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From a beggar, roaming the streets

January 4, 2013
By rockyyyyyyyyy SILVER, Lawrenceville, Georgia
rockyyyyyyyyy SILVER, Lawrenceville, Georgia
9 articles 0 photos 61 comments

Favorite Quote:
dont let people drive u crazy if you know its in walking distance


Oh mercy-less and apathetic God!
Why do you scorn my tormented soul,
seizing the infinite tumult of man-
entombing me within its grace?


Have I not wept a thousand tears?
Have I not seared everything that's sane-
dwelling where the demons reap,
proclaiming the ironies of your gracious name.


A dying coal flares
at my pathetic stench,
deriding my melancholy path -
like perilous waves consuming an innocent vessel,
or a waining moon and the waves!


Though my sight
is wrought with rotting flesh -
breath of melancholy and decay
-I still bore dreams of bliss,
though horrid reveries consume me still.



I reap for the horizon -
sanity asunder and bleak
- wailing a poets cry



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on Jan. 2 2015 at 11:43 pm
Angel_Wing23 GOLD, Wolcottville, Indiana
10 articles 32 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know what "Normal" is? A setting on a washing machine. No one wants to be that." - Ashley Purdy from the band Black Veil Brides said that and I am going to keep using this quote.

This is really good so much passion that went into this and the description that I get from reading this is making me paint a picture in my mind. Keep up the good work because your work is amazing >^_^

on Jun. 27 2013 at 2:02 am
lackadaisicalwolf, Asdf, Other
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This is great! You're an amazing writer, very sophisticated :)

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on May. 30 2013 at 8:43 am
This little tale rolls off of the tongue; it's very descriptive and I can see the heart and soul put into this piece. I've read a few of your poems, but they were the shorter ones, and I think you do well with well thought-out, thorough writings. And, I believe you deserve more than a simple, mundane "Nice," and a pat on the back. This was truly, truly good, and I hope that I have expressed so. Thank you for writing this. I wish that I could star it...but my computer isn't letting me. But I'll still try. This deserves, at best, five stars.

Mckay ELITE said...
on May. 15 2013 at 8:23 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

Oh God...here comes the waterfall....

Mckay ELITE said...
on May. 15 2013 at 8:23 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

No no no no no. I'm about to cry. Hate you right now, Rocky. Jeez, this is awesome. I feel the emotion cascading beginning to end. And the last stanza. Wow! Just Wow! I should've read you poems a long time ago. You're good. And this is officially one of my favorites. So memorable.

on Apr. 27 2013 at 12:04 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

I liked what u did when u said "wrought with rotting flesh" ...very clever. This was really relatable to me, as I took it more spiritual than was maybe meant. You're really good at conveying emotion! 5 stars ;)

on Apr. 8 2013 at 12:48 pm
SunnyDreams BRONZE, Niger Falls, Other
1 article 0 photos 274 comments

Favorite Quote:
Can you feel what I have seen, when no one else has lived through what I have?-HalveOfLife

i luv it so sad :(  

on Apr. 8 2013 at 10:34 am
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
31 articles 20 photos 342 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde

I like it! Only you used the word "melencholy" twice, and it sounds kind of repetitive. Besides that this is a pretty good piece!

on Mar. 30 2013 at 5:21 pm
larissaecm SILVER, Victoria, Other
7 articles 0 photos 44 comments
wow, this is really good! keep writting!

on Mar. 30 2013 at 5:12 pm
wow... this is really good. phenomenal piece.

on Mar. 29 2013 at 8:25 pm
Fallen_ PLATINUM, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 3 photos 433 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; a shattered world is only an opening into a new beginning with laughs, smiles, and love all around enter the world of the light and away from the broken darkness&quot;

Now i know why you username is language livity because your a master at language and petry your amazing and so indepht

on Mar. 28 2013 at 2:49 pm
Whitehouse503 SILVER, North Waterboro, Maine
7 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In the end you should always do the right thing, even if it&#039;s hard.&quot;

I like it a lot! Great work :D

on Mar. 28 2013 at 2:45 pm
nakubara PLATINUM, Belvidere, New Jersey
27 articles 18 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything you do in life is insignificant, but its important you do it anyway ~Ghandi

Wow! I love this! Keep up great work!  

on Feb. 7 2013 at 6:08 pm
Amanda24 DIAMOND, Lynnfield, Massachusetts
81 articles 14 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; Move on. It&#039;s just a chapter in the past. But dont close the book, just turn the page.

I love this!!

on Feb. 7 2013 at 3:34 pm
aliceXcheshire SILVER, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Easy ain&#039;t easy, when you want it to be.

I love it! So intense and burning, with a blessing denied! Keep writing, please keep writing!

Zoya_Khan GOLD said...
on Jan. 21 2013 at 10:28 am
Zoya_Khan GOLD, Gujranwala, Other
19 articles 0 photos 420 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where LOGIC ends, FAITH begins.<br /> - Zoya Khan

Nice :) :) :)