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Higher Powers

February 6, 2013
By GraphicWriter DIAMOND, Yuba City, California
GraphicWriter DIAMOND, Yuba City, California
63 articles 10 photos 89 comments

If you pressurize sand enough
You soon get something you can see through
Something we call glass.
We use it to encase
Anything of the soluble matter.

With emitters that drive
Like thorns to a rabbits side
Where the underside is left bare
The needle presses through
To inject pain killing toxins
That kill everything between me and you.

Like the societal mesh of opinions and options
That seems to wrap in the patterns of metal
Encasing forgotten memos and broken pencils,
Encasing plastic cages broken by monster hands,
So empty it to the world,
Pour back what is drowned out
And raise from the hells
The heavens you held.

In one breath a thousand words can be said
One life and a story is written
But that story will not be told or read to others
Just another forgotten memo
In a societal trashcan
In the office of a higher power
Energy just encasing and breaking
Back to the raw materials you came from.


The author's comments:
A societal based poem, turned into religion and god... Honestly, I think my poetry is starting to have a mind of its own!

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on Jul. 20 2013 at 6:27 pm
GraphicWriter DIAMOND, Yuba City, California
63 articles 10 photos 89 comments
Oh thank you!(: I seem to feel the pattern, or almost beat when I write, I think it's because I love music so much

on Jul. 20 2013 at 3:27 pm
DawnieRae BRONZE, Lancaster, Ohio
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I love how you make your poems seem to rhythm even when they're not. So cool!!

on Jun. 29 2013 at 9:40 am
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." ~Camille Pissarro

No, I totally agree. And I definitely think there is a place for pessimism is writing (for example, this poem :P). Negativity makes a point, so I think you used it well.

on Jun. 29 2013 at 12:52 am
GraphicWriter DIAMOND, Yuba City, California
63 articles 10 photos 89 comments
I have a bad habit of being pessimistic, but it's not exactly easy to not be.. I mean, everyone wants to see the good in the world, but our teachers (some, not all), teach with biased opinions and we hear all these bad things and politics that happen all over the world, and we sometimes forget about the good. We get judged and we close up and then it just gets hard to remember the reasons for all of it.. 

on Jun. 28 2013 at 12:14 pm
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND, Clemmons, North Carolina
56 articles 0 photos 253 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." ~Camille Pissarro

Wow. This was really powerful. You were pessimistic without being overly defeatist, and I liked the touch of ambiguity you used throughout. You are right, the poem does seem to have a mind of its own—but that is good! Keep up the awesome writing!