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Open Poetry #46

Sidewalk Salvation

Elias Nevermore
Member

since 2007-11-03

Posts 152

0 posted 2010-10-09 03:45 PM

I sold my soul to a sidewalk hobo
Who led me down the path of salvation.
The enlightened one, as he was known,
Showed me the world’s hidden faces:

One of darkness, burdened by hate,
Another of sadness, varnished in gold.
The face of happiness, hidden in shame,
Behind the smirking ignorance of old.

Each façade took root inside his heart,
Fighting for positions of power and control.
Creating an image from the varying parts,
The hobo revealed humanity as a whole:

Burdened with wars of sedition and strife,
Marching in ranks of different colored skin.
Having lost touch with the beauty in life,
Enslaved by machinery, man’s modern sin.

The current society must face disruption,
No longer being fueled by selfish desires.
And in order to rid the world of corruption,
the enlightened one said with great ire:

“Work together now, or eventually die out”
From his lonely sidewalk he observed,
That the entirety of life on earth must shout
For change, or forever remain unheard.

[This message has been edited by Elias Nevermore (10-09-2010 06:45 PM).]

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2010-10-09 06:24 PM

A sermon preached by many it seems..but falls upon the deafened ears of most..

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

2 posted 2010-10-09 07:36 PM

amen, to that~*~*~

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