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jackalice
jackalice

A Naked Man, Head Bowed

A naked man bows his head, and Walks on into driving rain, teeth Together, arms hugging chest, Resolute against the pain Upon his back their lies a cross, 8ft high and 5ft across, bound With rope...

16 4 334 words
tattyteddy
tattyteddy

What Is Happening?

What is happening To the world. With the wars And people killed What is happening On Earth today. Taking lives And nobody to pay What is happening To our life.

26 0 50 words
sjw
sjw

The Rulers And The Tyrants

#xmasparody Sing to the tune of The Holly And The Ivy .

30 12 50 words
im_the_mockingjay
im_the_mockingjay

Somewhere

Somewhere. A mother holds her daughter for the first time. She will treasure her in her heart forever. Somewhere. A father curses the name of his new son.

10 1 121 words
nikujagagirl
nikujagagirl

Why?

Even now I still don't understand why people will listen to the ramblings of an idiot but shut out the cries of someone in need. Why people want what they know they cannot have.

14 3 129 words
16Moonlight
16Moonlight

Hope

The sun shines bright. But my way is clouded. There's so much love. All of it avoids my heart. Arrows fly and hit their target. My heart can't leak tears anymore. There's so much pain.

14 2 130 words
blacknova
blacknova

War

Searing crimson rays strike the scorched earth. Blood curdling screams shatter the once vividly beautiful land like fragile glass. Shining armour flashes and glistens under burning, deadly sun.

56 14 122 words
peacekeeper
peacekeeper

Living Dead

I see the lifeless eyes; the bloodied face. I see the spent lives and the sulfur trace. The cards are dealt without an ace. And only now weve entered a race. Towards death; towards a tortured time.

20 6 618 words
Georgiastar
Georgiastar

Sights We Don't Want To See

Death flashes before our eyes,. Someone telling horrifying lies,. A murder with a knife or gun,. Just because they think it's fun,. A place of fighting and a war,.

14 4 62 words
Yassine
Yassine

What Size Shoes Are You?

Because of the suction once pierced It is impossible to remove a knife without twisting inside the stab wound More often than not what's twisted comes out with it Only increasing the hemorrhage and...

4 0 271 words
juttaghold
juttaghold

The Color Of War

Where tranquility used to be, there is pandemonium The freedom street is held in solitary confinement Armored cars, bombs and heavy machine guns, Running wild like an old Singer machine The collector...

4 0 264 words
RDE
RDE

War

Gunshots pierce the quiet of the night Mothers hide their children in fright Pure air blackened by ash From explosions not very far Families torn apart Never knowing when their next going to...

8 0 112 words
bobhead97
bobhead97

No One Is Perfect, Why God?

Most people always say that none of us our perfect, that is how God created us, but did he.

0 0 214 words