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"disobeying" poems
I look again upon the sky as I have done so many times before. To see the change of natures' palette as sun sinks beyond horizon's floor. The blue of daytime sky and the wisps of white and mottled gray, give-way to golden inlaid mauve upon red curtain as amber fades away. Hues of golden yellow that were present short moments before, now lost beyond the silhouetted landscape as if cast to distant shore. Flame upon the heavens, cloud lit as if scattered, precious jewels. Colours of natures palette so vibrant, disobeying all artistic rules. silhouettes of birds in flight etched in black upon the fading light, All traversing in rapid beat of wing, to seek shelter from the night. Trees and distant vistas mere shadows where sun did slide away, as palette welcomes the new nighttime bidding farewell to passing day.
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Aug 16, 2022
Aug 16, 2022 at 10:32 AM UTC
Kaleidoscope
last night i came home late to my mother yelling i tried to reason to no avail she didn't believe any of my words her hand on my arm her voice high and loud she tried to push me inside she wouldn't listen tired and angry i walked away she followed then i ran and ran and ran and ran till i could no longer hear the flopping of her shoes behind me. i had to return later but the feeling of that run of disobeying of my heart beating fast of my small lasted freedom is still in my mind causing me to want to run once more and never stop till i'm so far away even her in her sliver car can't find me i want to run and run and run and run and i don't wanna ever stop
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Aug 11, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 at 4:27 PM UTC
i ran
I have been asked of how it may feel to be an Angel, As I have been created from the soil I do not know, But verily, I do believe it must be a life without woe Praying would be amongst the greatest things With innocence and all its blessings Praising, chanting in delight, not disobeying Only the Lord's pleasure they are displaying They do not know of such as envy They do not know of such as spite They are happy, praising him with all his might Cherishing each word which has been said (By God) They would happily face death without being afraid, As long as God is pleased with them, Righteous, brilliant and with multiple wings They don't need rest, they serve the king of the kings! Without having made one single sin, Shining from being made from light, deep within Oh how much I wish I could be amongst those... Take a look at the angels who carry the throne Not moving an inch, not speaking a tone, Yet they are proud, yet they wear a smile Why ? Because it isn't their style, to be displeased with his decree ~ Umi
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Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017 at 5:11 PM UTC
How would it be...
god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB today bob delahunty visits 3 ladies who preaches god to stop their sons from drinking the first lady, really gets offended if her son turns off god, mind you, she lets him have his own beliefs, but in saying that, when he makes jokes about religion, she gets really offended and says, you should believe in god, god is the powerful being, god is the almighty saviour and god will be there for you at every turn, and bob came in, and told this lady, that there are possibilities that god is a myth, and you need your son to have his own beliefs and the lady got offended for what bob said, and told bob, that god is up there looking over each of us and i am trying to show my son, that god isn’t powerful, as such, but is a blessing to have him watch over us, and bob said, you need to understand, religion is a touchy subject ya see and the lady said your the devil, and she went away singing god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB the second lady keeps her 15 year old daughter locked up in the basement because she didn’t trust the evil spirits around her, you see she hung around these two prostitutes, because they are terribly nice to her, and her mother didn’t like what she is doing, so she bought these iron chains, to tie the devil right out of her, and bob said, this is wrong, we must explain to this lady, that god will not condone this and the lady said in her defines, my daughter hangs with devil people, and bob said, no, you are the devil i am not saying what she is doing is rightt, but you make them sound good, and chaining your daughter in your basement is definatlely the wrong solution for you to do, and the lady said to bob, i want my daughter to understand what she is doing is wrong, she is disobeying gods commands, and until she understands i have no excuse but to keep her chained in my basement, and bob hit her with a wooden spoon, not enough to **** just enough to rescue her daughter from her clutches, and after 2 hours, she got to her feet and said where is my daughter, and bob said, i rescued her from you, and you need to understand that this was wrong and the lady mumbled to herself saying god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB The third lady was a little old lady who loves knitting, but she has really bogus beliefs, you see to her anyone who drinks, was the devil, and if her son went out drinking, she would get cranky with him, no matter what age he was, you see she claims the devil was giving her the impression that her son is committing crimes and behaving like a hooligan, and when her son, tries to speak up for himself, she goes QUIET, we need our almighty GOD, to save you from the devil’s clutches and her son called bob in, because they can’t keep going on like this, and bob came in to talk to the old lady, asking her, what makes you think that he is worshipping the devil, you see it’s possible that he is out having a good time at the club drinking with mates, and the lady said i was raised to think drinking was the work of the devil and when i think of what young people get up to now, no i am doing the right thing, protecting my son from the evil drunks, no son of mine is parading around on the streets like a hooligan and bob said, yeah but, i think he is being a man, to enjoy a few beers with family and the lady said i don’t care, drinking is the work of the devil, and there is no doubt about it, and bob told her, you must understand your son, and she said i don’t need to understand him, as she walked away singing god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob your the devil, bob, don’t deny it, buddy god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BOB, to save everyone from delusions forever
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 4:50 PM UTC
god the devil and bob, reforms three ladies with delusions of their kids living their lives
god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB today bob delahunty visits 3 ladies who preaches god to stop their sons from drinking the first lady, really gets offended if her son turns off god, mind you, she lets him have his own beliefs, but in saying that, when he makes jokes about religion, she gets really offended and says, you should believe in god, god is the powerful being, god is the almighty saviour and god will be there for you at every turn, and bob came in, and told this lady, that there are possibilities that god is a myth, and you need your son to have his own beliefs and the lady got offended for what bob said, and told bob, that god is up there looking over each of us and i am trying to show my son, that god isn’t powerful, as such, but is a blessing to have him watch over us, and bob said, you need to understand, religion is a touchy subject ya see and the lady said your the devil, and she went away singing god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB the second lady keeps her 15 year old daughter locked up in the basement because she didn’t trust the evil spirits around her, you see she hung around these two prostitutes, because they are terribly nice to her, and her mother didn’t like what she is doing, so she bought these iron chains, to tie the devil right out of her, and bob said, this is wrong, we must explain to this lady, that god will not condone this and the lady said in her defines, my daughter hangs with devil people, and bob said, no, you are the devil i am not saying what she is doing is rightt, but you make them sound good, and chaining your daughter in your basement is definatlely the wrong solution for you to do, and the lady said to bob, i want my daughter to understand what she is doing is wrong, she is disobeying gods commands, and until she understands i have no excuse but to keep her chained in my basement, and bob hit her with a wooden spoon, not enough to **** just enough to rescue her daughter from her clutches, and after 2 hours, she got to her feet and said where is my daughter, and bob said, i rescued her from you, and you need to understand that this was wrong and the lady mumbled to herself saying god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND BOB The third lady was a little old lady who loves knitting, but she has really bogus beliefs, you see to her anyone who drinks, was the devil, and if her son went out drinking, she would get cranky with him, no matter what age he was, you see she claims the devil was giving her the impression that her son is committing crimes and behaving like a hooligan, and when her son, tries to speak up for himself, she goes QUIET, we need our almighty GOD, to save you from the devil’s clutches and her son called bob in, because they can’t keep going on like this, and bob came in to talk to the old lady, asking her, what makes you think that he is worshipping the devil, you see it’s possible that he is out having a good time at the club drinking with mates, and the lady said i was raised to think drinking was the work of the devil and when i think of what young people get up to now, no i am doing the right thing, protecting my son from the evil drunks, no son of mine is parading around on the streets like a hooligan and bob said, yeah but, i think he is being a man, to enjoy a few beers with family and the lady said i don’t care, drinking is the work of the devil, and there is no doubt about it, and bob told her, you must understand your son, and she said i don’t need to understand him, as she walked away singing god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob your the devil, bob, don’t deny it, buddy god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob god is the devil and the devil is bob GOD THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BOB, to save everyone from delusions forever
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Master builder of hanging audio of the hearts, Tapping and mapping a kind of music through the vocabulary of arts, in conducting  the harmonious sound of unique violin orchestra a crowd of fiddlesticks rima … up… and only ups… never downs. Audio Audio… I will go…true or false.   That’s what you ask for it. If you ask me to stay, I would never say no. Have you ever seen me on the occasion of disobeying you? Neither yes, nor no… Thirsty and aridity,   Words dance glamorously in the silence of the mud of bricks You will construct the magic towers of the world gust (crust). On the apex Trapper of heights you Shaking hand for all ant size human shape creatures In down. I’am member among. Time flies and melts in icy doom of the word “why”… burning agitatedly on the white eyes. Don’t look at me. Whatever had been shaped, like thunder of emotional burst digs …digs in insomnia of rapid nightmares of mine. O' liberty… Don’t be dubious of what you are going to do, Master architecture of heavenly domes of long treatise of eloquence and good sounds. Hissing….sooozzzing….biippping ….buzzzing….moooppping….murmers…. Claps and shouts. Ant shaped creatures gather under the grand dome and waiting for miraculous mesmerize. No more I am among. Master builder of raw materials in vivid shape of “new oregano (m).” Time runs and I am not “going to catch a falling star.” Time of demise. Heavy lock on mouths. Death of both of us in constructing the luxurious roads never ended in dead end of not being honest and neither being wise. Master designer of unique arches…domes…abstruse stairs… Audio…audio. I will go…for you and ours.
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Jul 28, 2017
Jul 28, 2017 at 12:36 AM UTC
Master Builder
Master builder of hanging audio of the hearts, Tapping and mapping a kind of music through the vocabulary of arts, in conducting  the harmonious sound of unique violin orchestra a crowd of fiddlesticks rima … up… and only ups… never downs. Audio Audio… I will go…true or false.   That’s what you ask for it. If you ask me to stay, I would never say no. Have you ever seen me on the occasion of disobeying you? Neither yes, nor no… Thirsty and aridity,   Words dance glamorously in the silence of the mud of bricks You will construct the magic towers of the world gust (crust). On the apex Trapper of heights you Shaking hand for all ant size human shape creatures In down. I’am member among. Time flies and melts in icy doom of the word “why”… burning agitatedly on the white eyes. Don’t look at me. Whatever had been shaped, like thunder of emotional burst digs …digs in insomnia of rapid nightmares of mine. O' liberty… Don’t be dubious of what you are going to do, Master architecture of heavenly domes of long treatise of eloquence and good sounds. Hissing….sooozzzing….biippping ….buzzzing….moooppping….murmers…. Claps and shouts. Ant shaped creatures gather under the grand dome and waiting for miraculous mesmerize. No more I am among. Master builder of raw materials in vivid shape of “new oregano (m).” Time runs and I am not “going to catch a falling star.” Time of demise. Heavy lock on mouths. Death of both of us in constructing the luxurious roads never ended in dead end of not being honest and neither being wise. Master designer of unique arches…domes…abstruse stairs… Audio…audio. I will go…for you and ours.
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Isn't it funny How they call you big? When your limbs were shaking And your belly's shrunk All bones from muzzle to tail. Perhaps the cheerful girl Wasn't so little for a kid Under that red hood. Don't you get mad When people call you bad? All you ever did was do The sickly grandma a favor. The girl could've done worse Disobeying the elder's order And nibbling on half the food While prancing in the woods. Don't you get sad When people call you wolf? Though you looked more like A stray dog barging at the hut's door And a bear after swallowing the two whole Pretty much misunderstood By the village and the world Full of big, bad, wolves.
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Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015 at 11:07 AM UTC
Big Bad Wolf
it was uncomfortably hot out today i put my cardboard box down on the pavement and squinted into the midspring sun grateful for the knowledge of the truth the ukulele truth and nothing but the truth like i could scream every johnny cash song i've never learned at every pathetic smoker disobeying the signs and i understood oh but did i understand why they're always pushing friday on midweek radio shows it's thursday at 3pm and guess what? now we're free *(to roll in the grass and soak up the sunshine or maybe just take a nap)* tell your winter clothes where they can stuff it and your hick christmas lights to get lost there's a pitcher of unsweetened ice tea with just a dash of lemon juice waiting for me when i get home and a cracked front step to nod off on once it gets cooler and even these june bugs out in may can't bring me down.
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Aug 13, 2016
Aug 13, 2016 at 11:39 PM UTC
june bugs out in may
I don’t know if being pregnant Was on my mind Or the fear of being left behind Unable to rewind, Back to the time In which I was able to make good decisions To think with great precision To look beyond  a short sighted vision. Taking a risk, Over someone who doesn’t care for you Lack of resolve to take care of you A person who doesn’t care for Love And I simply paying the price For disobeying the king above Because I did wrong instead of doing right His final straw has been cut, And unfortunately I am out of luck **** Yes I am what you call, f****ed
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Oct 22, 2018
Oct 22, 2018 at 11:17 AM UTC
F***ed
My hands shake and thoughts clash I revise life, like flashbacks I won't last living in my past Pull back, snapping leash he attacks The scent is strong he's on the prowl A predator of beings foul Revenge dished he's hellbound Took a vow as hellhound His loyalty holds no borders He's borderline disobeying orders He's ordered but he ignores Okami, a lone wolf In midnight his eyes shine Blood red it contains skies He's hunting down a worthy prize Defending honour he can't die Vengeance and fuelled rage Powerful and untamed For too long he's been caged He suffered so, debts be repaid With head high and hackles raised He's raising hell, his endgame All cards held have been played Run and hide, its too late
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017 at 6:42 AM UTC
Vengeance of Okami
YOU made men to lead the race, Bequest him with pride and ace; For him you made the trees and taught him to graze, Then why O’ lord you put him to this disgrace, To raze and blaze, the haze and the nature’s face YOU made him sneak speak and smart, Bequest him with amazing skills and magnanimous art; For him you erected the forests and Oakwood’s mart, Then why O’ lord you put him with that heart, That preys and disobeys thy inimitable nature’s cart Whilst razing and blazing, preying and disobeying, He got bothered of his survival and living; For him you then again made him to earn the dollar and the sterling, To put it for the make-up and the filling But O’ my lord, he, in tranquil kept himself fooling, That he benefits thy nature with his meager darlings.
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Nov 28, 2015
Nov 28, 2015 at 7:21 AM UTC
Suggest a title
Family A loose term You might picture a group of people They look similar Seem to get along Eating dinner together Making small talk You might picture a group of people Taking pictures together Laughing and waiting in line At a theme park On vacation But I picture a group of people Husband and wife disobeying their vows Fighting Tearing the “family” apart I picture a group of people Hiding in their separate rooms Dysfunctional Mother crying Father ignoring the world Delving into the world of football Or movies Anything but here Eldest son gone, he escaped Youngest son hiding in a cave His only concern winning a violent game And me Trying to make something beautiful Out of the mess this has become Trying to make it out alive Before I can escape too
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Jan 6, 2013
Jan 6, 2013 at 6:08 PM UTC
There is No "We" in Family
To live Seems to mean To struggle. Buddha teaches that when we Release all of our desires Our expectations Our assumptions Then too shall our suffering pass. There is a part of me which Cheers And yet another which Rails In response to this. It seems on the surface to ask Us to cease to be human. But isn't that what the search for enlightenment Is about? To become something more than human? To elevate into a higher No-Thing? However In this search we forget that The quest itself is A desire An expectation An assumption That there is something to Work Towards. Only when we release Even this need to be Something other than what We are Does that mysterious Phenomenon happen. Or does it? It seems so easy at times To let go Let it all slip from my grasp And find that place Which is No place And All places at once. Something always calls me back And I find myself Toiling Stumbling Struggling Suffering And I have to ask Why? What pulls on my silver cord And grounds me back to this Fleshly cage With all of its Aches and pains Tortures and torments? I don't understand Maybe I'm not supposed to And this grasping For knowledge On the whys Of human suffering Is just another thing I must lay by the wayside Say Adieu And never look back. If only it were that effortless Perhaps I am distantly related to Lot's wife. Destined to become a pillar of salt When I cannot turn my back on That which I love. Disobeying the Divine Distrusting that there should be no Last sight It seems straightforward The Divine sees what we mortals do not But if we are all a part of the Divine Is it impossible for us to know it all as well? This appears to be the case for the masses And for me As I am not a Bodhisattva Yet.
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May 2, 2010
May 2, 2010 at 9:22 PM UTC
Sadhu
To live Seems to mean To struggle. Buddha teaches that when we Release all of our desires Our expectations Our assumptions Then too shall our suffering pass. There is a part of me which Cheers And yet another which Rails In response to this. It seems on the surface to ask Us to cease to be human. But isn't that what the search for enlightenment Is about? To become something more than human? To elevate into a higher No-Thing? However In this search we forget that The quest itself is A desire An expectation An assumption That there is something to Work Towards. Only when we release Even this need to be Something other than what We are Does that mysterious Phenomenon happen. Or does it? It seems so easy at times To let go Let it all slip from my grasp And find that place Which is No place And All places at once. Something always calls me back And I find myself Toiling Stumbling Struggling Suffering And I have to ask Why? What pulls on my silver cord And grounds me back to this Fleshly cage With all of its Aches and pains Tortures and torments? I don't understand Maybe I'm not supposed to And this grasping For knowledge On the whys Of human suffering Is just another thing I must lay by the wayside Say Adieu And never look back. If only it were that effortless Perhaps I am distantly related to Lot's wife. Destined to become a pillar of salt When I cannot turn my back on That which I love. Disobeying the Divine Distrusting that there should be no Last sight It seems straightforward The Divine sees what we mortals do not But if we are all a part of the Divine Is it impossible for us to know it all as well? This appears to be the case for the masses And for me As I am not a Bodhisattva Yet.
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Your daughter, you allow her to roam, While you remain in your drinker's dome. It's okay because your teenage son Will watch her while you have your fun. He doesn't need a happy life, You've ensured him so much strife. He should cater to you, **** his spare time, Disobeying you is a crime. But you punish in unfair ways, Screaming, breaking things, making him pay. You'll regret it some day, I promise, His children you will come to miss, For their cheeks will never experience your kiss. He'll keep them, and himself, far away, Repaying you for all the days you made him pay.
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Nov 21, 2015
Nov 21, 2015 at 11:18 AM UTC
Your Children are Suffering
My lips kiss the heat in the air, pretending you're holding my swollen hips. I'm hypnotized by your every move and word. Yet you come and go like our diseases we hold. The taste in my mouth burns back to my jaw, so bitter and raw. Yet when the sweet lyrics come out of your groin, I'm back again. So obedient, I'm disobeying my every lesson. Everything I tell myself not to do but I'm there at every sound and every smile. Then it turns cold in literal seconds, and my beaming drops to a hallow fall. You gain and gain every last drop of my changing sleeves, the heart is hidden in this beast. And I agonize over the idea that history has repeated myself. What I swore I would do seems so child-like, that I'm tearing it away. You're tearing me away, too. And you. Because no matter how much I know your heart could love, no matter how little softness you posses, no matter how many miles separate us, I'm still left so sharp, so bitter.
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Apr 2, 2012
Apr 2, 2012 at 2:58 AM UTC
Bitter
*I wasn't looking for him He found me vulnerable Vulnerability became courtship Courtship became lust Lust is now love Can it happen so easily Now I have to leave behind The sweetest love that I've found Unanswered thoughts Leaves strong minds limp Meshed together mistakenly Torn away violently Eyes can no longer bare The water that flows warm Should I act on impulse Thoughts telling me so Nonchalantly disobeying All pleasures but my own A minute without Compares nothing to A lifetime with Taking in poisonous air Nicotine he is Addicted I am Giving hearts Receiving minds Massaging words Passes slow times Running to choosey arms Coming back for A nu we*
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Feb 16, 2011
Feb 16, 2011 at 6:57 PM UTC
A NU WE
*I think we ruin children by telling them Crying is bad When crying is being vulnerable An expression of pain so natural So they grow up to be ashamed of emotions I think we ruin children by telling them They have to become someone When being themselves is already being someone So they grow up wanting to be someone they are not I think we ruin children by telling them Disobeying the rules is inexcusable When sometimes breaking the rules, Is freeing one’s self from the expectations of others So they grow up to feel insecure in the face of uncertainty I think we ruin children by telling them Monsters are supernatural creatures When monsters can also take form in humans Who exploit, manipulate and trample on others So they grow up unable to confront even their own monsters For how could something so unimaginable take form in themselves? I think we ruin children by telling them Punishment is discipline Spanking, verbal fear to shut them up good and easy When there is a thing called gentle discipline One that requires less pain and more understanding So they grow up to become aggressors Believing they are heroes who save others from disorder I think we ruin children by telling them School is the best way to getting around life Drowning in grades, homeworks and activities just to get by When experience teaches far more important lessons School can only teach in words So they grow up to believing the good life is a tried And tested pattern and there are no other ways to live I think we ruin children by telling them To avoid fears instead of confronting them When the dark, cockroaches, dogs, can be overcome So they treat fear as an enemy Instead of being a friend, a lesson One that teaches them to be braver, to be stronger I think we ruin children by telling them What you wear is what you are Frills and laces for girls, ties and pants for boys When anyone can wear just what the **** they want Clothing is a choice in as much as who they want to be So they grow up confined by what the crowd is wearing Fearing any diversion would make them odd I think we ruin children By making them believe that success Comes in fancy clothes, cars, a truckload of money When happiness is the real mark of a well lived life I think we ruin children By telling them being alone is a shameful thing When the key to understanding one’s self Is through the painful yet productive solitude That people so likely shame So they grow up believing their happiness Is in other people’s hands I think we ruin children By telling them outer strength is the real strength When there are children who Cannot lift their own chairs But have the strongest, bravest hearts Fighting their way into sad days Like the heroes that they are I think we ruin children mostly and importantly By believing That they are wrong That they are too young to understand When all the while We could have been wrong Age makes us not wiser Just older And so children lose their capacity to see things brightly And the biggest chunk of the world’s dreamers are then silenced By adults who never really believed in the magic of the world As much as the kids do So how do we ruin children, really? By telling them being themselves Is the least they could ever want By telling children That being who they are will never be right *
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May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 2:56 PM UTC
How We Ruin Children
*I think we ruin children by telling them Crying is bad When crying is being vulnerable An expression of pain so natural So they grow up to be ashamed of emotions I think we ruin children by telling them They have to become someone When being themselves is already being someone So they grow up wanting to be someone they are not I think we ruin children by telling them Disobeying the rules is inexcusable When sometimes breaking the rules, Is freeing one’s self from the expectations of others So they grow up to feel insecure in the face of uncertainty I think we ruin children by telling them Monsters are supernatural creatures When monsters can also take form in humans Who exploit, manipulate and trample on others So they grow up unable to confront even their own monsters For how could something so unimaginable take form in themselves? I think we ruin children by telling them Punishment is discipline Spanking, verbal fear to shut them up good and easy When there is a thing called gentle discipline One that requires less pain and more understanding So they grow up to become aggressors Believing they are heroes who save others from disorder I think we ruin children by telling them School is the best way to getting around life Drowning in grades, homeworks and activities just to get by When experience teaches far more important lessons School can only teach in words So they grow up to believing the good life is a tried And tested pattern and there are no other ways to live I think we ruin children by telling them To avoid fears instead of confronting them When the dark, cockroaches, dogs, can be overcome So they treat fear as an enemy Instead of being a friend, a lesson One that teaches them to be braver, to be stronger I think we ruin children by telling them What you wear is what you are Frills and laces for girls, ties and pants for boys When anyone can wear just what the **** they want Clothing is a choice in as much as who they want to be So they grow up confined by what the crowd is wearing Fearing any diversion would make them odd I think we ruin children By making them believe that success Comes in fancy clothes, cars, a truckload of money When happiness is the real mark of a well lived life I think we ruin children By telling them being alone is a shameful thing When the key to understanding one’s self Is through the painful yet productive solitude That people so likely shame So they grow up believing their happiness Is in other people’s hands I think we ruin children By telling them outer strength is the real strength When there are children who Cannot lift their own chairs But have the strongest, bravest hearts Fighting their way into sad days Like the heroes that they are I think we ruin children mostly and importantly By believing That they are wrong That they are too young to understand When all the while We could have been wrong Age makes us not wiser Just older And so children lose their capacity to see things brightly And the biggest chunk of the world’s dreamers are then silenced By adults who never really believed in the magic of the world As much as the kids do So how do we ruin children, really? By telling them being themselves Is the least they could ever want By telling children That being who they are will never be right *
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Your 'Top TRP' news team has just learnt that A consortium of fanatics and hypocrites now claim That the proprietorship of 'God' is now with them And will spew hatred on anyone disobeying them. Our unnameable “reliable” sources tell us that Anyone desiring to worship 'God' “more perfectly,” Henceforth, must follow their rules quite strictly Or floggings will be handed out quite promptly. Our brave insider informants have divulged that At last have awaken our pious priests and scholars To discuss these “disturbing new developments;” But they're upset most about lost revenue streams. The atheists were seen rejoicing and saying that There is no need any more, *“for us to self-promote While our competitors repeatedly self-mutilate.”* But have they forgotten, Stalin also preached hate? Our unquestionably reliable survey tells us that We are angry, sad, glad, disgusted and also clueless In roughly equal measure. But most are just curious: “How all this bla-bla will effect commodity prices?” There was however, an 'odd' man who said that God is Love and God does not hate. Will turn to rust He who chooses hate. *“Not in someone's deep pocket Will I find God. But God I'll find, always in my heart.”*
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 9:19 AM UTC
Breaking news !!
The best things happen after autistically planning, but doing something else, as long as it keeps handing me sunlight and some feet to walk, I'll keep walking. It has always been my dream, but, secretly, shamefully, I will never dare, losing things dear to me and ideals. I walk across a waterway and find my luck in the sudden movements of two ducks, refreshing in that very water. Neighbours working, greeting strangers, children disobeying their mothers. And old man on the bus comments, I sit I read, look up, search for the right words and stop reading. Quentin felt infinite, so I wanted to let that feeling last.
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Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 8:26 AM UTC
The first of rays
Unintentionally void and constantly in a vortex of disobeying laws, morals, drinking too much. Struggling with figuratively wearing my seat belt but getting in the car anyway. **** IT. I'LL HEAD FOR THE HILLS. I slam my foot on the gas peddle. Skull through the windshield. Crashed into a tree. In a drunken masquerade, I'm picking all of the pieces up from the wreckage around me. And forgive me, because I forgot how beautiful that hour long drive was. Forgive me because those car accidents weren't and left pieces of me on the highway. Because I'm working towards the day where I will never let green lights scare the **** out of me again. Trying to find the rest of my pieces solemnly and natural. Trying to get my license by next week.
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Aug 21, 2014
Aug 21, 2014 at 9:28 AM UTC
Finding Comfort by the Weeping Willow
What have I done but obey the cynical dogma that plagues the patriots? (then to be rewarded with the cutting rattle of the guns that dehumanised the holiest saints. MIA the pawn who obeyed.) Can we sacrifice to "the Cause", for the end? (without the other side sacrificing more. Men should press toward the enemy. We will win because ten minus one equals nine Rip the glorified general.) Possibly **** the man I call brother for hesitation. (with the gun that conscripted me to his side. "killed for the disobeying of orders". They will say that I was a traitor But never a man of his country RIP the brother that hesitated.) Justify the sin that will be forced upon my brother. (As I will not commit the sun that will be forced upon me. RIP the holy deserter.) The multination of a child. (Thats what Devils do. That's what they did to me. Destroying what I took for granted. RIP the young amputee.) Glorification of the war as some sort of game. ("Come sign up you be a hero" I lied in front of them But back then I even believed myself. RIP the gulibal propagandist) In war winning is living (Yet not a one I am willing to play. RIP the veteran) Destruction of the family tree (Destiny was not prepared for the irrational. RIP the mother that worried) What can possibly justify the glorification in destruction?
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Dec 4, 2015
Dec 4, 2015 at 5:22 PM UTC
Unknown
In the world, conflicts are strong In this world, there's so much that's wrong In our world, no one is giving And in my world, nothing is living My world is plain, A simple black and white All is monotonous with disdain And then you came into my sight My world burst with life Rainbows and no strife All my wishes were coming true All of this because of you We journeyed together Continuing with our lives Unaware of what awaited us On the other side The moonlight shone bright And though the stars were dim I could see what reality did to you In that pool of red you laid in Your hands were cold Clutched to the blade that pierced our souls For you were leaving this world of colour Bringing it back into darkness but now with three colours Black The colour of my sorrow My soul could no longer stay pure There's nothing left to live for Because I had lost my light It is a chore A curse, a suffering I want to end it all with the very same blade But I know you would want me to stay strong White When I go back in time Thinking about summertime When we danced with joy and laughter in our eyes As our lips clash, knowing that you're there will suffice For meeting you in dreams Whenever I manage to escape from reality I run to you, arms wide open But my arms close into empty space Red Like all the light, There are also darkness Like the nights that I cry in my sleep Awaking to the smell and feel of blood My arms are sticky and my eyes are red Bloodshot, exhausted and depressed all over again Every day, I go through this grief Now I hold my weapon, trembling beyond belief I'm sorry for disobeying your final wish That I wouldn't take my own life But now listen to my death wish There is no longer any point in life Because with your soul leaving this godforsaken world You took my heart and my spirit Along with my world.
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Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 5:55 AM UTC
Colours of My World
In the world, conflicts are strong In this world, there's so much that's wrong In our world, no one is giving And in my world, nothing is living My world is plain, A simple black and white All is monotonous with disdain And then you came into my sight My world burst with life Rainbows and no strife All my wishes were coming true All of this because of you We journeyed together Continuing with our lives Unaware of what awaited us On the other side The moonlight shone bright And though the stars were dim I could see what reality did to you In that pool of red you laid in Your hands were cold Clutched to the blade that pierced our souls For you were leaving this world of colour Bringing it back into darkness but now with three colours Black The colour of my sorrow My soul could no longer stay pure There's nothing left to live for Because I had lost my light It is a chore A curse, a suffering I want to end it all with the very same blade But I know you would want me to stay strong White When I go back in time Thinking about summertime When we danced with joy and laughter in our eyes As our lips clash, knowing that you're there will suffice For meeting you in dreams Whenever I manage to escape from reality I run to you, arms wide open But my arms close into empty space Red Like all the light, There are also darkness Like the nights that I cry in my sleep Awaking to the smell and feel of blood My arms are sticky and my eyes are red Bloodshot, exhausted and depressed all over again Every day, I go through this grief Now I hold my weapon, trembling beyond belief I'm sorry for disobeying your final wish That I wouldn't take my own life But now listen to my death wish There is no longer any point in life Because with your soul leaving this godforsaken world You took my heart and my spirit Along with my world.
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I don't know what to do? How can I feel your earth below my feet again, After a thousand years of being alone? Without disobeying the wishes of my family?
 How can I love you? How can an old Soul travel to a young Miracle? How can I touch a re-born Seoul? 

My only way to love you. 
Is to show the world,
 How beautiful you are,
 How a Phoenix has risen, From the ashes of war.
 Is love worth taking the chance? A chance of dying before I can ever return home, My home of a thousand years, Joseon! The home that I was cursed to remember forever, An impossible love that I can never say goodbye to, A Love that will last for eternity.
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Aug 25, 2016
Aug 25, 2016 at 8:44 PM UTC
Joseon
She knows the rules of this love game off by heart, Contents within the cardboard box confines, The plastic packaging keeping her safe and in place, No enthusiastic shaking from the outside can dislodge a single item. But inside, Inside the box, She causes mischief, A misplaced piece substituted awkwardly, A wrongly folded rule sheet, A rip in a playing card, A weighted dice, A swear word scrawled, Pieces in the wrong places. Sabotaging for personal gain, Disregarding temporarily the personal loss, The thrill of naughtiness, Disobeying the rules, The knowing smile from both parties, Push a little, push, push, stop, Tidy up and put away, A stern look, A short sharp reminder, No game playing the game states.
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 4:21 PM UTC
The Rules
seems like i always fall short. that I'm always messing up. and yet you still can love me? its a fact though, that i turn and run directly from you and yet you still wait for me. i see it happening. I see me deliberately disobeying. and yet you forgive me. it makes me so sick. to think what pain I've caused. and yet you never give up on me.
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Jul 5, 2012
Jul 5, 2012 at 10:09 PM UTC
Dear God,