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[bodytext] => Quickly, Making enemies When friends are needed When battles are defeated Demons have receded Into the backdrop of all previous While all have seen these Displays of achievement A matter of convenience To become obedient Or die with expedience Still, I remain unimpressed As your words begin to digest The very interior of my pounding chest My thoughts of love On to you I must confess The true fight which is fought Counteracting my loneliness Balanced scales weigh my wishes Knives and forks to compliment expensive dishes Surreptitious with secret ingredients No additives or preservatives Fresh hooked fishes Herbs from the market The provisions Combine for a delicious Meal of imposed conditions In the search for the self Identification reaches its worth Actualized from dust to dirt The being itself hurts Seeing compliments touching in turn Ice sheets melt As the core intensifies its burn Cemented in permanence Lamented with purpose A preponderance of punctual performance Roots dug deep in family trees Heritage, traditions, culture The past rationalized with ease Language altered Faces swelter Fear of the circling vulture A request for freedom is followed by a prompting please Declined the simplest of basic luxuries Confined and shackled to the choppy seas Caution to the breeze Lotion to soften the chafed knees Praying for a sign As I live, stand and breathe __________ _____ [comments] => 1 [counter] => 182 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Jyssvw22 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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