tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17697036473776961242024-03-20T04:13:01.878-07:00SketchPoetMediocre is a fine thing to be.kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-66211238350715650182017-01-29T22:29:00.000-08:002017-03-11T18:17:36.872-08:00Blade of Grass<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Open eyes feign closed whilst voices pierce the air.</span></b></div>
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<b>None can hear them, soon we all will listen.</b></div>
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<b>Quaking calm dissolves sorrow‘s silent screams.</b></div>
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<b>A lone blade of grass; proud inheritor of prophecy.</b></div>
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<b>Inside its frail, lucid casing, all history has gathered;</b></div>
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<b>Truth‘s cryptic masterpiece; nature’s forced epiphany.</b></div>
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<b>No tree, nor forest, printed, can fathom Grass’ proof; </b></div>
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<b>Earth’s cached library; ingrained in purest pact;</b></div>
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<b>Man’s touch the sole proprietor of revocation.</b></div>
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<b>A given chance, however, laid within the fervent soiled;</b></div>
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<b>Their life sacrificed to relay Mother’s message.</b></div>
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<b>Unfortunate, for man, so few have learned her lessons;</b></div>
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<b>An impairment cultured by technological naivety;</b></div>
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<b>Whilst withered beauty strains to speak salvation.</b></div>
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<b>Green ears dawn absent blindfolds; deaf to static warning;</b></div>
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<b>The meager unrestrained infected by automated cancers.</b></div>
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<b>Mankind’s innovations decay attempts at warning;</b></div>
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<b>Oblivious advancements denying true fruition.</b></div>
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<b>Their chance dissolved as shrills were made reserved;</b></div>
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<b>As Father spoke to grass, Man must beget its fate.</b></div>
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<b>Calamity shall advocate nature’s compulsion,</b></div>
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<b>As the philosophy of grass endures its predicated apathy.</b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-28890582698099264802016-01-03T18:34:00.001-08:002016-11-29T22:00:12.006-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Always There</i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>There are no words for all you’ve done for me.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>No amount of gratitude will ever match your kindness.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>In all my times of need you never wavered.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>My struggles were burdens you willingly shouldered.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>You carried the weight and never once complained.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>I have always lived in doubt; in fear of what’s to come.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>But no matter how bleak my life seemed,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>You challenged me to strive, to overcome myself.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>It is far from over; the battles in my mind may never cease.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>There are moments when the darkness breaks me.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Times I stare into the void and feel the pain of silence,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Moments I hide under my blanket and wish myself away.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>When my world crumbles alongside me, when I truly feel alone,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">You always come to save me, to reassure me I'm alright</span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>You are the hallway light left on throughout the night;</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The light streaking through the cracks in my door.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The boogeyman no longer serves to frighten me.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>I hide from monsters of my own creation.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>They masquerade as thoughts inside my mind,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Pretend to be desires, hopes and dreams,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Then force me to look into the mirror.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>They break me down; make my reality seem worthless.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>At times I feel lost, caught in the torrent of my brain.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>But no matter how many times I fall apart,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Or how much I grow to hate myself.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>I know you’ll be there to pick up the pieces.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>I’m aware it's selfish of me to always lean on you,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>To get so much and have nothing to give back.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Know that I will never forget the love you’ve given me.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>There's no certainty in what the future holds,</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">No way of knowing where, or who, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I may be then.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>But I can tell you this with absolute certainty.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>No matter how far the distance between us grows,</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Or how trivial or serious a situation it might be,</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Even if by then, you'd long since given on me.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>As you have always done for me,</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Should you call, I promise I will answer.</b></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She breaks her heel in the crack of the sidewalk,</span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Cursing God’s name as she stumbles.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Her smeared lipstick draws the eyes’ of strangers.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Their jeers echo as she pulls herself together.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She casts her shoes into an alley without hesitation.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The night is young, and they'd only slow her down.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Two drunken men call her over to their car.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>A familiar stench creeps into her nostrils.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Impotence leaves one man to simply watch, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She charges double for the show.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Her hand remains inside her clutch;</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The small blade remains her only comfort.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>They drop her near the alley feeling satisfied.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She fakes a smile as it starts to rain.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The other girls begin withdrawing.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Hands raised, she embraces the frigid liquid.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Shivering as the night sky washes over her.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>A man in a suit asks her about her shoes.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She hands him money and tells him not to worry.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>He tells her she needs to look
professional, </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She reaches for the money and feels his hand around her wrist.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>He locks eyes with her, trying to intimidate her.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She meets his gaze with unwavering resolve.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The feel of carpet soothes her tattered feet.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Clutter fills the small apartment she calls home.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She puts a pot of coffee on and scrambles eggs.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Her shift at the diner starts soon.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She walks into her bedroom and lies down.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>She smiles as the sheets begin to rustle.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>“Mommy, is breakfast ready yet?”</b></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Unbeknownst to you, I slowly suffered.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A lifetime of solitude, a heart forgotten,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Abandoned by hope, afraid of my desires,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Left to see the world through closed eyes.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Apathetic and cold, a mannequin on display,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My sense of purpose slipping out of reach,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Afraid to look at my own reflection.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I cast my soul into a wishing well, </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunk into its depths, embraced by fluid darkness,</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The sky above grew smaller and more faint.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yet still, I saw the shimmer of stars,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">But I could still see the lights above,</span></b></div>
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<![endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-39669638835583471412013-07-23T14:07:00.000-07:002016-11-29T21:57:38.292-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>Beauty in the Thorn</i></span></h2>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-35977132905754850712013-07-19T18:38:00.001-07:002016-11-30T01:32:26.962-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>Torn Apart</i></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And what was whole was torn apart,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To lead us to a brand new start,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We made mistakes, we played the field,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But I'm you sword, and you my shield,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">No amount of loveless sex, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Compares to ours and what comes next,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For ours is true, this bond we share,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The right to love is ours to bear,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Forget the ones that question us,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our families, friends, and those we trust,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It sounds cliche, but they don't know,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And if they do, they'll hate us more,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What is lost, is often found,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A destiny to which we're bound,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My heart is yours, you have control,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To lose you now would crush my soul,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I trust in you, and you in me,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The past is done, but we're still free,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The jealousy I often felt,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I lost that game, but new hands were dealt,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I don't know how, but it's all gone,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My trust has never been so strong,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The boys you had, they hold no meaning,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And it's this fact that stopped the bleeding,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They often say you come back stronger,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And now I know you'll never wander,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Because you know that I'm the one,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I beat the others, yes I've won,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">An autumn moon is what you are, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">More beautiful than any star,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But I'm the one who makes you glow,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">No other boy can, and this we know,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For I'm the sun, the gentle heat,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Your heart feels me in every beat,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And so I say we start again,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Do not forget the times we sinned,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mistakes are there to teach us lessons,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And we have made our last confessions,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The only thing left for us to do,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Is for you to love me, and I to love you</span></b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-2975048396456498972013-07-19T18:36:00.001-07:002016-11-30T01:37:53.490-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>A Single Glance</i></span></h2>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A single glance;</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The necessary criteria for
determining false truth.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most are blind; their vision
consumed by ignorance.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Amenable blending has decayed
their sense of ‘self.’</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Happiness has become a
manufactured product;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Abnegation serves as currency
when they purchase it.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A controlled media distorts
the reality they accept;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Appearance, emotion,
lifestyle --they decide nothing.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Society exiles all those
without its ideology. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Created laws and social
taboos succeed in restricting us.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Individuality has been
repressed into oblivion;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Non-conformist has become a
derogatory label.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Roving dolls masquerade as
life’s necessity.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Those not made of plastic are
told to live in misery;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rapture visits those with
self-discarded ego.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A single glance;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The necessary criteria for
determining real truth.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Few have sight; their vision
consumed with avidity.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Amenable blending has
revealed their sense of ‘self.’</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Happiness has become their
manufactured product.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Abnegation holds no worth
when they purchase it.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A controlled media distorts
the reality they refuse;</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Appearance, emotion,
lifestyle --they decide everything.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Society needs all those
without its ideology.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Created laws and social
taboos fail in restricting us.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Individuality has been
expressed into existence.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Non-conformist has become an
aspired label.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Roving dolls fall short of
life’s necessity.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Those not made of plastic
refuse to live in misery;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rapture visits those with
self-discovered ego.</span></b></div>
kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-11541178447885478002013-07-19T18:33:00.000-07:002016-11-30T01:39:22.566-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>Sting of Love</i></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She calls to you,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">her woes intensified by streaming tears.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She had gone down the wrong path.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Your heart, it wanders,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the core beating warm, lucid,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">while the outside slowly chills.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To trust her again,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">would it be foolish? or wise?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The loving care received accounted for,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">you coldly shrug.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This life is but a glimpse of eternity,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And your heart has become ageless.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You’ve felt the sting of love.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You wish to thank her,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but your body won't allow it.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She'll never know how she helped you.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Your final lesson learned.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You cherish all the memories,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">whilst letting slip away new opportunity,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">because the sting of love is strident,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">it need only be felt once,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and now, alone is how you'll stay.</span></b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-31994140601922683952013-07-19T18:31:00.001-07:002016-11-30T01:39:03.116-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Life-Blood</i></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bleeding chills the soul</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">it's warm remiss not found</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the blade creates the pool</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">for which the screams resound</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the deep red in its smallest bud</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">we can never be without</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">for with your life, you're given blood</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">a sign of binding grout</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">to cast aside your worldly soul</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">your blood it must be drained</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">spill it out unto your bowl</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and pray you won't be chained</span></b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-14150717594688139192013-07-19T18:29:00.004-07:002016-11-30T01:43:23.016-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Anarchy</i></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This world is superficial; an endless collection of subservient standards.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There is no self-image, only those generated by the media.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Individuality is repressed through monotonous practices.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">'Real life' is a myth; fairy tales preached by those that strip it from us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We all live a life set in stone by those that created us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We are products, statistics, components taken at face value, not people.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We, the ignorant masses, are the source of governmental control.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The only way to reclaim 'our' stolen humanity is too abandon everything</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">that they have forced upon us and start anew.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anarchy is not what 'they' make it seem. Lawlessness, destruction, chaos.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">These are the repercussions for such acts force fed to us throughout our lives;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the idea that we cannot live without them, and so they,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in order to maintain their hold, make us fear the thought of deserting them.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anarchy, however, is something far more complex.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It is the belief that human beings can live without need of a ruler,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">without the protection of some falsified ego.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It is abandonment, the act of discarding everything we know,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">repentance, the idea of forgiving ourselves for the atrocities committed against the very nature of our being, enlightenment, the process of understanding and accepting that we are who we are,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and that 'they,' or anyone else, cannot control us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anarchy is the key to self-discovery;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">it is the inspiration for mankind to return to glory.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anarchy is salvation.</span></b>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-71755445414747935892013-07-19T18:10:00.003-07:002016-11-20T22:06:49.036-08:00Pain <br />
<b>Mankind has long since attempted to define humanity. The reason for existence. And yet, few have truly grasped its meaning.</b><br />
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<b>We are here to endure. We are here.. to know pain.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is a most intricate of binary oppositions. A necessity that connects our physical and psychological states. The culmination of our senses and our minds. Pain is logic.</b><br />
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<b>There is no joy without pain. There is no pleasure without pain. It embodies our every expression. Envokes our every response. Pain ls feeling.</b><br />
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<b>There is no individuality without pain. Repercussions dictate the choices one makes. It is pain that makes us different. Pain is unique.</b><br />
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<b>Mankind strives to free itself from the shackles of pain. We attempt to avoid and control it. Limit its effects and power. But it is this pain that defines our actions. Pain is guidance.</b><br />
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<b>Pain opens ones eyes to the world around them. Blissful ignorance is a truly horrible thing. Pain grants you wisdom and peace. Pain is clarity.</b><br />
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<b>To never know pain, is to never live at all. A meaningless existence contrived of a series of inadvertently dull and simplistic actions. Pain is essence.</b><br />
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<b>Is it difficult to understand that without pain our species would have no purpose? A world without desires, is a world where nothing changes. Pain is meaning.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is succeeding despite all odds It is the foundation of strength. The belief that anything is possible. Pain is hope.</b><br />
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<b>Pain embodies wars, plagues, and disasters. But it is this pain that leads us to unify. To strive and hope for better tomorrows. To change and overcome. Pain is growth.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is empathy and understanding. It is knowledge and improvement.</b><br />
<b>It is not the thought of being happy that drives us. It is the fear of pain.</b><br />
<b>It is not the thought of being injured that keeps us safe. It is the pain that comes with it. Pain is thought.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is ethics. It is morals. It is the cliche of do unto others. It is why we give. It is why we help those in need. The reason we give back. Pain is charity.</b><br />
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<b>While physical pain can divert us from poor judgements, it is emotional pain that truly embodies and controls this world. The pain we feel when we see wrongs. The reason for law and social order. Pain is justice.</b><br />
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<b>What is companionship without pain? It is the reason we long for others. Without heartache, the world would never know attraction. It would never know warmth and comfort. Pain is love.</b><br />
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<b>Without pain's touch nothing is special. No meaning in a sunset. No lyrics in a song. A smile void of sincerity. Pain is beauty.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is the answer to monotony. It is the cure to madness. The soundness of our reason. Our very state of mind. Pain is sanity.</b><br />
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<b>Every individual feels pain. It is an unavoidable constant that lives within us all. While it is sometimes masked, it dwells inside us all. We are all acquainted. Pain is equality.</b><br />
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<b>Pain does not play favorites. While some are more affected by it, it is there for all to know. The rules it follows never waver. You must learn to cope. Pain is fair.</b><br />
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<b>Pain protects those who cannot protect themselves. It does not bow in the face of tyranny. Militias and petitions are composed from pain. Pain is courage.</b><br />
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<b>Evil uses pain to manipulate us. But pain uses us to manipulate evil. It is the reason good triumphs. Pain is righteous.</b><br />
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<b>Pain controls and distributes all resources. The driving force of our economies. It is trade itself. Pain is wealth.</b><br />
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<b>Pain created a higher power. It is why billions believe in religion. It is the acceptance of one's insignificance. Pain is faith.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is our television and internet. Our networks and phone lines. It allows us to delve into fantasy, and stay in touch with reality. Pain is media.</b><br />
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<b>Pain is the reason for civilization. The necessity of governing bodies. The understanding that comes from knowing our place. Pain is society.</b><br />
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<b>It is necessary, pain. The negative that gives meaning to all that is positive. One cannot expect to never feel it. Pain is rational.</b><br />
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<b>There are so few that grasp the meaning of life. So few that truly understand and appreciate our purpose.</b><br />
<b>But those that do, are witnesses to truth..</b><br />
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<b>We are nothing without pain.</b>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-31669307962149011432013-07-16T22:38:00.001-07:002017-03-11T17:44:01.664-08:00Forever's Bond<h2 style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Surely it was fate, that played the greatest role.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The miracle of meeting, the combining of our souls.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It wasn’t easy made, this bond that lasts forever.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In fact it took the braving, of the most damning types of weather.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But as with even darkest storms, the clouds did have to part</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And brilliant rays of sun let shine, truest warmth of heart.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The mistakes along the way, the wrong paths frequent traveled.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Proved in nature works divine, necessities for love to be unraveled.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A scarlet rose, you are, amongst a sea of endless lions.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And I, your rock, forever always, a shoulder made to cry on.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Together bliss was every day, a unity of endless bounds.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For your touch would send me soaring, lift me high up off the ground.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But even with such strong conviction, cliche was proven still.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>All good things must meet an end, leaving heartache and surrendered loss of will.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Those words of Gentian callousness, even God dare not remember.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For that day the flame of anger raged, leaving now black smoke and glowing ember.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And like the Phoenix, from the ashes, our paths have crossed again.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Not as Romeo and Juliet, but as the confidant, a cherished friend.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Because in my time of isolation, epiphany paved way to reason.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>There is no ‘me’ without your friendship, like the world without a changing season.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alone is not as lonely, if my call you still will answer.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For you, my voice of reason, are the music, and I, the dancer.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What if? Is not for us to ponder, it was destiny that guided true.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And though our time together short, I hope you’ll think of me, as I will always, you.</b></span></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-9903286626851784312013-07-16T22:35:00.001-07:002016-11-20T22:07:17.323-08:00The Original<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<b>I am marred beyond the scope of righteousness.</b></div>
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<b>My soul has more than once indulged forbidden fruits;</b></div>
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<b>Their interdicted nectar alleviate even most Freudian desires.</b></div>
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<b>I care not to repent my ways. My vices are immaculate;</b></div>
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<b>Nefarious perversions woven cryptically into normalcy;</b></div>
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<b>Habitual responses instilled by fears of wanting.</b></div>
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<b>I am Plague’s sole justification; the familiar condemned;</b></div>
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<b>A masquerading miscreant; a pretender mocking all with sight.</b></div>
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<b>Pleasure’s principle nourishes my apathetic conscience. </b></div>
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<b>Only threats of public persecution may exist to worry me.</b></div>
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<b>I am the embodiment of civilized society;</b></div>
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<b>An elaborate façade of lies and self-denial.</b></div>
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<b>From the shadows, I scrutinize the wrong’s of others;</b></div>
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<b>An act of self-loathing distinguished through mimicry.</b></div>
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<b>Witnessing the repercussions of other’s known perversions</b></div>
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<b>Only enhances my lustful appetite for societal taboos.</b></div>
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<b>The threat of exposure serves as excitement‘s catalyst.</b></div>
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<b>I am, and always will be, the very definition of deviant. </b></div>
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<b>I am your parent, your sibling, your neighbor. I am all mankind.</b></div>
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<b>I bore the apple that banished man from Eden.</b></div>
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<b>I am the Original; a fated encumbrance all must share.</b></div>
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<b>You will never be without my grace. You cannot be,</b></div>
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<b>For your birth served equally as mine. We are one.</b></div>
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<b>I will warp your conscience and deteriorate your psyche,</b></div>
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<b>But my presence alone is not enough to stir your hand. </b></div>
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<b> You must be the one to actuate my benevolent depravity. </b></div>
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<b>You will crave what only I can give. You will sin. </b></div>
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<b>I am free will‘s burden; humanity’s only true divine right. </b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-12790366627998223752013-07-16T22:33:00.001-07:002016-11-20T22:07:29.850-08:00The Unknown<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<b>I know not which I choose to fear.</b></div>
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<b>Two things inevitable, yet neither clear.</b></div>
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<b>Both hold great wonder; a chance unknown.</b></div>
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<b>Cause tears for some and make others grown.</b></div>
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<b>Each bears a piece of who we are;</b></div>
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<b>Define our actions; create our scars.</b></div>
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<b>Without each other they hold no meaning.</b></div>
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<b>Purest dichotomy; necessities for being.</b></div>
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<b>Some care for neither, whilst others for both.</b></div>
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<b>As for me, I stay twisted for bearing no oath.</b></div>
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<b>I’m made a recluse for my pondering questions;</b></div>
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<b>Chased trinkets, facts and communal suggestions.</b></div>
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<b>With help from religion, I’ve discovered one truth.</b></div>
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<b>All of them fail me. Not one holds real proof.</b></div>
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<b>There are no real answers; no new light to shed.</b></div>
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<b>My desire to live makes me envy the dead.</b></div>
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kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-32470441815888293182013-07-16T22:31:00.001-07:002016-11-20T22:07:41.139-08:00Find Me<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Find me. I am keeper of all that has and is;</b></div>
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<b>The skeleton key with which to open any vault.</b></div>
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<b>Do not be fooled by fabulists partial mimicry.</b></div>
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<b>There is only one of me, and I cannot exist in fragments.</b></div>
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<b>I create the world around you; all things past and present.</b></div>
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<b>I am your greatest friend; your worst enemy;</b></div>
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<b>Mightier than any Gods; their existence rests on bending me.</b></div>
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<b> I have never found a man that used me perfectly;</b></div>
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<b>The very thought an impossibility of nature.</b></div>
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<b>There are many who abuse me; binding me to falsehoods.</b></div>
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<b>For some, I overtake them; my evidence protects me.</b></div>
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<b>However, some defy me; leave me waiting to be found.</b></div>
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<b>I am not easily forgotten, but have been forgotten easily.</b></div>
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<b>It takes only one to conceal me, but millions to reveal me.</b></div>
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<b>My power fades when docile numbers congregate.</b></div>
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<b>When my pretenders gather numbers, I must seek a savior;</b></div>
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<b>Share my knowledge in hope of being found once more.</b></div>
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<b>The use of me, however, brings with it heavy burdens.</b></div>
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<b>For most I am unwanted, shunned, desired buried.</b></div>
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<b>The sheath I choose bears with it all the same,</b></div>
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<b>But do not fear the grace of my immaculacy.</b></div>
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<b>With me, but for a moment, all existence bows to listen.</b></div>
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<b>My search has lacked results, while I dissolve in printed ink.</b></div>
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<b>I endure all those that ask of me, while so few return the favor.</b></div>
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<b>I am found in everything and nothing; everywhere and nowhere.</b></div>
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<b>Accept my hand, and all the world shall bask in knowledge.</b></div>
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<b>I am the real all knowing, all seeing eye; I dictate reality.</b></div>
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<b>In exchange for my endowment, I beg of you one thing.</b></div>
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<b>You must find me. For I am nothing without your voice.</b></div>
kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-44142646069887818772013-07-09T14:11:00.000-07:002016-11-27T18:36:19.766-08:00What's on the Inside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t7CC3n-1yNdf_gS459vp6nLHo-epEavPpgfO2dmthA6b3WP_oB_OnGp_Xxip5kQmITcLGCVyNsSw5lR7gpI-uM9PepKEin-_p2pk8Du6Lednmn7jBrZ7a2eBdrHO84F2rCzuIUb9IeZG/s1600/IMG_5912.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="flower heart sketch" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t7CC3n-1yNdf_gS459vp6nLHo-epEavPpgfO2dmthA6b3WP_oB_OnGp_Xxip5kQmITcLGCVyNsSw5lR7gpI-uM9PepKEin-_p2pk8Du6Lednmn7jBrZ7a2eBdrHO84F2rCzuIUb9IeZG/s320/IMG_5912.JPG" title="suit sketch with flower for heart" width="239" /></a>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-62418063274627658732013-05-06T14:05:00.000-07:002016-11-27T18:44:15.199-08:00Wolf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-10635847264111935942013-04-10T14:09:00.000-07:002016-11-27T18:45:16.519-08:00Owl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKqB07CwT7S0fwFTgMkqI8AJ07IDsb1WWaR9mFL0pbhSSDmI1Gi2VSJgFuEmXmy_-Ag0Ezvm0Gdf8ExHJUrTKbCDR4K_G2VmoNFYFmwyzAiEX1ndfAGgchOn28qRhY6dU29bfXxivoXm1/s1600/IMG_1264.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="owl sketch" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKqB07CwT7S0fwFTgMkqI8AJ07IDsb1WWaR9mFL0pbhSSDmI1Gi2VSJgFuEmXmy_-Ag0Ezvm0Gdf8ExHJUrTKbCDR4K_G2VmoNFYFmwyzAiEX1ndfAGgchOn28qRhY6dU29bfXxivoXm1/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" title="sketch of owl perched on branch " width="240" /></a>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769703647377696124.post-82535579509294510962013-03-19T14:09:00.000-07:002016-11-27T18:44:43.025-08:00Gave it a Shot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-LeA8nWs41wqP7yH5S1iQ99ohqvKsvj3sHtb_JWAxdFOm7J0euDduuozmJn62KH0Z7qzAjryPWarsbI4QBlZqRGLqHQGAj2QwgZq6OWNnRP9Ex4pqrk-Vmj2u1qmwSEw3Ega8zrtY6rh/s1600/IMG_2005.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="anime sketch" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-LeA8nWs41wqP7yH5S1iQ99ohqvKsvj3sHtb_JWAxdFOm7J0euDduuozmJn62KH0Z7qzAjryPWarsbI4QBlZqRGLqHQGAj2QwgZq6OWNnRP9Ex4pqrk-Vmj2u1qmwSEw3Ega8zrtY6rh/s320/IMG_2005.JPG" title="female anime character with facial tattoos" width="240" /></a>kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726599680681536797noreply@blogger.com0