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I walk on these dead feet

February 15, 2011
By Anonymous

I walk on these dead feet crashing, stumbling
These words I try to speak fall through the top of my mouth
My tongue needs a band aid, its leaking moans
Trembling I search for an answer
I hear whispers
“well help you” “come to us” “speak, we can help”
But they are lies
Like a rainbow kite floating through a silent wind
I yearn to shut it all down
Take hold of a cloud and float away
Im being cliché
I know its true
Just another miserable child typing
Lives flagged
Because we are all so obedient
We dance under their finger
We fall to ground when they tell us to
We are happy when they tell us to
We
Are
Docile
Dogs
“roll over, speak, sit.”
But im an old dog
I for one cannot be tought new tricks
I type with these dead fingers, crashing, stumbling
These words speak true,
A deafening bawl
That only reaches me



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on Mar. 22 2011 at 3:07 pm
emoducks BRONZE, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"Life will only be amazing if you make it that way."
-Me (:

haha yupp anytime :)

on Mar. 22 2011 at 2:43 pm
greenpinstripes_erinn SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
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thank you!

on Mar. 22 2011 at 2:43 pm
greenpinstripes_erinn SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
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thank you!

on Mar. 22 2011 at 7:40 am
emoducks BRONZE, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"Life will only be amazing if you make it that way."
-Me (:

wow. this poem is amazing :) i loved it :)

on Mar. 20 2011 at 10:15 pm
Hope_Allie SILVER, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
Words. Solitary groups of letters, added together to express on page your emotion. Love in ink. Pain in pen.-Paul Putman

woah, utterly amazing. im speechless