Under these dry, poor grounds
I have been buried
Above me taking rounds and rounds
Cattle has been hurried
Cattle of mistakes and false beliefs
On land of humans - animals of worse cast
In a desert where the wrong are the chiefs
And where news of disaster… shall always last
…. Longer then those of joy
I have been misspelled and misunderstood
Dirtied, raped and murdered
I have been kicked out from my intention of good
And left for long forgotten and unrecorded
I have been spoken of, pitied and laughed at
Weakened, cured and I, so many times, have died
I have been absorbed by those full of hatred
And by those who lived and only lied
…. Lied so passionately about me
(So often to themselves)
And oh! …I have been so often used
So creatively and so often only at evil deeds,
I just stayed back, I was so amused
How much of sin a person needs
My name was used at business deals
Interpretations of what I mean (hah!)
Used widely in cheap, dramatic court appeals
In religious means, of falsehood, of sin, of money
…. Of profit for someone miserable using my name
I will break out from this eternal grave
Of lies, of filth, of fruitless soil
I will use all my will to save
Those fine from those of rotten I will uncoil
…. In my own name. For I am eternal, for I am superior
I am fate… and I am faith
Author notes
PIcture prompt.
A contest entry
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Honestly?
Comments
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Well done...very emotional and thought provoking words. I enjoyed the read, thanks for sharing
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I loved this. It seemed so powerful and it flowed so well. It was a really (unexpectedly) enjoyable read. Thanks for posting.
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This is an utterly potent read.
I was astounded by the flow, the voice,
and the strong message of faith within.
Just a pleasure to read and read again
as there is much written here that fits
to everyday life as we know it. Blue
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Your poem gives me powerful images of "Job" from the bible... who through all he endured stood righteous in the eyes of God, he came perilously close to trying to justify himself, yet in the end remained in the faith! A lot of conviction in this powerfully written piece!
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youv'e been through a lot if this is true. The pain here s overpowering sometimes, t kinda left me in shock and awe. the shit people put up with never ceases to amaze me, just remember it only makes you stronger.
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Oh. This is a nice little poem that you have going on here. A little bit on the dark side but I think that you probably needed that to make your point, didn't you? I liked that it was a riddle kind of poem and I was trying to guess what it was the whole time but I was still wrong! lol Oh well, I tried. I thought you did a good job with this.
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I have been misspelled and misunderstood
Dirtied, raped and murdered
I have been kicked out from my intention of good
And left for long forgotten and unrecorded
this is great i love these wordsand i like how you half to think about the line to fully get what its about.
i like how u dont really no what its about at first then the last wordsi am faith this is great best of luck in the compitition
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mmmmm, really good, nice metphor running throught this thought provoking poem, good stuff and the best of luck to you
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