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Ghost In A Vase.
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Ghost In A Vase. |
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Gabriel Frost Member
since 2002-08-15
Posts 216Between midnight thoughts |
Ghost In A Vase. A ghost in a vase, A voice in a jar, Lost in this maze, I gaze from afar. At a land where freedom, Commingles with fate, And the only restriction, Is my own self restraint. A mustard seed among thorns, On cracked and bitter ground, Drowning in limitation, I nudge against society’s walls. It is a box that cannot hold me, I need more room to grow, Who are they to scold me, When they don’t even know. I dare challenge the author, Of the laws that serve to judge, The worth of my character, By the one I choose to love. Won’t you raise your head to face me, Oh father of deceit? And prove how can one’s race be, A crime beyond repeal? Why don’t you answer this, If you are worth your voice, How can you choose to be free, Without freedom of your choice. For your own ideologies bind you, In mental chains from head to toe, And you let tradition blind you, So you live in an outdated world. As for me I choose to leave, And soon a new voice will be heard, When my fullness is achieved, I will dictate my world. When you see me in future, You will all realise your folly, I pray then that your eyes will loose their scales, And you will be free to see. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This sounds like you are talking to my mother, Gabriel... She is totally outdated and bigoted... She even still wears her hair all teased up like they used to... But I still love her anyway...  She's 87 yrs old so I guess she has rights. I enjoyed your poem...but you got me squinting again   ~ hugs from a totally modern, politically correct chipmunkLyra |
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Greeneyes  
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
you have a way with words.... its all good....I enjoyed this much....Lauren~ The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nicely done...James |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Excellent work here, Gabriel. (It's twice as nice when I can admire the construct of someone's work AND agree with the philosophy )I particularly like the closing lines--the scales on eyes, hit a subconscious image of "scales of justice"--not sure if that was intended but the visual startled me and made me smile a wry smile...Applause. |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
OH very nicely done! Enjoyed. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Gabriel - I agree with Madame. I have a stepmother that you describe well.... BC |
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