One Hand Washes The Other
One hand washes the other Just like yin and yang Can helping each other Be so hard to understand.
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Seriously?
I looked around, What did i see, An epidemic, Growing disease, I have to admit, It even got to me, A blinded woman, On her knees, Thinking she's nothing without a guy, Come on... This isn't twilight.
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Hegemonies
Trying to explain another word I just learnt through poetry, a bit darker this one though.
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Words Mean Everything
1. The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. 2.time is a great teacher, but unfortunatley it kills all it's pupils... 3.
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Drugs Test (This was written by British Soldier)
Drugs Test (This was written by British Soldier) What he says makes a lot of sense!) I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
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Human Rights
They say we have right, but I do not agree. There just lying to us, trying to lure us in a false sense of security. I mean let's try the basic ones like the rights for a warm home and food and drink.
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Comebacks, The Things I Never Have In My Head At The Right Time
You're boring-So are you You're face is ugly- Have you looked at how much makeup you are wearing?. Your clothes are rubbish-So are yours because everyone else is wearing them.
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The People That Never Could
To the Unjust, the Cruel, and the Ignorant: Together we have seen a new era, a temporal of untainted ideals and concepts of equality unimagined before in the cracks of history.
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Daybreaker
Life is so short. Take a moment to feel alive. I know all we meant was to expand and to thrive. But we sharpened our claws and we went to war.
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True Beauty
People (guys in particular, proper guys, not clone boy band freaks) know what true beauty is in a girl.
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Democracy Is Not A Dirty Word
Once upon a time it wasn't obvious that democracy was a good thing. The idea of letting everyone have a say was terrifying for some.
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So. Many. Labels.
Who defines 'pretty'. Who defines 'good'. Who decides what we shouldn't, Who decides what we should. Who can tell me 'no'. Who can tell me 'yes'.
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Just Leave Me Alone
Racist words used but all is meant in good nature. --------------------------------- I have skin of a chocolate bar, You have skin like someone already dead.
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Bound But Free.
*another long nonsensical rant. I don't usually post quotes. But here's one of my favourite and most thought about quotes from John Donne and a bit about what it means to me.
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Stooooopid!
So iv been getting a lot of stick, For writing things that make others feel thick. So here's a poem that they can relate to, Not that I'm aiming this at any of the opuss crew.
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Great Quotes
"Our job is to spark somebody else watching us, we might not be the ones, but let's not be selfish, and because we're not gonna change the world not talk about how we should change it" - Tupac...
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Words And Paper
This ink as dark as night, This paper as light as day. Although these words are dark, Their colour means no decay. The paper on the other hand... Spreads the lies as quick as fire.
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Under The Mask
He's wanders with a mask, You do not see his face, Any normal person would think this a disgrace, But on here we live with our open minds, Not self-contained all the time.
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Angels
Their rusty, crooked halos. Their silk gowns, grubby and torn. Starlight wings, battered and broken. Cursing each child that's born. Their masks of fake concern. Hide eyes that blaze like fire.
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Love The Masquerade
"See the world in a grain of sand, And eternity in an hour." We're made to see the world , See love in a flower. See the world, But love the cover. Go work, eat, sleep, sleep.
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Life's A Bitch?
The friends who always ditch you The millions who out-rich you Can't reach. It'll itch you.
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The Hanging
A carnival of torment, laughter and jeers, Is the only thing the young man hears. His eyes are distant, Shining afar, Away from the cruel burn of tar.
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Identity
Funny how the government Have tried to capture me On a little piece of card All stamped and bluish-green.
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Animal Innocence
We have something that they want A vicious attack we cannot stop Their red eyes view us as a threat So they sentence us to death.
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