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Through a gilded cage

April 12, 2011
By DaylightDarkness SILVER, Littleton, Colorado
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DaylightDarkness SILVER, Littleton, Colorado
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Everyone's crazy. You know why? We all want to be normal. Well, we cant define normal, and, the people you can point at and say, well isn't he/she normal are rare. Doesnt that kind of defeat the pupose of normal? -My Friend

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Close your eyes

Come with me...

We'll go back in time-

Or to the future...

Perhaps staying here is better.

In the dark- the dank

We'll wander, our glazed

conformist



eyes

Falling Forward, from Night

toward Incinerator's Light

Burn

Shiver but dont get cold-

Never burn

never feel-

Acting in the eyes of Watchers

for our Souls Must Never...





We Can Never...

Reach for Freedom-

No, wait, Take your hand Away

You'll be Burned.

There will be pain....

isnt it so much Easier to


Follow.



Stay.




Act Like.



Talk Like.


Be Me!

Idividuality is the Crime-

The sentence...

A Murdered Heart

A dying soul....

We'll make it so!

They are a danger....

A light.....

They seek the end of our safe night...

Our thoughtless plight....

Never Reach-

Never Fight.

Trust Us, We Are Right.

You'd Burn in Real Freedom's Light.

Turn your back of them...

Turn away...

Their's is a cold....

Unending....

Night.

Burn with us.... in Freedom's light....

The author's comments:
I've seen so many people fall victim to this.... It's time we take a stand and realize that things dont have to be this way.
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This article has 9 comments.

.Izzy. BRONZE said...
on Nov. 8 2011 at 6:09 pm
.Izzy. BRONZE, Broadview Heights, Ohio
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I loved the way you formatted this-you definitely held my attention. In the line, "Individuality is the crime", you forgot to add the 'n' but that's not too big of a deal. I really liked this poem. Please...write more :D
Hazel-daisy GOLD said...
on Jul. 28 2011 at 7:22 pm
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i really like this! it has a great message and its written really well so well done i guess! :)
CarrieAnn13 GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 11:00 pm
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This is a great poem with a great message!  You write amazing poetry. :)
Emily.L GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 1:28 pm
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This just keeps my attention going throughout the entire thing...
TheHangingGirl BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 11:20 pm
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Amazing. I really like it. ALOT
DaylightDarkness SILVER said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 6:32 pm
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thank you everybody. Funnily enough the first person who rated this poem only gave it one star, so you've made me feel better. ^^
Garnet77 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 5:45 pm
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I completely agree with PaRaNoRmAl627. This is truly all around beautiful. I love the spacing--it adds to the poem a lot. This is wonderful :)
Megan.J.B said...
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I really liked this and it was truly beautiful. You have a lot of talent when it comes to poetry . :)
PaRaNoRmAl627 GOLD said...
on Jul. 18 2011 at 9:25 pm
PaRaNoRmAl627 GOLD, Mountainside, New Jersey
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Wow. This is haunting, honest, brave, eloquent, and all around beautiful. Don't ever stop writing. You have a lot of talent :) I didn't see any glaring grammatical errors either, which is a major plus. Great job! Five stars :)