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#5 PS Junior Member
since 1999-06-21
Posts 19Ogden, Utah, USA |
Speed You can’t save yourself You can’t have your life any other way You’re trapped in your own mind Its so much more than insanity at this point Uncleanness is your thoughts An earth burnt by your actions of carelessness No turning back Cities crumble under your pressure Your destruction lives while we all die A dark cloud, you hide in the sky Fangs of laser precision sharpness A scale covered body A lonely girl playing A sun too tired to rise A shadow cast upon innocence Her look of pain Her life spilled onto the sand Sunken cheeks and cold skin Pale complexion Tattered clothes Scarred bones Cracked, burnt, disfigured Her face silently screams Nobody hears the cries Nobody feels the loss Radiation fallout Condescending freaks A shadowless planet A windless tomb Deserts turned to glass Skies turned to red clouds Humans turned to smeared, blackened images Seas turned to boiling pits Dirt turned to a hot powder Rocks turned to liquid Life turned to a shadow of its former self The heavens turned uncaring The stars turned away By a destiny we cant avoid We crucify ourselves We shun ourselves Existence Clean slate Press the button Reset the planet Reset all spirits Prick your finger Shed your skin Play your god-role Stop time by pulling that trigger Life has stopped Earth has died ------------------ #5 Poetic Society |
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Krystal Member
since 1999-06-19
Posts 140Shelton,WA USA |
Wow... intense. Something we all fear... it touches the fear in all of us. Really made me think. ------------------ Shannon D. Montgomery ("Krystal") |
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Christina Myers Member
since 1999-06-21
Posts 159 |
the images in the poem.. that of despair and emptiness are very well executed- the word selection coupled with the momenteum of the piece really brought the message of the poem home- excellent choice of title. I've read it three times now..each time quicker than the last..each time picking up on another image of hopelessness... very powerful. bravo "newbie" Christina |
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