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"reapings" poems
In a weary series of redundant repetition. I feel less of a hearty player, but more of a lethargic field whos reapings are to far from succession. Evolution happened somewhere along the way. Somewhere along the way we forgot there's nothing more powerful than the verbosity of our name.
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Aug 26, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 at 9:42 PM UTC
Raiford
Before the beginning, Man said, "This is a world to conquer." Hence, Man released his word and it was a resounding, "I will." A bright shining beacon separated the darkness. This was how it began. The next day, Man separated high-minded thoughts from base desires and called one educated and planned, the other, trivial and crass, and made one above the other in ranks. Morning and evening passed. On the third day, the desires were gathered and separated into virtues and vices. Each had seeds abundant with the reapings of their own rewards and consequences. All was good but the darkness and light were stark. So on the fourth day Man said, "I will give the darkness flecks of light and the light covers of darkness so that everything will have shadows and shades to cover themselves upon." And Man saw all was as he pleased. Then Man pronounced, "I will fill the virtues and vices with every sort of thing to feed on according to their kind. They shall be fruitful and multiply and they shall swarm and crawl and fly according to their own kind. They shall become beasts and livestock which plot and prey on each other according to their own kind." And so it was on the fifth day. When Man saw how everything was as he made it to be, Man said, "I shall make a god in my own image, he will be as I proclaim and be the bearer of my creation. He will be for me a cause to have dominion over all." And so on the sixth day, Man created a god in his own image to subdue everything. He said to him, "Now, you will grant me permission to do as I have always done and in your name, claim glory." On the seventh day, Man saw all was absolved and done according to his will. Man rested and let the name of god carry the load.
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 2:41 PM UTC
According(ly) to man
Before the beginning, Man said, "This is a world to conquer." Hence, Man released his word and it was a resounding, "I will." A bright shining beacon separated the darkness. This was how it began. The next day, Man separated high-minded thoughts from base desires and called one educated and planned, the other, trivial and crass, and made one above the other in ranks. Morning and evening passed. On the third day, the desires were gathered and separated into virtues and vices. Each had seeds abundant with the reapings of their own rewards and consequences. All was good but the darkness and light were stark. So on the fourth day Man said, "I will give the darkness flecks of light and the light covers of darkness so that everything will have shadows and shades to cover themselves upon." And Man saw all was as he pleased. Then Man pronounced, "I will fill the virtues and vices with every sort of thing to feed on according to their kind. They shall be fruitful and multiply and they shall swarm and crawl and fly according to their own kind. They shall become beasts and livestock which plot and prey on each other according to their own kind." And so it was on the fifth day. When Man saw how everything was as he made it to be, Man said, "I shall make a god in my own image, he will be as I proclaim and be the bearer of my creation. He will be for me a cause to have dominion over all." And so on the sixth day, Man created a god in his own image to subdue everything. He said to him, "Now, you will grant me permission to do as I have always done and in your name, claim glory." On the seventh day, Man saw all was absolved and done according to his will. Man rested and let the name of god carry the load.
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I am the black and white. All the violence that exists. The fight in you, or flight of them. The heat that blood implied. So never did I think my hate, would fashion itself well. Shake me with my soul to slip, to loose let claret drip. That kept within a box, with transparent chains. Fixed to glassy walls, hitched with failing reins. Is my own eye through wich I see rebirth upon repass. For this anger does ablige. This tunnel of no light. With not a chance i find thee love As darkness does amass For pity has not voice in me. Quarrel or appall. The child has now gone away, So up and down i fall. For If I choose want of greed The better unto me. And time much better spent With all such reapings heed. So is it then a soul undone? Most do find it bent. "my own will'', my choosing time! With furies made to vent. thoses yearning hearts will never do. They will often sink. Slink away with time, And dance to there own tune. "So Would I then find thee well"? After this our play. Wish thee hell and hope again We meet another day so to then, you never find a broken warreng heart Will i find, ii put my hate Black as coal and unforgiving, Indistructable. The thought of you, The good with flaw, The me who cannot stay. Is not the man I wish to be, And ever cast away.
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Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 at 9:10 PM UTC
Growing up.
I've always had a fascination with death First I was afraid of it Then I longed for it Now I'll embrace it Whenever it decides To come for me Hopefully not by my own hand But only time can tell
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Jul 4, 2019
Jul 4, 2019 at 9:53 PM UTC
Grim Reapings
A flame to burning bridges. Pain, pushing me over the edges. Sight blinded by rage. Another hopeless war waged. Taketh this black hate. Only Death's dark taste will sate. Welcome the sinners into this hell. From heavens gates I fell. Wingless angel, barren of light. Plucked free of inner fight. Lay down my weapons. Wait for the reapings. Twisting in true denial. Breeding malice, nasty and vile. Final step into oblivion. Time like distance lost to countless eons.
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Nov 9, 2014
Nov 9, 2014 at 4:19 PM UTC
Reapings
This old dog out of dogdom,    in all of bones scattered elsewhere remaining    to be unseen, hidden in old glory and flushed lives In all their shapes and sizes they have    their bow-legs and their collarbones dangerously    recoiling in and out as if to ****** fully bare    for me to see -- invisible hands for invisible reapings they go ******** clad else there was wind     in all rooms winnowing to make good use of     my time and unhinge the doors to toss them out     of their senses and into mine     letting them wear me thin like paint to turpentine,     in this house that refuses to let go     of fragrances underneath this cold rondure I have forgotten how it was to love     and clad myself fat with flattened foolishness      not having loved enough to remember their       weights crushing my bones so dearly feigned       my eyes and skins love-crumbled and       positioned to surpass their flow amidst breaths       held like ******* or my collected body going       into another's and completely vanishing       in a thick scent of fluids so virulent and mundane,        putting a smile on my face and an anchor       to my wrongness as if to drag along ineluctable       and loveless down the stream of many names        i will confess to my first-born son    so we can fill parks and stare at them once more,      laughing at how they have broken us.
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May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 at 3:14 AM UTC
When girls are aches we have no use for
Withered wings of wanting height, Soon to die for love of flight. Here to sound the dreaded call, Here the reaping at the fall. We hurried here and quickened there, But lost our calm to unkept hair. The goals of all so soon let go, Unraveled in the wanton glow. The sound of space roars silent here, The deafening answer to our turned ear. Narry again comes the dreaded call, Bittersweet love to lose the fall. We shouted and cried with all we had, Trials and tribulations driving mad. Formidable strength too young to fail, Sent packing down through winding trail. The scent of shame soon loses taste, Now accustomed to our normal waste. Few echoes left of binding call, Few echoes left to remember at all. The golden light dawns yet again, Past westward reapings troubled then, The dirt and ash falls to the floor, Fiery wings take flight once more.
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Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 at 4:16 PM UTC
Phoenix
King Arthur hangs his head in shame For decorated killers and finger-pointing haircuts sit at his table But it's not his table; it's a replica of death and tragedy Confidential files scattered about Yet their thoughts reside on one matter: The death of all those who don't The alpha of this pack demands deliberately thought out body counts Yet one man has a different plan One man wants a simpler course of action Dim lights cast a blue spell upon them This one man eyes up a big red button With a skull and crossbones for a logo He demands that the alpha uses his head Or otherwise risk a global catastrophe that only affects them This one man demands we use our heads and send out heads of war Do you use your brain to break boards? A deadly notion elevated to a tragic limelight Heads of war that have no eyes Staring at men, women, and children of another place and time Heads of war that have no soul Demanding those of others like the scythe of Death And yet that very scythe has a purposeful master For what purpose can be had in mass-reapings? The men in their war room drink and laugh in the name of Ares And Ares looks back at them unfulfilled Unsatisfied This is the war room Where men choose other men to die and suffer in the name of the alpha
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May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017 at 9:45 PM UTC
War Room