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Trading Treasure for Trash
by floyd_fan75
written on November 02, 2009 11:04 PM
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We gladly trade in our hearts
For nothing more than common stones,
While rare, ruby-red metals race
Through our old, outdated bones,
And fill our cheeks with childish cheer.
We gladly give up our goals
For those moments our hearts stop
Beating pure, unleaded fuel
For our shiny, silver sports cars,
In frivolous hopes for a fulfilling year.
We would certainly cut it out
If we could witness a week without it,
How useless it must be worth:
Nothing but flesh, blood, and dirt
Scatters the sacred grounds of sin,
A timeless place of philos, to begin
Where we heard the first and last beats
Of that ticking time-bomb
Encased in a box of tendons
And wrapped with real ribs of red.
And just where would we be if
We could follow the sound it beats,
The hollow, haunting drone
Of a helicopter organ in the sky, or
The shattering, booming bells in Rome.
And without our instrumental piece,
That worthless, wasted, winding pipe,
That moves the sluggish stain,
Blue beneath our skin,
We might mistake our most genuine gems
For nothing more than tin.



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Keyki: I really enjoyed reading Well written rtf : )
on September 05, 2009 9:02 PM
123Vonnie: I love how you mixed all the human body part stuff in with the rest. All over super-duper good!
on July 02, 2009 4:12 PM
disturbution: Wonderful. Absolutly. The vivide imagery is amazing and the message that this sends. I really like how you finished the poem. It's got subsequent meanings to. All and all this is just amazingly done. You've got a lot of talent.
on July 02, 2009 3:52 PM
custodianofanarchy: Well, it is always a pleasure to read your poetry, and this one did by no means dissapoint. The flow was great, the imagery was facinating and heart-rending, and I love that you convey grand, intircate concepts and images without EVER becoming overblown or pretentious....great job. A 10.
on February 25, 2009 12:00 AM
Dpoeticone: I really enjoyed the emotion the most for this poem. It was eloquent without being too over done. It was nice word choice, and the flow was clevr and natural. all around good fav part We gladly give up our goals For those moments our hearts stop Beating pure, unleaded fuel For our shiny, silver sportscars,
on January 11, 2009 2:25 PM


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