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SLAVERY
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LiL-Jew Junior Member
since 2003-10-28
Posts 30 |
SLAVERY By: Olia Levin 11/12/03 One hot and smoldering southern day The sun melted the morning frost along the way Ol Freddy was picking cotton when the master came out Masters’ drunk and filled with rage, wonder what this is all about Next minute or two ol Freddy was knocked off his feet His hands tied back the master began to beat Blows into his head, a blow in to his chest Only because Ol Freddy wasn’t doing his best. Ol Freddy was born into this kind of captivity Where they beat him everyday, to us its know as slavery. Today I write on behalf of a friend Who smoked and drank until the end It started the day he went to high school And joined the cool guys just to be cool To impress the girls he started to drink Wasted his life on parties he didn’t even think The next day they found, an open door And there he was, dead right on the floor He wasn’t born into this kind of captivity But he chose the alcohol to push him into slavery. Its her 21st birthday what will she do She planted herself a party and invited her friends too She was seen as an outcast who fell into captivity When she first tried the drug that pulled her into slavery She became addicted to point it was every day This drug was killing her inside but she didn’t care anyway. She thought she had a life because now she fits in When really in reality her life is very thin The drug became a trap that caught her wave by wave And she made sure that she caught each one just like a slave. So when we hear the word slavery we only think of one thing All those stories that we have heard long ago are bound with in Our hearts and minds think slavery is a black person picking cotton Being beaten for no cause at all this happens today so often I watch people smocking and drinking all the way But what are they gonna do when die one day What will you think and what will you do? Because Gods’ going to judge both me and you. Sin addicting it holds you in captivity And if you sit down and really think about it, that is real slavery. |
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magic_612 Member
since 2003-07-31
Posts 190NB, Canada |
wow very impressing.. I like how you really analyzed the word slavery.. very creative. I never would have thought of that, and I do agree with you. Good job |
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dertah Senior Member
since 2003-06-18
Posts 584 |
life aint a track meet, its a marathon. |
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LiL-Jew Junior Member
since 2003-10-28
Posts 30 |
well i tried to make it more of a song but i guess it didnt work well. im still thinking about adding changes to the poem. I never really thought of slavery in such a way of how i wrote it out to be in this poem untill i saw a really good short film about it. You can become a slave to anything that is addicting and sex and money fall into that too. its the more you do it with out stopping your pretty much enslaved into it. |
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magic_612 Member
since 2003-07-31
Posts 190NB, Canada |
yeah that is a good point.. I agree with you there |
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Olive_8 Junior Member
since 2003-09-20
Posts 41Canada |
I agree with everyone else, i never thought about slavery like that before, well done! ~*~You can see it or you can dream it, that's your call~*~ |
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skyshine 
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
I liked this a lot! Slavery is a lot of things, and you showed that well. Hopefully someone will read it and think seriously about their life. Very good job here!  ~Elizabeth Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone... |
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shara Member
since 2002-05-21
Posts 69florida/USA |
this was really amazing, i especially liked the way you explored the different aspects of slavery, it was well thought out and very articulate, it's a shame that some still only think that what happened to our ancestors is the only form of slavery, any time one prostitutes themself to something, no matter what it is, it's still a form of slavery, as far as I am concerned, we are all slaves, we are living for something, or someone, in some cases it could be a good thing but in other cass it might be a bad thing, but this was a really awesomr write and I enjoyed every line, thanks for the great read. sha_sha  |
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