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A D C B B B Be correct please... I cant stand these tests Desighned to determine the worth of our mind. Dont mind me im just suisidal because i got a C, plus these desks lined infront of me, im my three hour exam that took me two and a half hours of writting i took the rest of my time to count the isles, 35 then i took some time to count how many were lined in front of me 31, and with me thats 1120 desks filled with students so stressed you could cut their hope with a single breath. Now this horror scene has no bars but the crippiling debt deffinitly imprisons us. Its funny that a gymnasium can be turned to a slaughter house, maybe even a gas chamber killing hope by the masses leaving thoasands behind because they allready got their check.
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Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014 at 6:39 PM UTC
exam
Society is plain Society is black, Society is what you forcefully swallow for a midnight snack Society is blood that drips down your eyes blinding you, keeping everything in disguise. Society is a swollen throat trying to breathe. It imprisons your mind when your mind tries to leave. Society tells you: “You can’t.” “You won’t.” “You never will.” Society is the voice in your head telling you life isn’t a thrill. it kills, hurts and tries to feed you lies as you pitifully cry. Society tells you that smoking the green, kills more brain cells then staring at the television screen. Society takes the color out of the sky, and lights up your twitter. It is never shy and never ever a quitter. Society is a spy that no government can catch because society is the government, waiting with a watchful eye. Society is also dead trees, wilted leafs and smoggy factory smoke passing by. But most importantly society is you and I.
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Mar 17, 2014
Mar 17, 2014 at 1:21 PM UTC
Society
For love to flourish Some ideas on life we need to punish And for unity to feel unified Some old philosophies should be denied A universal charter of peace One that imprisons any aggressor with no signs of an early release Third world or new world, rich and poor Eternally searching for so much more At breaking point and primed for implosion Standing at the towns gates and cheering totalitarianism on its arduous march into expulsion As masses we move in uncertain terms Living to absorb , to almost defend the disease, the genetic germs The crowd ask questions, seek answers of clarity Settling no more for the disgust of others impunity Maybe the balance will tilt And the toxic flowers of the current state of affairs begin to wilt Global humanity free to exist and have an honest future of preservation Not just confined to a future in some wildlife conservation
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Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016 at 4:33 PM UTC
the wildlife conservation,
# *Stone upon stone, the walls were raised; each block a silence, each silence a debt never spoken of aloud. Within, the child’s voice echoed, but the mortar held fast, sealing grief in chambers where no light could enter. From the outside, the fortress looked steady, even noble-- its towers reaching upward, its gates well-kept.. its banners bright. But within its walls, rot thickened and the beast.. undisturbed, found shelter. Every silence defended it. Every smile concealed it.    Every careful word    laid another stone    against the truth. And though the watchman cried, the city called the fortress beautiful. Every fortress defends but none heals.* Every wall that protects       is also a wall     that imprisons. #
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Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM UTC
The Fortress
She was a child once. Eyes wide and sparkling with hopes and dreams untarnished. An entire future stretching out before her. She saw the world through a kaleidoscope, A beautiful mess of endless neon colors, Untouched by darkness and disappointment. Pain was temporary; A scraped knee, a paper-cut. Band-aids could heal every injury. Her smile was a permanent fixture of sincerity, Radiating happiness. A gaze full of inquisitive wonder. When she lay her head down at night, Her chest was not heavy with worries and cares. Her mind was not filled with the ghosts of her past. Sleep came easily, a quilt of comforting warmth enveloping her, Sweeping her away to the land of dreams. Blissful in her ignorance she lived, unaware that one day, The monsters under her bed would make a home inside her head. That her heart would fracture and die. That the world she had known was a lie. She wasted all her wishes wanting to be older, Age was overrated, but nobody told her. At 8 she was so innocent, at 10 she was just fine, 13 was disillusionment, the start of her decline. At 15 she was in High School, they told her, "be mature". Society screamed conformity, now she was insecure. At 16 she was lonely, desperation took its hold. Love slipped through her fingers like drops of liquid gold. Now, at 17, she's stuck in a recession. She thought the therapy had dispelled her depression. She looks in the mirror and despises her reflection, She is bent, bruised and broken, a mess of imperfection. Past mistakes, her tormenters, they tear her apart. Her body, a cage, imprisons her heart. Each breath is a burden as she lay in bed. She can't sleep at night, theres a war inside her head. No one ever told her the price of growing older. They never said she'd have A crushing weight put on her shoulders. Suffocating in this life, poisoned at her core, Once she was a child, A child she is no more.
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Jun 30, 2013
Jun 30, 2013 at 7:32 PM UTC
Childhood Lost
She was a child once. Eyes wide and sparkling with hopes and dreams untarnished. An entire future stretching out before her. She saw the world through a kaleidoscope, A beautiful mess of endless neon colors, Untouched by darkness and disappointment. Pain was temporary; A scraped knee, a paper-cut. Band-aids could heal every injury. Her smile was a permanent fixture of sincerity, Radiating happiness. A gaze full of inquisitive wonder. When she lay her head down at night, Her chest was not heavy with worries and cares. Her mind was not filled with the ghosts of her past. Sleep came easily, a quilt of comforting warmth enveloping her, Sweeping her away to the land of dreams. Blissful in her ignorance she lived, unaware that one day, The monsters under her bed would make a home inside her head. That her heart would fracture and die. That the world she had known was a lie. She wasted all her wishes wanting to be older, Age was overrated, but nobody told her. At 8 she was so innocent, at 10 she was just fine, 13 was disillusionment, the start of her decline. At 15 she was in High School, they told her, "be mature". Society screamed conformity, now she was insecure. At 16 she was lonely, desperation took its hold. Love slipped through her fingers like drops of liquid gold. Now, at 17, she's stuck in a recession. She thought the therapy had dispelled her depression. She looks in the mirror and despises her reflection, She is bent, bruised and broken, a mess of imperfection. Past mistakes, her tormenters, they tear her apart. Her body, a cage, imprisons her heart. Each breath is a burden as she lay in bed. She can't sleep at night, theres a war inside her head. No one ever told her the price of growing older. They never said she'd have A crushing weight put on her shoulders. Suffocating in this life, poisoned at her core, Once she was a child, A child she is no more.
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In the Boondocks of the Ozarks Salty caramel smelt of August Swathes stench of rotten trailer parks Imprisons barren mid-west dust Feral fevered kids a hunting For to cool; shoot up, or drink Arthritic railroad; tie and shunting Ferrous old town wretched on the brink Since the cease of mine and logging Depletion of iron lead and zinc Nag horse too dead for flogging Folks futures draining down the sink Some respite in the summer heat RV’s; tourists and campers for trails Like blackfly plague pick off the meat Fly fast; escape as another harvest fails Dark currents pepper darker mood Intolerance grinds in the daily way Resentment bread as only food At someone’s door the blame shall lay In the graveyard of the Ozarks Rednecks dance on industry tombs Burn brown smoke spice. Moonshine sparks Oblivion; no life. Back to mothers' womb ©pofacedpoetry (Billy Reynard-Bowness 2018 – All rights reserved)
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Aug 24, 2018
Aug 24, 2018 at 8:06 AM UTC
OZARK
This reoccurring nightmare overrules me deep in sleep Won’t wake me from my slumber, Imprisons me in this keep I try to run, I try to scream. This is my certainty Stuck in this bad dream There, all about me are these stone cold walls Over-protecting, so suspicious, untrusting … They guard my soul. Asking why are they so **** tall. Restricting my heart I’m bound. Powerless, I trail this authority What hope is there now? I pray in this frigid nightmare for the strength that I won’t break Eager to be released from this lonely place I’ll lie right here. My sanity they can’t take.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 4:24 PM UTC
Nightmare
You had a great life ahead of you Knew exactly what you were gonna do But the higher you rose, the further you fall Now you realize you've lost it all. 'Cause when you stuck that needle in your arm You got caught up in an evil demon's charm. Now the drug's the master of your mind Ruining all that it shall find The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You cower an quake with endless fright Never again will you see the light The high has worn off, you feel the pain Hurry it up, shoot it up again You crave the fix, You're feeling sick, You need it quick, Your shoulders shake and quiver When you finally get your fix The pleasure makes you shiver The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane. Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You say you're gonna quit But there's a war inside your head Should you cave and take a hit Or something else instead You know you need to get clean soon Or else you'll soon be dead Now in rehab, darkness is all you see. The dark white walls surrounding you. Only during sleep your mind is free. The withdrawal is killing you, Only comfort is how good it will be When your tired mind is free. The drugs are rotting out your brain  Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. It was going good. You'd kicked the habit Then you relapsed And your life collapsed    Your psyche snapped And now you're trapped In an endless cycle . Swimming in misery Darkness imprisons you Pain and loathing all you see While praying to god on bended knee To let the pain and misery end. The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. Your sanity is shattered. You're broken and battered Lost everything that mattered Curl up and stare at the sky Kiss your old life goodbye Curl up and wait to die The drugs killed and ruined your life You now stand on the edge of a knife While the demon runs through your veins
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Sep 24, 2019
Sep 24, 2019 at 1:22 PM UTC
Demon’s Charm. (Battle Lost)
You had a great life ahead of you Knew exactly what you were gonna do But the higher you rose, the further you fall Now you realize you've lost it all. 'Cause when you stuck that needle in your arm You got caught up in an evil demon's charm. Now the drug's the master of your mind Ruining all that it shall find The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You cower an quake with endless fright Never again will you see the light The high has worn off, you feel the pain Hurry it up, shoot it up again You crave the fix, You're feeling sick, You need it quick, Your shoulders shake and quiver When you finally get your fix The pleasure makes you shiver The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane. Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You say you're gonna quit But there's a war inside your head Should you cave and take a hit Or something else instead You know you need to get clean soon Or else you'll soon be dead Now in rehab, darkness is all you see. The dark white walls surrounding you. Only during sleep your mind is free. The withdrawal is killing you, Only comfort is how good it will be When your tired mind is free. The drugs are rotting out your brain  Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. It was going good. You'd kicked the habit Then you relapsed And your life collapsed    Your psyche snapped And now you're trapped In an endless cycle . Swimming in misery Darkness imprisons you Pain and loathing all you see While praying to god on bended knee To let the pain and misery end. The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. Your sanity is shattered. You're broken and battered Lost everything that mattered Curl up and stare at the sky Kiss your old life goodbye Curl up and wait to die The drugs killed and ruined your life You now stand on the edge of a knife While the demon runs through your veins
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what makes you feel granted manhandling my memories stirring up my experience diagnosing with no credentials gaslighting feelings of fear forcing to question what happened mind entering a storm chaos now runs free roam flashbacks and dreams dialogue and overwhelming voices speaking over another talking me into a box leaving me there alone he pulls the chain around it and imprisons me with a lock my teeth chatter when I’m anxious body starts to shake hands begin to clench skin feels wave of heat and I start to feel faint stomach tells me I’m in danger heart throbbing in concert with a clock my face emotionless and stale as I try to mask what puts me in more danger of not feeling collected and vulnerable trusted if I break a sweat they’ll see make a sudden movement and touch touch my soft skin marked with scars I question which body part is next as I sit in a freezing shock that limits my movement ability to think and speak as hands go and ***** I scream so loud but nobody hears me I am silent lips unmoved internal thoughts crying there is so much to say but I can’t get myself to speak and I want those ***** hands off but I can’t seem to move body paralyzed I start unpacking this to the darkness never to be opened for my safety throwing away the feelings destroying what it felt like is better than keeping it alive so please don’t touch me like that
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Aug 2, 2020
Aug 2, 2020 at 3:35 AM UTC
****** assault.
A parade of leaves dancing within the willow, Draping branches dangling in the breeze. Chattering sparrows Laughing with the hint of rain. Rumbles of thunder humming A loud whisper. A growing whisper Takes shelter within the willow, Quietly humming A song for leaves in the breeze, Droplets of rain Shower the chuckling sparrows. Feathers of the sparrows, Drift away, soft as a whisper. Sprinkling rain Gets lost within the branching willow, The feathers play hide and seek in the breeze, And the thunder continues humming. The thunder is still humming, While the feathers of the sparrows Float in the breeze, And storm clouds whisper A strong kiss of wind through the willow, Allowing a canopy of rain. The creek floods with rain, While the rumbling remains humming, Dancing willow, The sky imprisons the sparrows The lightning sings a whisper, Disguised as a breeze. The fall leaves stir up in the breeze Drenched in fresh rain, Rainbows whisper Over the thunder’s loud humming, The return of the laughing sparrows As they perch within the willow. The humming of thunder in the distance, the whisper of lightning, The after smell of rain, lingering in the breeze The buzzing of sparrows, perching within the willow.
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Sep 23, 2013
Sep 23, 2013 at 9:53 PM UTC
Untitled
every girl just looks so **** good I try not to be a lion on the prowl bite my lips & take the drag of a cigarette I need to help restrain myself, to breath in the fresh air and constrain myself; don't pounce girl, you've got this. but he's still the name I call to while dreaming the hands I want on me the lips I need to be kissed by & the air I dare to breathe. He is the man who moves me try to understand, he's the magic man shifts me inside in ways no wife I covet can. He's the one I'm nervous to lie with scared I'll lose myself in the thought of him that's all it is, really: the illusion, the daydreams of a girl who lives more in her head than in the world distant sometimes hazy others & totally unreachable occasionally. I wish I could have him under my skin but I'm not ready to deal with the consequences of being his girl. I'd love to live beside his shadow the relief that washes over me when he says my name erodes the disorder lifts my eyes from my feet makes my heart swell & body melt. it's the kind of contentment that I know will destroy me in the withdrawl. it's the kind of baby young love that encapsulates the happy victims imprisons you in the sugar & honeycomb sweet wonderland that turns sour when you relax in the beauty & forget that lambs are often lions, too.
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Jun 19, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 at 9:46 PM UTC
The Inevitable Letdown
You have a gaze that imprisons, the kind that no one would ever want to leave, yet they dart here and there, don’t you see your purpose? He is not your purpose and he doesn’t see it yet. Do not let his gaze imprison you.
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Oct 19, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 at 12:13 PM UTC
Vika
You are an I in the eye the eye that hynotizes the essence of I... And the galaxies par religion will be heaven and the races not revealed by official networks will be demons and the elementals and avatars in sacred places will be unearthly beings the moon will be a rocky orb and not a planet-ship helping a race evolve the tree will be a plant and not a transporter of energy via energy beams, connecting the underworld with surface humans and life... And the stars will be ***** of gas and not a picture a thousand years old a thousand years as planets in those star system are thus ahead of us and spaceships will be UFO's and beings from the universal neighbourhood will be aliens You will be taught to speak in a defined vernacular called language Your psychic abilities will be reduced via sonic beams emitting negative energy reduced via products that reduce positive vibration You will belong to a race, tribe and religion You will fall into a gender Your destiny will be death Money will be a means of exchange You will not think of Earth as a space, but as a lonely flat plan-et Powerful families will rule your life Government will dictate your purpose Wars will be fought and it will be blamed on oil You will know only that which you need to know You will be driven to follow predefined norms and orchestrated systems You will be watched and never truly feel free This is the Matrix The web that imprisons souls... and slower than the speed of thought you will trail in linear time... The web that confines your thinking... and reasoning will only be absolute within logic gates You will be encouraged to be as one with them as they will be compelled to be one with you Life will be basic, you will not be aware of the realities and dimensions in the world Your conscious mind will be wrestled by ego Your heart chakra will be tainted by emotional scars You will not see the eye that sees, only what is seen fit to be seen Only when the dragon has licked you and its friends stabbed you and molested you - will you be free to choose to be free This is the matrix and you will be made to feel like an orphan Your immaturity and lack of knowledge will lead you to adverse happenings "Live and learn", watch as they crash and burn If you are wise you will learn to yearn and a fate that is yours will you discern maybe and only then will you escape the threads and define your own reality. Welcome To The Matrix
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 3:20 AM UTC
Welcome To The Matrix
You are an I in the eye the eye that hynotizes the essence of I... And the galaxies par religion will be heaven and the races not revealed by official networks will be demons and the elementals and avatars in sacred places will be unearthly beings the moon will be a rocky orb and not a planet-ship helping a race evolve the tree will be a plant and not a transporter of energy via energy beams, connecting the underworld with surface humans and life... And the stars will be ***** of gas and not a picture a thousand years old a thousand years as planets in those star system are thus ahead of us and spaceships will be UFO's and beings from the universal neighbourhood will be aliens You will be taught to speak in a defined vernacular called language Your psychic abilities will be reduced via sonic beams emitting negative energy reduced via products that reduce positive vibration You will belong to a race, tribe and religion You will fall into a gender Your destiny will be death Money will be a means of exchange You will not think of Earth as a space, but as a lonely flat plan-et Powerful families will rule your life Government will dictate your purpose Wars will be fought and it will be blamed on oil You will know only that which you need to know You will be driven to follow predefined norms and orchestrated systems You will be watched and never truly feel free This is the Matrix The web that imprisons souls... and slower than the speed of thought you will trail in linear time... The web that confines your thinking... and reasoning will only be absolute within logic gates You will be encouraged to be as one with them as they will be compelled to be one with you Life will be basic, you will not be aware of the realities and dimensions in the world Your conscious mind will be wrestled by ego Your heart chakra will be tainted by emotional scars You will not see the eye that sees, only what is seen fit to be seen Only when the dragon has licked you and its friends stabbed you and molested you - will you be free to choose to be free This is the matrix and you will be made to feel like an orphan Your immaturity and lack of knowledge will lead you to adverse happenings "Live and learn", watch as they crash and burn If you are wise you will learn to yearn and a fate that is yours will you discern maybe and only then will you escape the threads and define your own reality. Welcome To The Matrix
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It imprisons my heart A piercing repetition of assault Carved deeply into my soul Barbed wire It protects me Allowing no one in I am inapproachable Metal soldiers That guard me Torture from within I  do not associate myself With emotion of ruin As tiny drops of red flow From my present and previous wounds Though the bleeding persists In my naivety insist On staunching the wounds Draining my life Barbed wire This poem is copyrighted and stored in author base. All material subject to Copyright Infringement laws Section 512(c)(3) of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. S512(c)(3), TammyM. Darby
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Aug 31, 2013
Aug 31, 2013 at 3:42 PM UTC
Barbed Wire
"Although many of us consider black to be a color, black is actually defined as the absence of color, hence, Darkness is a place which is the absence of the FATHER's Light." - Peter R Farley - Where Were You Before The Tree Of Life - The True History of The Darkness and The Light It is close to being headless, to be without a father and how and where do we investigate who or what the responsible force is?... It is simply a recurring method, divide and rule Here in the matrix you have black, brown, white and yellow races in some places not made famous you have orange and red and blue races So what is colour? The texture of light perhaps So then, what is black? Nothing, void. So then how does one refer to a whole race as nothing? it's really simple, where there is nothing there has to be something so the something is revered and valued as significant and what about the nothing? Well the nothing will be made to serve the something But was is not from the void that worlds were created? From thought, now thought an important factor for the nothing would be denigrated to such an extent as to not be able to think so from this comes an inferior race and a supercilious race Not to blame the supercilious race for it too was manipulated into having high esteem - so where are the parents? You find a black and a white wrestling unconcious of the fact that they could consciously be cousins In simple terms, if we are all Light then we stem from the same tree however with polarization or dualty find we lower degree and this state imprisons us to hate one another for one reason or the other And it is within memory that black and white races have been fighting for millenia With this, both races would boast a pride and a willingness to defend one's culture at all costs But then as children when do we grow and gather the gods in one room to hear their views and differences? When will we rise above demographics to save the human race? and beyond other races being exploited throughout the galaxies What would we learn if these members of Councils and Houses were gathered in one room? Would we learn that this universe is not perfect? But then what is perfection? Hyperthetically, an idea of supremacy and completeness which sets the standards that all things and people should conform to... That is, as far as the powers  define It is a responsibility to search within our hearts for what is true and eternal It is a choice we make to be continually affected by the sicknesses of society It is a voluntary action to uplift the houses that govern however sincere and well-meaning they may appear however promises are never kept and human beings taken for granted It is a soul's obligation to yearn for its liberty such that we too, as Ascended Masters, can graduate and become Renaissance Man.
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Dec 29, 2013
Dec 29, 2013 at 9:25 AM UTC
Renaissance Man
"Although many of us consider black to be a color, black is actually defined as the absence of color, hence, Darkness is a place which is the absence of the FATHER's Light." - Peter R Farley - Where Were You Before The Tree Of Life - The True History of The Darkness and The Light It is close to being headless, to be without a father and how and where do we investigate who or what the responsible force is?... It is simply a recurring method, divide and rule Here in the matrix you have black, brown, white and yellow races in some places not made famous you have orange and red and blue races So what is colour? The texture of light perhaps So then, what is black? Nothing, void. So then how does one refer to a whole race as nothing? it's really simple, where there is nothing there has to be something so the something is revered and valued as significant and what about the nothing? Well the nothing will be made to serve the something But was is not from the void that worlds were created? From thought, now thought an important factor for the nothing would be denigrated to such an extent as to not be able to think so from this comes an inferior race and a supercilious race Not to blame the supercilious race for it too was manipulated into having high esteem - so where are the parents? You find a black and a white wrestling unconcious of the fact that they could consciously be cousins In simple terms, if we are all Light then we stem from the same tree however with polarization or dualty find we lower degree and this state imprisons us to hate one another for one reason or the other And it is within memory that black and white races have been fighting for millenia With this, both races would boast a pride and a willingness to defend one's culture at all costs But then as children when do we grow and gather the gods in one room to hear their views and differences? When will we rise above demographics to save the human race? and beyond other races being exploited throughout the galaxies What would we learn if these members of Councils and Houses were gathered in one room? Would we learn that this universe is not perfect? But then what is perfection? Hyperthetically, an idea of supremacy and completeness which sets the standards that all things and people should conform to... That is, as far as the powers  define It is a responsibility to search within our hearts for what is true and eternal It is a choice we make to be continually affected by the sicknesses of society It is a voluntary action to uplift the houses that govern however sincere and well-meaning they may appear however promises are never kept and human beings taken for granted It is a soul's obligation to yearn for its liberty such that we too, as Ascended Masters, can graduate and become Renaissance Man.
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*Sweet and serene, alone but complete. Deep thinking, sinking into the music of my soul.* My love stays away it's sad, but i'm okay. We do what we must for a cause, so trust. again, We do what we must for a cause.. I pause. Could it be that we live in reverse? As an effect in search for a cause. Should it not be that we live to effect the lives around us the earth and all of nature positively? Perhaps this is what is wrong with our Western society, our obscure perception of this corrupt projection. This Western culture, our political vultures. The awakening of their deadened prey is nothing short of forthcoming. We'll become Illuminated, educated, Enlightened. This shell which imprisons us is bound to break. So pay attention, Your life, Their lives, This World are all at stake.
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Nov 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013 at 12:48 PM UTC
Free Verse Spirit; a question of cause and effect
Insincere December sun promised warmth never given, the look of warmth cruel beauty, the icy stare of soft hazel eyes, the cold touch of clean hands. Light holding long nails of ice dripped promised release too little to drink more to move me out from under eaves by pokes and stings. There I caught you in my arms a brief until when. Your hand slid to my stretched finger tips and waved. I looked you to your car off the lot up the street you contacting even then the busy phone not meeting eyes seeing me in bright light with no warmth. Hands shoved in coat pockets denim hugged cold enough to leave I stayed past your depart and why? Something as if said the logic of December is the folly of Spring. The art of glass imprisons ghosts haunts possessed what is and is not real desired both. The art of ice, the realization of thirst cool captured drinks raised past reach. Even then I knew, and sought you nonetheless.
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Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM UTC
Of Belief
Because beauty lies in minerals and chalk, and outlandish tinctures remedy physical faults with pastes and goo, the daily ritual of painting flesh, disguising ourselves from a social stigma, compels and consumes us Obsession over minute details, driven by the incessant narcissism of a portentous society, coerces us into proclivity, so that each day we worship a virtual image, mere reflected light Because of all the reticulated bones and fat and blood, sustaining life-functions and supporting the capability intelligence which we rarely take steps to refine, and of the independent, incognizant cells, working ensemble circuitously, the web which imprisons it all is most beautiful.
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May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013 at 9:37 PM UTC
Aniconism
Fake parental love Apathetic attitudes all around me What is love What is friendship Those questions keep me dead in my waking dreams I dream of love and acceptance the pursuit of happiness So many dead dreams pilling up keep me questioning what the so called god has in store for me Great ambitions so many goals reaching the sky above Yet i'm constantly faced with hate and demise   I lay in dismay at all the phonies and so called accepting Christ loving people who do nothing but stand there and talk in a pretentious yet ****** manner The hordes of people swarming the halls like packs of wolves swarming for their lunch student organizations losing their purpose only there to look attractive for the school school the institution that imprisons me like a rat in a cage i wish to be free of such disorder and unrest After my day is done i walk down from the hell  i have experienced i try to go away from it trying to seek shelter in such an unholy environment i come back to the hell   another god forsaken place full of apathetic unpredictable hate random bursts of rage and fits expectations expectations draining my heart of emotion i am but an alien feeling nothing but alienation i'm just a stranger in a strange land
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Feb 8, 2013
Feb 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM UTC
As i used to see it
Whether it was the sun’s aurelian caress Or the serene strokes of moonlight lulled Across its keys carved with much finesse Monochrome yet its beauty never dulled A sonata lightly, it hummed, reverberating Across gently, waves of sound, resonating The tune seemed to hush the grounds Effortlessly silencing the cry of hounds Each tap across the tonal stairs had slashed The breast of the wounded, whom had clashed Echoes of nature’s enthrallment seems to linger The music still bewitching the conducting finger Corpses waltzing to the nightly sombre dirges Pleading to allow their rest under the birches How the sonata tortures all that it imprisons How the sonata torments all those that listens
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Mar 15, 2019
Mar 15, 2019 at 2:14 PM UTC
Sonata
Its indeed a correct mistake that a dot of white is a stain on our black Its inventions, a womb that born all Evils Its promises, the word a Saint despises Its stupid dreams, a count of Sahara shii Its a correct mistake their tongue we ever bought For the womb that made us we offered in penny Our pride we cut so short Their pranks scored us much better than Balloteli Its a correct mistake we believe we were slaves To be enslaved into their gravy cell that we then called a palace We chased what's left to us as honour into. the cafe Only to bath in their **** we called a grace Its a correct mistake we ever shifted an inch As it now turns a cell that imprisons our eggs, our fathers, our gods. We took the bait to be toured for in a pinch Turning our shrines a funfair that gets us bored Its a correct mistake that our right made us wrong We fell for the weak we believed would make us strong A fallacy of conception that God is actually a white Logically thinking its a plight to make our future bright Its indeed a correct mistake That Adam actually got fooled by a hole for a bite of cake Esau gave out a divine right Just to make the worms in the stomach feel alright. Its a correct mistake they came through the sea from the west Its much crazy we still drink from the well that put our ratio of intelligence to test.
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Jun 22, 2013
Jun 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM UTC
Correct Mistake
Absent from all but the faintest of feelings again I stare out of a window its frame imprisons my soul a fathomless stare into an obscure distance as if I might somehow occupy that space old photographs scattered on a table yet I can no longer see your face has it really been this long ? minutes, days, weeks, months and now a year ? the spirits took your warm embrace so cold under the ground know this my sweet sweet thing the old roots now hold your hands but you are forever embraced by my spirit eternally dancing to our sad refrain under the moonlight in the pouring rain.
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Apr 25, 2015
Apr 25, 2015 at 2:12 PM UTC
Gone
A shell is a wonderful thing to have, if you can carry it. This is not the world where I had wanted to live, I had not hoped for deserts and desertions and gilded cages, a world where the tortured tortoise can no longer be sure if armor imprisons or protects. There is a version of this story, where slow and steady wins the race-- that was another age, a different world, and in our story they run for their lives and no one wins. Bullets and arrows are streaming through the air and the world tastes like mud, and this is not about virtue anymore. The hare is fast but his skin is thin, he is too soft for our story. There is no room for knowing smirks and this is not about speed. You want winners and losers, you want a moral, you want something like salvation or a punchline. You say it's the least I could do for you, after all this trouble. And I say I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but the tortoise survives, and isn't that a consolation, isn't that something?
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Jan 4, 2013
Jan 4, 2013 at 12:00 AM UTC
The Shell Game
*A gilded cage may look inviting It still imprisons freedom* © Amitav (Radiance)
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May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 at 2:43 PM UTC
Gilded Cage (10 W)
Strung out in heaven, I fell from the start, Deep pools of ocean blue, you captured my heart Waited forever for lips to set me free, But the haunt of your smile now imprisons me, Standing on the corner, I hear the devil sing Notes in the darkness I don’t dare to dream, Late last summer, is farther than it seems My charmed life has lost its gleem, I keep finding my way, my way back to you again I keep fighting my way, my way back to you again I keep praying my way, my way back to you again I keep stumbling my way, my way back to you, again. Some say a poet, some call me a cad, You call me ****** for living with a past, You know I waited for you to change your mind, I’m standing a shadow, Running out of time Battered & broken, Thirteen across this chest, Scarred & defeated,The wicked get no rest, You know I waited for you to change your mind, I’m only a shadow, running out of time.
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Aug 20, 2012
Aug 20, 2012 at 9:05 AM UTC
Finding My Way