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AstrologicalI have lost myself to
Venus & Mars,
tangled in their mismatched limbs.

Just dream dust & shattered prayers
begging for a new set of skin
(she can't remember where she orbits).

Pluck these fractured wings;
the Sun & Moon no longer ache
to see me fly in their luster.
lies, she wrotei. just a mimicry, really;
uncompromisingly
desperate to shine.

ii. counterfeit & clockwise,
tasting words on her
unworthy tongue.

iii. with a dysfunctional mind
& apocryphal dictionary,
she cannot clone it all.

iv. "say anything," the pen
whispers as she trembles
among ink-scented fraudulence.

v. but she just laughs & plays the part,
forgetting what the pages told her:
"truth is stranger than fiction."
The Pen, The SwordJust lovely
I was happy to fall asleep
in the welcoming arms of your words and
you were unaware that you held me
so close, and so carefully
from the moment I didn't hear you speak
to the taste of every sentence you spoke
I knew you were the very truth that I'd
been seeking all along
Just barely
I was loathe to fall so deep
in the sharpened edges of your words and
you were too aware that you had me
so close, and so carelessly
from the second I heard you break
to the taste of every sentence you broke
I knew you were the very truth that I'd
been avoiding all along
Death of the PoetDear poetry,
This is your challenge,
my eternal chore,
to restate the truth
like never before-
but I’m imperfect
at my very core
and hypocrisy
is what I abhor
so you may expect
my work to be poor
enough for me to
be crushed into gore
with failed attempts
to take wing and soar
when all I wanted
was something much more
than emptiness and
inherited war
and pointless details
of imagined lore
which most of us tend
to simply ignore
at the piercing sound
of a lion’s roar
or the convenience
of a nearby store…
what am I truly
writing these words for? 
Let’s merely pretend
that this isn’t me
but the voice of God
or L. Ron Hubbard
or whoever you
wish for it to be
since facts remain facts
no matter the source,
no matter the cause,
since the trustworthy
are also humans
prone to failure;
so prone to a fault
that we hold dearly-
the sum of our faith
measured in dollars-
rewarded by credit
and paper money…
for some odd reason
I find this funny!
So I conclude
False EternityDisillusioned youth was less common in those days, 
I assure you, the people even more set in their ways,
murderous and unforgiving, yet unaware of the lie they were living
convinced that faith is stone, they cut faces into gods, they thought
ignorant that being made rendered useless the very gods they wrought.
Shiny carvings into stone, faces, figures, blessed unknown,
Murders, slaughters, sacrifices of the weak, preaching sins and what they seek.
Forgiveness is not for all, all who do not have will now fall!
Greed consumes the mortal mind, rage is all that's left behind!
Amidst it all I rose and found the sun, disowned him for the moon
then sought the horizon, again and again warned my father that doom
would befall him if he didn't seek a better way to live and be 
I wasn't willing to follow the dark and deadly rules,
trying to bring some light into the lives of these fools.
Guilds of anti-gods were formed, wars rose higher, nothing to atone!
They all represen
ArrheniusThe birds are
keeping to themselves
this evening
as the earth shifts
slightly-
ever so calmly
(for when you are
this powerful
you only have
to move).

Here and there, I
witness these
beautiful strangers
with perfect bodies
and long hair
walking down the road
in tightly knitted packs.
They are animals
like we are animals-
like we are
animals without
claws and fur,
with scratches on our
skin that yields to
fragile and
familiar hands.

The winds respond
as quiet birds rush
from telephone wires
in panic and
in beauty; she
tries to brush the hair
dancing circles in her eyes
(for when you are
this powerful
you only have to move).
False ProphetsPoems and love songs breed dead dreams,
strangled by weeds, face down in the ground
with no roses to mourn them.

Singers are poets that croon
(if you happen to lose your little heart to their tune)
and poets are false prophets -
true love will last forever
if they care to write it,
but not if you swallow the lines...

yet, they always do.

We all have a place
set for us in the shade
in our own private garden of weeds.
False eternityDisillusioned youth was less common in those days,
I assure you, the people even more set in their ways,
murderous and unforgiving, yet unaware of the lie they were living
convinced that faith is stone, they cut faces into gods, they thought
ignorant of the fact that being made rendered useless the very gods they wrought.

Shiny carvings into stone, faces, figures, blessed unknown,
Murders, slaughters, sacrifices of the weak, preaching sins and what they seek.
Forgiveness is not for all, all who do not have will now fall!
Greed consumes the mortal mind, rage is all that's left behind!

Amidst it all I rose and found the sun, disowned him for
On The Collapse Of Modern Society"I've never seen so many folks
putting their hopes 
in packaged air,
as far as I'm concerned,
and from what I've observed
misplacing material worth while 
rushing back and forth
to get nowhere."
my Grandma said, 
shaking her head.
VoicesDo you hear the moan of morning rhymes
By the people in their endless time
As the morning dew breaks the day
Back to where the city-lights once laid

The lamp-posts are filled with black starlight
As the children run in their flight
With cries of sorrow, cries of pain
The old houses creaking with disdain

Acidic puddles of blood-wet tears
Remain on the street through all these years
As the cracks have hid the crumbled dust
Within these roads of bone and rust

The melody of the birds is lost
To the screeches and screaming loss
There are people cowering in the dark
Murmuring, whispering their tortured remarks

Flames ignite the world in fire
Lovers and assassinsNight
walk
WakefulI remain awake with dreams on my mind
and stories that wait to be knit into books.
To never find comfort until my pillows are 
stuffed with thoughts instead of feathers
To never let go until I made sure that
the moon smiled back at me
Until the trees, the grass, and every night creature
has whispered good night...
And yet I'm still as wakeful as an owl
afraid that sleep would somehow
grab my neck and drag me to my grave.
bad nightmy mistakes are on my head,
and the cigarettes taste like metal;
on the street curb of a suburban block,
the lights jaundiced and flickering
like drunken fireflies, your reflection
that emanates from me covers every face.
HumanDear Hypocrite,

 What do you do?
Throwing insults when you're insulted.

Dear Coward,

 Where went you?
To your "peaceful" sanctuary you have bolted.

Dear Liar,

 What say you?
Your poison corrupts innocent ears.

Dear Human,

 What are you?
A sinner trapped in endless tears.

 
Watercolor PainWhen you smile,
I turn colorblind.

It turns into a somersault
whenever I gain contact
with your skin,
bare back touching
bare back.

But I'm not hungry
for bedposts.

I just want to
savor each moment your arms
lock into mine,
the romanticism of
the moons in my eyes
and the skies in your words.

There's smoke
behind all those hues
of hazel and your fingers
are porcelain,
but I still love you.
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But I can't look up.
The light hurts my eyes now.
It's so lonely,
But I can't find a companion.
No one would want to fall with me.
It's so far,
I can't see the top any more.
Will they still be able to see?
It's so cold,
But there is nothing warm down here.
I'm not close enough to Hell to feel the flames?
It's so quiet,
Not even my screams can help with that.
Why can't you hear them?
It hurts so much,
But I'm nowhere near the bottom.
I just hope it stays that way.
PlummetingA slip?
A shake?
A jerk?
A mistake?
I can't lie to myself like that.
Not when I seeked it out.
No when I seeked out the instrument
Of my destruction.
I have yet
To feel its bite,
To feel its sting.
But I am still plummeting.

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I am not hungry
any more.
So why
do you keep feeding me
these pale,
wretched creatures
who scream
and writhe
and wail
when I burn
the flesh
from their bones?
Why
do you keep feeding me
their children
who will never know
the world,
only me?
I am God's shadow;
an angel
whose black wings seep
from the dark castle's tower.
I am a vibrant angel;
an evil angel.
I carry you
to heaven high
then return to my home
to devour
those pale,
wretched creatures.
I am God's shadow;
a demon
who dances with fiery glee
through Hell.
I am a caustic demon;
a hungry demon,
but
I am not hungry
any more.

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I visited the Holocaust museum the other day.

This is a poem embodying the flames of the crematoriums.
©2010-2013 ~MetaphoricRain
Category: Literature / Poetry / Human Nature / Free Verse

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~Echoed-Howl Feb 27, 2010
beautiful and emotional poem =)
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~MetaphoricRain Feb 27, 2010  Student General Artist
Thank you. ^^
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~DeadlyCrescendo Feb 25, 2010  Student Writer
Oh, my dear.. This is such a telling poem.
I've never been to the Holocaust Museum, but I really want to go. I feel like I would leave the place in tears, though. >>;;
Regardless, this poem is such a perfect embodiment of the crematoriums (from what I know from history class).
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~MetaphoricRain Feb 25, 2010  Student General Artist
Leaving it in tears isn't necessarily a bad thing! It means you won't forget.
And thank you, I try my hardest. I'll probably write poems a few more on different Holocaust-related subjects so that I can be indecisive on which one to turn in to my English teacher.
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~DeadlyCrescendo Feb 25, 2010  Student Writer
Ah, true.
The Holocaust is such a strong subject to write about. The fact that you can capture such imagery is stunning. You better get a good grade, no matter what. xD
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~MetaphoricRain Feb 25, 2010  Student General Artist
Indeed it is.

Gah. *doesn't take complements well* Thanks for the compliment. O_o
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~DeadlyCrescendo Feb 25, 2010  Student Writer
Ahh, I know how you feel.
I'm so terrible at accepting comments.
OTL
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~red-special00 Feb 25, 2010
That museum is amazing. And I love this embodiment.
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~MetaphoricRain Feb 25, 2010  Student General Artist
It is, isn't it?
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