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Not my Life

April 10, 2010
By Anonymous

I am alive
I can breathe
I can speak
I can eat
But I am not living
I do not live my life
I go through my life
Every breathe I take is forced
Every word I speak is predestined
And the food I eat is tainted
And has to be shoved down my throat
My life is not mine
It is someone else’s
And they choose what I want
What I like
What I want to do with this life
This life that is not my own.
This life is a bad joke.


The author's comments:
For my English class we had to write a poem about "The Dead Poets Society". I chose to write my poem about the relationship between the character Neil and his father in the movie.

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