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Degree of Mental Deterioration





Depreciation of ambitions;
almost like down-talking
past achievements and scorching
promises built of fragments
[pieces of lies - a collage of you]

Self-confidence:
              often confused with obstinance;
              the negative of security
An immature certainty,
vile in its intentions yet
polite at the surface.

              And it's as though independence feared
              conformity. Consistent attempts to 
              lacerate existing emotions have failed.
              Apathy isn't a feeling.


I told him.
Said that we lived in a world where
if you hesitated to sacrifice integrity
in favor of normal [selfish] circumstances
You won't belong anymore.

              I'd have loved to think that he didn't listen
              to me, the habitual attitude that is presented
              on every appointment. He was too busy for intimacy
              so threw sand on footsteps previously walked.
              And smiled for the camera.

One would think that facades exist
in little fairy-tales that blatantly lie
to young-aged-innocence.
But apparently everyone is a walking fabrication.
They metaphorically pray for you,
but I'm sure they walk four steps backwards,
call you a bitch and repeat the process to
another. Pity.

              Grey-scaled dilemmas that tell of pain
              one where if you're not rich, you're in despair
              and motivation does not equal to interaction.
              Friction seems to be the only drive of success
              but they aren't satisfied with one-man-warmth
              and so deceive another into believing in affection.
              Now, that's the catastrophe.

Chaos and confusion reigns and takes
superior position. 
              Sorry, I'm contradicting myself again.
              Those have underlying placements
              as our artificial-first-impression-sentiment
              is what overtakes.

We're down to pools to refresh inner-strength
especially if not needed and give tea-cup sized
bathtubs to those feeble and in a lower caste.
Robotic and repetition are not alliterative styles
of dialect - they become fact in this fictitious
world of suppressed self expression.

              There's a serial killer out there lurking in the
              corner of our minds waiting for the pathetic bit
              of creativity and murdering it to shreds.
              I second that assassin. What we fail to realize is
              that we terminate those ideas ourselves because
              we're afraid of distinctiveness. Or we believe

              that our brains may not produce to the

              imaginary standards. And perhaps they'd

              be correct - we mistake genius for bullshit. 

Seldom do we have some sort of identity.
It's as if we're an act of plagiarism and the authentic
owner has killed himself by slowly peeling his
eyelids off.

              Call me demented, but I second him too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author notes

"Life itself is only a vision, a dream. Nothing exists, save empty space, and you; and you, are but a thought."

Ok, I know it's long and horrid. Forgive me? I just needed something written for you and this is what flowed out.

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  • Heroesrox
    April 8

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    Tea cup sized bathtubs....AWESOME job here. Thanks for the brilliant wording in this piece. Very, very talented. Keep it up!


  • whispernthedark Greeters member
    August 30, 2008

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    There are so many lines I love in this. The final line is perfect. Great write, thank you so much for entering the contest. Good luck.


    whisper


  • DogFish silver member
    August 27, 2008

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    "Forgive me?I just needed something written for you and this is what flowed out." ...QUELLE CATHARSIS!

    "As a cicada shell
    Is our fleeting flesh;
    As dew and frost
    It disappears"
    -Yakamochi

    And yet, just as "apathy isn't a feeling"; it isn't an option!

  • DarkRomantic113
    April 19, 2008

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    I don't understand how some boys are too busy for intimacy. It's an integral part of a romantic relationship. *sighs*


  • individuality gold member
    March 13, 2008

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    i like this - dark and twisting and i always get in my poems too many adjectives and i always reply not enough lol words are ours to use and here you use. a good piece. thank you for entering.


  • Puking Faerie Dust gold member
    March 12, 2008

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    A big for the person before me because HOLY SMOKES, WOMAN!
    That blew me away. I swear, I've read it like, three times, and every time I find something new and awesome!
    *ahem*
    Anyhoooooo... *switches into "judge" mode*
    The flow was magnificent, and there are so many points/counterpoints in here that I agree to. I also loved the style and form it was in. It was almost like, the regular stanzas were facts, and the italicized (sp?) stanzas were your own thoughts. Bsh, brilliant!
    THank you, and good luck
    Jeanette*~


  • VoltaicHypnosis
    February 29, 2008

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    Everyone has an identity - you're what you make you. There ARE real people, the earth is just littered with selfish likeminded people too. Think what you want.

    This poem is negative, and reads like a monotone lecturer, with their thoughts interjecting.

    It's really well written though - great write and good luck


  • HoneyFire
    February 29, 2008

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    this is soooo amazing and deep!
    I had to read it twice because it was so interesting...
    Wonderfully written and good luck in the contest dear!


  • Suicide Hotline
    February 29, 2008
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    wow!! Love it


  • Loveandblessings2u gold member
    February 28, 2008

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    You are such a trip,
    and yes young lady, that is just another
    reason why I love you to bitzzzzzzz.
    Sometimes, ok a lot of times, you leave me speechless.
    What am I ever going to do with you???

    Loveandblessings2u & yours always
    Granny

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