel could never assume human form
 unable to fly, she could not weather this storm 
the moon in the night sky, silver and fair
 taunted her mind, dreams turned to nightmare 

confined to the ground, humanity rotted her mind
 great beauty now gone, with decay left behind 
lost to the madness, driven to the edge 
the angel, a mere shadow, stepped to the ledge

 porcelain skin, cold as the night's bitter kiss 
spiderwebbed with cracks, seeping cool mist
 the angel looked to the moon, once loved, in the sky 
stepped forth, and though wingless, for a moment could fly 

for though the hateful human machine 
had taken her will to live, love, and dream 
it could never break her call to be free 
the angel found an escape from this cruel place to be
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Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 1:11 PM UTC
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