Silently, I bought a liar’s dream
Deep waters for stars
Serenity for success
Believing a goal is there to be reached
A life relieved of circumstance
Cheating myself for an extra moment of sleep
I paved my roads
But they lead only to places I hate
I cheated myself for a second of memory
For the good things they said that come
To those who wait
But they took our faces
They changed our names
They’ve mistaken our wishes for long, nameless hours
They burned our pages
& forsaken our songs
On graves they once dug, now they lay flowers
Saying prayers to concrete heavens
But we know that angels don’t live here anymore
& the limit must be the limitless sky
Of feelings that we so eagerly ignore
Since they reshaped our faces
& cloned our hearts
Then given back all that we’ve left to die
Mother, they’ve taken away our childhood
But they will never take us alive
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“They burned our pages
& forsaken our songs
On graves they once dug, now they lay flowers”
That’s what I am talking about and what I have been waiting for! And that ending my friend!! So, so, so powerful!
hehee.. thank you.. I hope it’s a good opening 🙂
I miss this. So very much. Here’s to new beginnings, my friend. Thank you for this wonderful reminder of why I’m so in love with this art.
Just hoping to write a lot more than I did these past few months.. Here’s to more inspiration 😉 it’s great to be here again
Damn, Nebo! So dope. Those final two verses got me! So relatable.
Gotta love doing that to people with just words.. Thanks, bro 🙂
Woah, woah, woah… That was simply so powerful. The ending really packed a punch.
“But they will never take us alive”
Just love this <3
I totally got stuck after writing this one :/ let’s hope there’s more to come tho… thank you so much <3
Awesome piece! Missed your work and inspiring words. Keep up the great work and I’ll be around to keep reading.
Good to see you here, bro.. thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Thanks and you’re welcome!
I can’t comment on your other poem because it says I have to be signed in when I’ve already been signed in.