Saints and sinners,
Losers and winners,
Roll the dice and place your bets,
Cheat a little, no one checks.
Lie a bit and maybe steal,
Did you think my world was real?
Woe to you who really believes,
That I! would consort with thieve.
And as for that common creed,
“if at first you don’t succeed…”,
What’s the use of trying again,
If all it’s going to bring is pain?
Life is such a tedious job,
Following trends with the rest of the mob,
And oh! The courage of one who dares,
To be different. Look at those stares!!
To step away from the common sheep,
They make you feel like you’re a freak,
But to hide your face in shame,
When they look for someone to blame,
Will only let the sheep rejoice,
In their unified, bleating voice.
So dry your eyes and wash your face,
And don’t allow them to set the pace,
Never fear to stand apart,
Always follow the will of your heart.
Author notes
I used Option 1: #6 "People are pathetic."
A contest entry
- Heaps of Options!! by NooNiThEWitcH.
430 points, ended June 8, 2008, 32 entries
Gold trophy winner
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Awesome!
I can see why you won this. This was EXCELLENT! I LOVED the rhyme scheme and well...it ruled. Congratulations! -
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!
EXCELLENT WRITE!!
Better than I could have ever said it!
People are indeed pathetic and you displayed all sorts of people.. or the bad ones.. coz every now and then you find a good one.. or so i hope
Excellent word-choice, rhyming, and how you move in an organized way through a crowd!
just a thingy here: "That I! would consort with thieve." i think you forgot the 's' and you should remove the exclamation mark. you can put the I between inverted commas if you want to stress it.
Keep on witing, and good luck. Thank you so much for entering and hope you enter again!
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AW! How sweet in deed like this very much! thanks 4 sharing.
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