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Revolutions Inside Your Heart

June 25, 2011
By iSarah BRONZE, Jamaica, New York
iSarah BRONZE, Jamaica, New York
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Favorite Quote:
Fearless shame & Pitiful silence. I cry the symphony of the fallen ... Along with the fear comes unreasonable happiness & joyful pain. So why do I have to suffer as you witness this in vain?
(written by me).


EMPTINESS IS A QUESTIONABLE SIN, HIDING OUT IN HOLLOWING LIES... CLOSING MY WEARY EYES, I BLOW A KISS INTO THE UNGREATFUL WINDS, AND QUESTION THE UNTHINKABLE LIFE THAT I SEE IN FRIGHTENING DREAMS.UKNOWN ROADS COLLAPSE AS OUR CRIES GO UNHEARD, WE LONG FOR AN ESCAPE. UNRAVELING FEELINGS DECAY WHILE ANYTHING OR EVERYTHING WE KNEW TURNS INTO SAUNTERING LIES. SHUTTERING ALONE, I FIND FOUNDATIONS PULLED OUT FROM UNDER ME… THIS WASTED BREATH IS USELESS. CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ME? AMONG THESE BURNING BEINGS I SEE A SURROUNDING WORLD DENYING HONESTY. PEOPLE CURLED UP BESIDE THEIR DISCRIMINATING LIES, AND I SEE THEIR CRIMSON EYES… DISSPASIONATE AND HOPELESSLY FEELING; HONESTY PULLED OUT FROM THEIR BEATING HEARTS, AND BITTER AMONG THE RISING SILENCE. THEY SEE THE GROUND SHAKING, THE LIES SLIPPING RIGHT THROUGH… WILL THEY EVER SEE WHAT THEY’VE DONE? DO THEY COMPREHEND WHAT’S GOING ON? TIME IGNORES AND CONTINUES ON HIS CAUSE. GO AHEAD! CHOOSE TO FORGET YOUR PASSION FILLED LIES, AS YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A CONTRADICTING WORLD. STAGNATION HAS PRODUCED A WORLD THAT IS TOO UNJUST TO ADMIT ITS MISTAKES. I SEE GROWING FIRES IN YOUR SHAMELESS EYES, AND THIS “EQUALITY”? IS NOTHING BUT A COUNTRY, IN A WAR-TORN MESS; CAUSED BY MANIPULATIVE POWER, ANGRY DEATH, AND DISTORTED TRUTH. THE ANSWERS ARE HERE, BUT REMAIN UNCLEAR … BUT ONLY IN YOUR GUILTY EYES THIS DECENDS. SURRENDERED, WE ARE PUSHED AGAINST OUR WILL TO FIGHT FOR A MEANINGLESS CAUSE. STANDING ALONE, YOUR PATENCE AND VANITY IS WEARS THIN. AND “WE ALL FALL DOWN.” WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BELONG? THE ONES THAT RAN WITH THEIR FIRES LIT AMONG THE LAYERS OF CLOUDS? FOREVER REMAINS, AND HOURS PASS BY… NO ONE CAME. TIME STOPS ITS CHATTERING, BUT STILL MOVES ALONG. THE SKY GLISTENS AND THE STARS SING THEIR SONG, AS YOU SEARCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS. WE ALL HAVE EARNED OUR HURT; WE STUMBLE ALONG THE ROCKS UNTURNED, BUT ALL THEY SEE IS SUBVERSION. FALLEN, IT SEEMS WE CANNOT STAND UP… BOTTLES ROCKET SKY HIGH WITH NO CHANCE OF CHANGE, BUT I WILL NOT RUN. IN THIS MOMENT, I REFUSE TO CLOSE THESE WEARY EYES, FOR I HAVE FORSAKENED EVERYTHING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. LIFE CONSUMES US, BUT WE ALL FORGET HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE. RECORDS REMAIN OF AN ATROCIOUS PAST, BUT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO NOT TO PAY ATTENTION. UNGRATEFUL, THEY IGNORE THE CHANGEABLE LIFE AROUND THEM. HUMAN NATURE STRIVES THROUGH CONFLICT, YET THEY STRUGGLE, AND THROUGH IGNORANCE THEY YEARN TO REACH THAT ETERNAL LIGHT. SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BESTOWS CONFLICTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS; PEOPLE CAN GAIN INTELLIGENCE THROUGH STRIFE, BUT THEY SIMPLY CHOOSE NOT TO. HUMAN SPIRIT CAN RESULT IN DARKNESS. PEOPLE CHANGE AS SOCIETY DOES. THEY BECOME DEHUMANIZED. SYMPATHY, MORALS, VALUES AND BELIEFS, PULLED OUT FROM UNDER THEM. PEOPLE BECOME SILENT UNDER DRAMATIC CHANGE, AND DO NOT BECOME THE DIFFERENCE THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE CHANGING WORLD. SHADOWS ALIGN WITHIN THE HUNGER, THIRST OF PAIN, AS SHROUDS OF SILENCE INSISTS TO CONSTANTLY CHANGE. I STRIVE TO THRIVE, WHILE OTHERS PASS BY. THE “KINGDOM OF NIGHT” SPREADS THROUGH THE WORLD, AND HUNGER PERSISTS ON STAYING. THIRST BENDS WITH TIME, PULLING THEIR FREEDOM AND DECAYING THEIR HOPE. LIFE SLOWLY, BUT THOROUGHLY SHREDS, AND FEARLESS SHAME STRIVES. THE BREEZE OF LIFE PASSES BY AND NO ONE CAN HELP. BLEEDING SCREAMING AND PASSING LIFE; WHO WILL BE THE VOICE OF THE UNSPOKEN? WHO WILL CRY THE WASTEFUL TEARS, AND WHO WOULD OVERCOME THEIR LOST SALVATION?


The author's comments:
This piece was inspired by the lyrics of the band Rise Against. They really opened my eyes to how society can change individuals, and has shown me that it's OKAY to speak up about changing obstacles.

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