Aug 24, 2006 21:19
Nothing really new. Just been on a poetry kick and here are ywo of the best.
The "American Dream"
Here we live in a society that
preaches to us to have hopes and dreams,
when there is only smoke and mirrors.
Leading the young into a bottomless abyss.
Trying to strive, trying to achieve, trying to breathe
the American dream; fresh breath of freedom of self
and what gives us our individuality.
Only when we reach this confidence of mind,
We are crushed by vindictive,
hypocritical fist of the American ideal
of what we should be and what were not.
My Rose and its Thorns
They say that roses last forever,
I’m afraid that it's true.
The fragrance is eternally sweet,
the lush crimson color is ever inviting.
One is temped to reach out
and pluck it from the bush.
But the thorns protect its host,
blood runs from the smallest wound.
One can only marvel at its beautiful,
and dream of it touch.