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First StepsYou crawl. You’ve always crawled; it’s all you’ve ever known, all you were ever capable of. So bestial, feral, dragging yourself from place to place on bare knuckles like you were still one of the apes. For a moment you stop to inspect your hands, they smell of the ground and filth you’ve moved through. They’re sticky and specked with various bits of unidentifiable stuff. They’re a reflection of the lowliness of your locomotion.
It’s been long enough, you decide. No more will you dirty your hands with the scum of the earth! No more will you suffer the shame, the perspective of a beast! You are human!

Let go...Let go.

I loved you more than I care to say,
More than my heart wants to admit.
I loved you because you were a part of me,
Our lives just seemed to fit.

You were like me in so many ways,
I always looked at you with a smile,
And now that I can never do that again,
My emotions are just in denial.

I lost you forever; it was no-ones fault.
It was illness that took you away,
I wished that I could have taken your place,
That somehow you would be here to stay.

I miss you forever, even now after years,
The wound, it did heal but I’m scar'd,
You’re gone but still here, you never fully left,
You are always alive in my heart.

Letting go

MeLove. Friends. Joy. Hope.
They brought me to this place.
But I fear what they may do.
That they may drive me to disgrace.

I am not the man I think to be
Nor what other men perceive
Experience shaped the person I am
Despite whatever I believe

I see what time I spent.
How it made me who I am.
But the time that I have left.
Could still craft another man.

I know not where the winds will take me
Or where I'll bring myself
And every flaw that makes me
Might just make me someone else

And what if I am another man?
What if I'm not the same?
If I don't like my future self
I'll have myself to blame

No I don't know quite where I'll go

WallWall
Barrier, plain
Support, humble
Obstruction, malicious
Purpose, practical
Visible, barely
Noticed, hardly
Inspiration, simple
Significant, always
Art, eternally

KindnessLife goes on
As seasons change
What once was colour
Fades to gray
Winter comes forth
And autumn fades away

As sun obscured
By cover of clouds
The colours are dulled
By the swirling shroud
And it's just barely a shadow
Of what the world once allowed

But when colour is gone
We look to the trees
And from them fall
The autumn leaves
Like spots of colour
Floating on the breeze

And as the leaves fall
The trees are left bare
All of their colours
Have now been shared
And now they have nothing
Their burden is their care

Yet every year
We see it once more
The leaves still fall
On winds they soar

And the trees only watch, fo

ForgivenessI saw them falling at his feet
One by one onto the street
At the hands of one who stood alone,
And I felt a soft wind blow

Then he saw me standing near,
But despite the sadness and the fear
I felt when his eyes turned to me,
I knew I could not flee

So as the fool I walked ahead
The ground beneath me cold and dead
Others ran, I moved alone
To the man with eyes of stone

Every warning seemed so small
Even though I'd seen them fall
And those who didn't fled this place
Soon I met him face to face

And so against all sound advice
I reached out and felt skin like ice
I thought there might be warmth to grow
But it had faded long ago

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LossI once believed in a life sublime
When all was wonder and the world was kind
It was so beautiful, but fragile
A world like glass

Then one day it shattered and fell from my grasp
Lost friends to the world and lives to the asp
The old world was a relic
Nine tenths collapsed

With each passing day it continued to fade
Every life changed and achievement it made
Drowned itself in endless sea
Of time passed

I wonder what I'm trying to gain
By living in sorrow and ignoring the pain
Of a world that only forgets itself
It cannot last

Black is the world that came to this
The point where ignorance would truly be bliss
I only wish I could leave it beh

ForgivenessI saw them falling at his feet
One by one onto the street
At the hands of one who stood alone,
And I felt a soft wind blow

Then he saw me standing near,
But despite the sadness and the fear
I felt when his eyes turned to me,
I knew I could not flee

So as the fool I walked ahead
The ground beneath me cold and dead
Others ran, I moved alone
To the man with eyes of stone

Every warning seemed so small
Even though I'd seen them fall
And those who didn't fled this place
Soon I met him face to face

And so against all sound advice
I reached out and felt skin like ice
I thought there might be warmth to grow
But it had faded long ago

MeLove. Friends. Joy. Hope.
They brought me to this place.
But I fear what they may do.
That they may drive me to disgrace.

I am not the man I think to be
Nor what other men perceive
Experience shaped the person I am
Despite whatever I believe

I see what time I spent.
How it made me who I am.
But the time that I have left.
Could still craft another man.

I know not where the winds will take me
Or where I'll bring myself
And every flaw that makes me
Might just make me someone else

And what if I am another man?
What if I'm not the same?
If I don't like my future self
I'll have myself to blame

No I don't know quite where I'll go

KindnessLife goes on
As seasons change
What once was colour
Fades to gray
Winter comes forth
And autumn fades away

As sun obscured
By cover of clouds
The colours are dulled
By the swirling shroud
And it's just barely a shadow
Of what the world once allowed

But when colour is gone
We look to the trees
And from them fall
The autumn leaves
Like spots of colour
Floating on the breeze

And as the leaves fall
The trees are left bare
All of their colours
Have now been shared
And now they have nothing
Their burden is their care

Yet every year
We see it once more
The leaves still fall
On winds they soar

And the trees only watch, fo

LaughterThe world is harsh
And life unkind
And all is lost
And we can't find
A reason to keep going one more day

For all we try
It seems we're blind
We slowly and surely
Start losing our minds
And Johnny's dull from all work and no play

When all is taken
And none is given
And we're forced to wonder
If life is worth living
And for every action
None are forgiven
For sorrow is here
and happiness hidden
Because hope is gone
And hopelessness risen
And we ask ourselves
If the world's just our prison

Until we stop
And look closer
At our world's condition
And we see it's insanity's vision
And we just sit back
And laugh
For it wasn

LifeAnother one, decides to go.
Another I never got to know.
Another goes, and spreads his wings.
Off to greener pastures and better things.

Another gone before his time
Remembered by those left behind
Lost to us forever, is he
To live again, in memory

Where he goes, we do not know
Only that he goes to grow
But no matter how close, and no matter how far
He'll still be here, in our hearts

Sometimes loss is not a win
And all we learn, is that we sin
Our friends are gone, few remain
All that resides here, sorrow and pain

But are we meant to be left in gloom?
When one flower withers, does another not bloom?
With a little effort, and

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Neil's Ballade

by ~blueturtlebro, Jan 21, 2013, 12:13:42 AM
Literature / Poetry / Romantic / General / Traditional Fixed Forms

Our world is dark and people cruel
The skies are filled with endless gray
And trust, it seems to make the fool
Of those who hope for brighter day
When darker ways are here to stay
And we must live through pain and fear
As every hope begins to fray
Yet still I find you waiting here

Our world is thread without a spool
Our work at knowledge only play
And though it seems a murky pool
I no longer need be fazed
For all I need is passion's blaze
My mind is cloud but this is clear
We still all live within this maze
Yet still I find you waiting here

And still I lived within this rule
Of tragic life I cannot say
And then you made a shining jewel
Of care and joy and one that may
Be worthy of your loving gaze
And I smile ear to ear
For I am flaw and you are praise
Yet still I find you waiting here

And so I cannot find a way
To show you all the wondrous cheer
Of debt that I just can't repay
Yet still I find you waiting here

Neil's Balladeby ~blueturtlebro

Literature / Poetry / Romantic / General / Traditional Fixed Forms

©2013 ~blueturtlebro

Am Drawponies (drawponies.deviantart.com) boyfriend. He is best boyfriend. So one love poem gets written. One.

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*drawponies Jan 21, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I must say, this poem is rather exquisite.

I mean, obviously I'm biased, but I do think it is very well written

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Mood: Humor

~HugoHackenberger Jan 21, 2013

As a redditor, I can second this.

EDIT: Where is Snoo in the smiley section?

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*drawponies Jan 21, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

A fellow soul who recognizes the exquisiteness that is this poem!

Hai

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~HugoHackenberger Jan 22, 2013

Hi.

You did post this on Reddit, didn't You?

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*drawponies Jan 22, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I DID

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