A Pit of Poetry

[Gregory]

Here are a few poems I have come up with in the past few days. Tell me what you think!

 

The Cage (I'm considering this one as a work in progress...)

Overcoming this shame you cast upon my soul

Unbecoming of one who said they loved me so

The filth they threw was impelled by hate and rage

Of which I knew was a symptom of the cage

 

It started when I stumbled into a force

With all my might it stood without recourse

This was a beast I discovered I could not engage

And that was when I knew I was caught in the cage

 

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Fall of Lies

Believe the highly metaphorical mystics
Ignoring perfectly knotted linguistics

And trust them if you feel you must
You're just a bit of cosmic dust

To take the leap is merely a step
The truth is what you fear I dare bet

Though the ground may quake beneath you
All the lies are what you turn to

I have the deepest desire to assist
Unable to capture a hand that's a fist

Watching you fall I can't relate
Why you refused to change your fate

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Faces

What is true
Is that I fell for you
And you knew
Of what I'd put you through

I seem strong
But that's a lie, you see
You'd be wrong
To put your faith in me

Faces on the wall
I wonder which to wear
Please, don't let me fall
From fear that's so unfair

Hard to stop
This dread I feel inside
For myself
I try to run and hide

You remain
To help me fight my brain
But I fear
I cannot take this pain

Faces on the wall
Refuse to let me be
Please, don't let them call
Me back from being free

Thanks to you
Your love has shown me light
Of the things
That once had brought me blight

Now I see
That we can work this out
Learning what
This love is all about

Faces on the wall
Destroyed and thrown away
Can't believe at all
I'd ever lived that way

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Thief of Virtue

Vice is virtue, and I'll tell you no more

Listen to me, and learn what to abhor

 

To reflect on yourself is a waste of your time

To externalize fear is not really a crime

If you're searching for truth and then notice the sign

That your mind is now lost and your soul is all mine

 

But this is absurd you see

To think that you're actually free

Because you are broken inside

As you tossed your morals aside

You had hid away from fear

Even though the truth was near

And now with the heart you tore

You will not escape my war

 

Vice is virtue, and I'll tell you no more

Look at you now, as you're bad to the core

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Some of them are a bit grim, I know, but I hope that the underlying messages are forthright and meaningful. Thank you for taking the time to read, and feel free to leave any feedback. Although, I probably won't be doing anything with these except keeping them stored on my hard drive... XP

[Tony Crowe]

I realize my comment is many months late but I wanted to say thanks for posting those. I'll be on the lookout in case you post more.