I refuse to pay for the labors of my ancestors
The trials they condemn I want no part.
I’ll tell you this, if the truth will set me free.
I refuse to pay for neither guilt nor innocence
If love is ecstasy in disguise then I am a mask of all that is
For I refuse to pay and I refuse to feel
For I refuse to hurt-anymore. They did it for me
All that I wished to be, all that I dreamed of accomplishing –did they not do it for me?
Didn’t they steal all that I was to be?
For that reason, alone I refuse to pay
My faults are neither mine nor the one below
Fire was never meant to burn and never was I created to be
How can I be when all that I was meant to be have already been?
For that truth alone I refuse to pay, neither for the loved or hated
And never will the one above or below make me pay
For I alone refuse to pay
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Written May 30th, 2006
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I get the overall message, but you speak in such a well-educated manner i couldn't understand some of it..lol sorry i'm a little slow and do not have a big vocabulary..haha!
Well, this was a very good poem and though it made me think a little bit..i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. You have made a very excellent point about having to pay for your ancestors mistakes ^_^ -
it's a really good poem, and it emotes well... i just can't put my finger on what that emotion is! lol, a good poem, and i get the main message, but i think there are underlying personal meanings in this poem that i, at least, am missing. keep up the good work!!
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Thank you for your comment on my poem. I liked this a lot. Your emotions really come through in it.
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Great write, i absolutly love it! Reach for the stars and never stop writting.
Much love,
Shannyn -
thanx. wow, u are a really good writer. i love this poem. it flows so well.
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very good write on quite a unique subject,well done,
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It's not dark at all!More like philosofical!Great one indeed!You expressed your beliefs in a very decided way!!!
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We are the product of our ancestors but this does not mean we owe them a debt of any kind, either for their sins or in gratitude for what they did.
As far as future generations are concerned, that is up for serious debate.
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this is a well wriiten poem and the subject is all to true we do pay for our ancestors sins why I don't know I call it the curse this is a great poem and you've done a real nice job on it....
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Wonderful!!!!!
Who are your ancestors that you speak thusly I wonder?
You are right in saying that you don't have to pay for the sins of your ancestors.
This poem will bring much encoragement to any feeling trapped by their ancestor's mistakes.
Well done and well written.
^_^
~ Warious
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