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Dusty paths of endless grey, Once the hunter, now the prey, Stumble through crowds of blurry strife, Busy murmur of urban life, People upon people, who couldn't care less, With their own problems,...
#projecthumanity(ish). Remember when the world was safe. When kids could play outside all day. When doors weren't locked 'til late at night. when you could trust that man was kind.
If I could go back in time I'd change a lot I'd make sure in the future I was a robot. If I could go back in time I'd see some things Visit the dinosaurs, queens and kings.
Some people want to die. some people want to live. some people want to take. some people want to give. Some people have family. some people have friends. some people love life.
If I could lock away my guilt, I would embrace every dark and twisted evil within me. I do not know who I am, I do not know where I am going.
Through roots and web Across stream and overhead We are the ones who's feet still feel Our mothers voice is close and it's real Some play with our ideas Say they're "children of the light" Some...
So; What did you get for Christmas. A 36" highest quality Samsung TV hey!. Or the newest 4th generation iPad with retina display. A great new laptop - most expensive of course!.
If being married young justifies adultery Then man this world has a change to see Learn to love the one you're with Or be mature and end that sh*t Holy matrimony should be just that...
Tomorrow is another day, Yet today is still so long Perhaps I'll sacrifice and pray Or write another song But songs and poems make no difference To whether the earth stay blue or green The challenge...
I'm not sure if I dreamt this but I think I heard somewhere that the plan in the USA to combat gun crime is to put armed police in every school.
I'm sorry to say if I like you Chances are i will fright you I'm not your everyday man Raised with a stern hand Taught to respect right from wrong I try to treat everyone the same Sole divides only...
What on Earth is happening. Another lesson for you to learn Let's hope this latest gunman As he took aim, had grace to burn Kids, now firefighters Is it ever going to end.
Let's begin with Something easy Something simple Something understandable For isn't that how We must be known. Oh, sure. Be a great.
This ones for all. The twats and the pricks. The ones who drive drunken. The ones who kill kids. The ones who rip families. Apart with their cars. Pushing metal into metal.
The love that's unfolded, The love that we share, makes me wonder does god even care. Although I'm in sin, too deep to live, my heart sinks like water from a sieve.
#ProjectHumanity There was a time when humankind felt something for the world. There was a time we faced the threats and battled what was hurled.
We live in a world where people are scared to be themselves, girls try and be someone they aren’t, guys beat the crap out of someone because he’s not the same, and gay people can’t be open about...
Crime doesn't pay Well that's what they say But I see people rolling in money Even if it is phoney I guess it's the waiting to be caught Waiting for that lesson to be taught Out in stolen cars...
Hate is an obsession Full of redemption It's probably something The world won't be needing But I think we all know That it's what everyone stows Deep inside their hearts Where everything's...
I will hopefully add to this as time goes on c: We are the Forgotten Lost in the distance Unable to see Still yearning to be We are the Silenced The masked and the shunned Swiftly tossed...
This is sort of 'inspired', I suppose by one of @blindsilence's recent posts. So, here goes. Okay, first up, people on Opuss who follow no-one, yet have over 60-70 followers.
We sing at Christmas all the carols, While we gather round the fire. Laughing, drinking, cheering, Pretend that it's all alright. You're a liar.
The start of a new generation doesn't start with a certificate saying you are generation x, y, or z. It's subtle.
I am a sponge. Absorbing everything. Filled to capacity. But I am shrinking. Ingesting the poisons. Of a toxic society. I am a mirror. Reflecting an image. Of the world you want to see.