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Wanted: Dead or Dying

December 9, 2010
By akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz


For what purpose did love depart,
And why did these surroundings
Cling to me?
Never the less, here I am- convicted,
Without a guide, yet searching
For who I am to become.
Shackles chafe this withered mind,
To wear and weigh mine eyes,
Though but stripes adorn this body.
Heed the call of noon to mount
My lone steed and companion-
To set sail with the breeze.
A revelation I have drawn and now
I reload it so that
I may be carried away.
Oh, carry me back to the days of summer,
When the sun painted a portrait
Of one thousand smiles.
No; carry me into the city for all to see-
For all to gaze a second upon
A lifeless poem,
And only then in the shallow
Passerbys am I defined:
A sad tune soon forgotten.


The author's comments:
This is the story of an outlaw, a liar, a crook, and someone denied that second chance which all desire. One defined by all that is bad, yet regretting the absent good. No pity finds their grave nor praise through an epitaph. The gavel does not feel, yet why not the judge?

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avoz1 said...
on Mar. 21 2011 at 7:21 pm
This one, though mournful, enthralls me so. 

akell PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 17 2011 at 2:33 pm
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz

It means the world. I will be sure to check out your work:)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Jan. 17 2011 at 2:08 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you&#039;re a mile away from them and you have their shoes.<br /> --When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people&#039;s eyes.

I love this... your writing is very mature and I really enjoyed reading this! Check out some of my work:)) thanks. 5 stars!