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Eromyna
Member
since 2002-11-29
Posts 306
Pheonix, AZ, USA

0 posted 2003-01-02 12:38 PM


You mold me
in your frosted eyes
to be the madman
you despise

Control me
beat me to the ground
Spit at me
then walk around

As if this blood is poison
you wash it from your skin
Scrub away the animal
as if my soul were a sin

But when did you not bleed?
Do you not hurt the same?
It is your fear that punishes me
your human, sympathetic shame

If I was once like you
not always a homeless bum
then you begin to think that this
is something you too could become

<center> "I don't need to scream for you to deem me aggravation." </center>

© Copyright 2003 Shay D. - All Rights Reserved
SPIRIT
Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745
California Desert
1 posted 2003-01-02 06:33 PM


Well done, you took homelessness to another level and you had the anger in your words to make it believable. It's fun when you get 'triggered' into writing something from something you've read or heard. The signature does not accept the 'HTML' that is why you had the center error on yours, been there! done that!! Happy days every day.

Gentle breezes,
Wafting through my consciousness.
A pleasant awakening,
Reminding me of the contentment's
Of my life.   ©spirit


  

leafseranade
Member
since 2001-07-06
Posts 118
Wisconsin, USA
2 posted 2003-01-07 09:49 PM


How true. It is our fears that cause us to not want to look past stereotypes. We are scared of what we don't know.  It takes courage to be compasionate.
Eromyna
Member
since 2002-11-29
Posts 306
Pheonix, AZ, USA
3 posted 2003-01-12 11:39 AM


I fixed my Signature. See? *points and smiles proudly* Hehe.

"I don't need to scream for you to deem me aggravation."

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