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Something Old

January 14, 2015
By poet_head GOLD, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
poet_head GOLD, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”


― Jack Kerouac, On the Road


I seize the day

and it seizes me

back into the ground.

do you hear that sound?

my eyes can,

but my ears cannot.

everything is of a darker shade

everyone is a bundle of knots

everday is another wave

of passive madness -

I try to touch

the open flame;

it feeds my motivation

to have no hope for the same.

everything keeps me fragile

everyone keeps a smile

everyday keeps me down 

on my mind -

the older one

knows not what

he told her;

that of a terrible, insane mind.

everything gives me a heartbeat

everyone gives me their force to defeat

everyday gives me silence.


The author's comments:

I wrote this poem for my wonderful friend, Gina. I hope I got it right :)


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