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Remembrance

April 7, 2014
By Aj_Blanco BRONZE, Hammond, Indiana
Aj_Blanco BRONZE, Hammond, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway. -Eminem


THE IMAGES IN MY HEAD
ARE MORE BLURRY THAN CLEAR
AS I RISE FROM THE FLOOR
THE WHOLE WORLD FLIPS
AGAIN AND AGAIN A QUESTION
RUNS THROUGH MY MIND
“IF LIFE IS A DREAM
THAN OUR DREAMS ARE OUR LIFE
BUT CAN WE HANDLE
THE DIFFERENT VIEWS
WHEN NONE ARE RIGHT?
CAN DOING WHAT I HAVE DONE
BE BETTER THAN
IF IT WASN’T
MORE THAN A THE THOUGHTS IN OUR
MIND?”
BLOOD RAN DOWN MY SIDE AND THE SKY BECAME A DARK BLUE
DARKNESS IS UPON ME
BUT WHAT MUST I DO?

I SLOWLY STUMBLE FORWARD
LIKE A BRAIN DEAD ZOMBIE
VOICES GETTING DULL
AND NOISES FADING TO NONE
NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION
UNTIL I FALL UPON THE DIRT
MY FACE HITS THE FLOOR
YET, NO PAIN COURSED THROUGH MY HEAD
INSTEAD IT BROUGHT A LIGHT
UNTO MY DYING BREATH
THE AIR BECOME COLDER
MY HEART BEGAN TO FREEZE
MY MIND CLEARED
BUT MEMORIES FLASHED BEFORE MY EYEES
I DO NOT WANT TO BE TAKEN
INTO THIS UNEARTHLY REALM
FORGOTTEN BY EVERYONE
REMEMBERED BY NONE
CAN THIS CYCLE BE BROKEN?
IF YES THAN BY WHO?
DYING IS NOT MY PRIORITY
AND WILL NEVER BE ONE
MY RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
IS CANCELLED FOREVERMORE


The author's comments:
It was my attempt at an Epic poem, I believe that I did exceptionally well.

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