Submissions by Robol
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Vultures
I can tell it from your eyes; your mouth only speak of empty promises and hollow truths
Our future seems so bleak and these vultures just keep preying on the weak
These vultures we call leaders
So many souls - condemned to a life of suffering
To live like rats
And all we do is run, run and run
And all we ever do is run, run and run until the streets turn red
All we want is to forget that we're alive
The smell of withering wishes forever lingers in the air
Alone again, so cold and...
Our future seems so bleak and these vultures just keep preying on the weak
These vultures we call leaders
So many souls - condemned to a life of suffering
To live like rats
And all we do is run, run and run
And all we ever do is run, run and run until the streets turn red
All we want is to forget that we're alive
The smell of withering wishes forever lingers in the air
Alone again, so cold and...
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The Broken Bones of This World
Like a wisp of smoke, I dream to just fade out under this dull sky
I can't start anew; the fire I've stoked all my life is burning up
I want to watch it all decay
I can't be a part of this anymore
I feel like I'm crumbling from the inside out
Just like Earth's heartbeat, I deteriorate
All my life has been like clawing my way to the surface for a breath
Just one single breath, before being dragged back down again
I ceaselessly reach for the sky with my feet in quicksand ...
I can't start anew; the fire I've stoked all my life is burning up
I want to watch it all decay
I can't be a part of this anymore
I feel like I'm crumbling from the inside out
Just like Earth's heartbeat, I deteriorate
All my life has been like clawing my way to the surface for a breath
Just one single breath, before being dragged back down again
I ceaselessly reach for the sky with my feet in quicksand ...
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FRAUDULENCE
Take a look around you; the people you know don’t exist
They just project what they want the world to see
What they want you to know
You’re just like them – a kernel of truth wrapped in deceit
I’m just like them – a kernel of truth wrapped in deceit
We’re born into a never-ending vicious cycle of dishonesty and resentment
We know no love
No rest
Year...
They just project what they want the world to see
What they want you to know
You’re just like them – a kernel of truth wrapped in deceit
I’m just like them – a kernel of truth wrapped in deceit
We’re born into a never-ending vicious cycle of dishonesty and resentment
We know no love
No rest
Year...
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DEEP WATERS/SHALLOW SOULS
Dear April,
I'm about to give you my heart
Squeeze it dry - tear it in half
Let me see the broken shards
Just embrace my frail heart
Never to be put back together again
Hold my hand; I'll be here with you forever
I am filled with trepidation: Make it fade and I throw away everything
Everything that binds me to this world ...
I'm about to give you my heart
Squeeze it dry - tear it in half
Let me see the broken shards
Just embrace my frail heart
Never to be put back together again
Hold my hand; I'll be here with you forever
I am filled with trepidation: Make it fade and I throw away everything
Everything that binds me to this world ...
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MIRAGES
Misery and stress is what you call life
Can’t you see we all wander lost?
Our hearts are a mess and as the days go by, we only seem to care less and less
So keep your pace in the rat race; wait for fear to slither out of the shadows
Again and again, day after day
You’re free as long as you’re on your knees; just do what they tell you
Inhale fear, exhale life
You can’t stop it, open your eyes; you can’t deny its sustenance
It’s always there; it waits for the bounty of broken dreams
...
Can’t you see we all wander lost?
Our hearts are a mess and as the days go by, we only seem to care less and less
So keep your pace in the rat race; wait for fear to slither out of the shadows
Again and again, day after day
You’re free as long as you’re on your knees; just do what they tell you
Inhale fear, exhale life
You can’t stop it, open your eyes; you can’t deny its sustenance
It’s always there; it waits for the bounty of broken dreams
...
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THE DISINFECTION
Reminiscent of a misguided illusion
I still claw my way up the walls of the abyss
The abyss that I alone carved
Breathing has become so labored
But all I once knew smolders beneath me: burning away so furiously
I can’t curb my demons
I feel a shadow stir within the hollows of my heart
And writhe amid the shallows of my mind
It will leave me blind to anything but its face
Oh God, this suffering is too much to bear
...
I still claw my way up the walls of the abyss
The abyss that I alone carved
Breathing has become so labored
But all I once knew smolders beneath me: burning away so furiously
I can’t curb my demons
I feel a shadow stir within the hollows of my heart
And writhe amid the shallows of my mind
It will leave me blind to anything but its face
Oh God, this suffering is too much to bear
...
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