The Aftermath of Slumber

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The Aftermath of Slumber

It'd be nice to actually belong somewhere.
As it stands now I lie idle waiting for answers.
Things look bright,
But it's only the light of setting moon
And I once again endure true night.

It's darkness . . .
The lone observer in the middle of nothingness.
I become one with it,
I disappear

Too many times I leave my post.
And too many times no one supports
The war raging inside me.
They expect more . . .
They want me to model them but they are not me.

Maybe I am nobody . . .

Sick of being told that I've forgotten myself,
Sick of being set apart cause I'm not like the rest.
Maybe that's why I have no friends . . .
They want a story to begin I want it to end.

Maturity gains no praise . . .
No respect for cultivated minds I guess.
Intellect's not accepted here
So I hide my face inside of my hands . . .
Remove my teeth one by one . . .
The world has shut it's eyes to me,
And there is not relief in sight.

I'm ugly when I open my mouth
And no one appreciates
The beauty deeper inside these strings
It's my evil grin that changes potential kinetic,
The force that stops momentum in it's tracks.

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Drivingczar commented on The Aftermath of Slumber

03-16-2009

Talk to you! I'll talk to me! Rad dude!

Sidecar

06/12/2009

Thanks a whole heap!

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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