Submissions by WarriorPoet
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
FISCALLY UNBOUND
The poor and working class, believed forever bound. Living beneath those who wear the crowns. Just because there wealth and influence astounds.
Until one day the weight we carry causes us to drown. For the loss of life and dignity forced us to look around. Realizing we became slaves to a society where our voices would never sound.
Living in a world where our money would always flow uptown. For the sweat and blood we shed, guarantees us a spot at the burial mound. No longer can we wait and hope for our luck to rebound.
For some of us have waited patiently,...
Until one day the weight we carry causes us to drown. For the loss of life and dignity forced us to look around. Realizing we became slaves to a society where our voices would never sound.
Living in a world where our money would always flow uptown. For the sweat and blood we shed, guarantees us a spot at the burial mound. No longer can we wait and hope for our luck to rebound.
For some of us have waited patiently,...
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Reluctant Traveler
I do what I must to make sure our lives don't careen. Off the road, we have chosen even though the future is unseen. Though this is not the life, I would have foreseen.
Nor one I would have chosen willingly to lead. Forever bogged down by those who are on my team. Constantly questioned because my methods were unclean.
Because they don't understand that the longer they wait the more I bleed. But it's worth it when their heads hit the pillow. And the lives they wake up to are almost serene.
But I can't help wondering about the glowing eyes that stare down on me. Will...
Nor one I would have chosen willingly to lead. Forever bogged down by those who are on my team. Constantly questioned because my methods were unclean.
Because they don't understand that the longer they wait the more I bleed. But it's worth it when their heads hit the pillow. And the lives they wake up to are almost serene.
But I can't help wondering about the glowing eyes that stare down on me. Will...
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Beautiful Disease
A body made for sin catches your gaze and you seize. For you knew not that god made faces such as these. For when she’d grace you with her presence you would freeze.
Buckling under the power of her beauty and bought to your knees. An effect she creates with ease. Because she has a way of turning any man in to the smallest of fleas.
And it’s here where she did as she pleased. And she’d snatch the life from you every time you’d beg on your knees. As she does everything common of a twenty dollar tease.
And every sexual desire is appeased. Unknown to you that this is...
Buckling under the power of her beauty and bought to your knees. An effect she creates with ease. Because she has a way of turning any man in to the smallest of fleas.
And it’s here where she did as she pleased. And she’d snatch the life from you every time you’d beg on your knees. As she does everything common of a twenty dollar tease.
And every sexual desire is appeased. Unknown to you that this is...
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Exploitation
This world was built on exploiting all men. Particularly the working class who have no money to spend. It does not matter if you're white, black or Asian.
The inferior is a class you will never transcend. Because your face will so easily blend. Amongst the poor and deprived that make up the billions.
And the governments only see their people as loosened. That they may use to maintain their kingdoms, or completely expend. But unfortunately upon your deaths it won't be the end.
For as you conceive your children they will one day continue the trend. Of working until...
The inferior is a class you will never transcend. Because your face will so easily blend. Amongst the poor and deprived that make up the billions.
And the governments only see their people as loosened. That they may use to maintain their kingdoms, or completely expend. But unfortunately upon your deaths it won't be the end.
For as you conceive your children they will one day continue the trend. Of working until...
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Let Bygones Be
I had overcome the ruins that you made this a life. Putting out every fire that you would ignite. Fighting through every conflict that you would incite.
Focusing every day on a future so bright. Where the only time I see the darkness, is when day turns to night. And the pain you inflicted is far beyond on my sights.
For this life you once grounded has forever taken flight. Peering down on a man who can no longer stay up right. For you have become a shade that lives out of spite.
A once proud fool who can no longer put up a fight. Days from death and all you...
Focusing every day on a future so bright. Where the only time I see the darkness, is when day turns to night. And the pain you inflicted is far beyond on my sights.
For this life you once grounded has forever taken flight. Peering down on a man who can no longer stay up right. For you have become a shade that lives out of spite.
A once proud fool who can no longer put up a fight. Days from death and all you...
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Fighting Blind
A leader is only as good as those he leads. But an army is only as strong as what they believe. What their willing to die for.
And what they are willing to leave. To fight the enemy abroad. So in peaceful times we may breath.
But there are no righteous causes that drives them to succeed. No more P.O.W.'s to repatriate. Or dictators to supersede.
Only back ally deals to make. And soldiers deaths to grieve. For they kill on command. Not for the freedoms in which they believed.
And what they are willing to leave. To fight the enemy abroad. So in peaceful times we may breath.
But there are no righteous causes that drives them to succeed. No more P.O.W.'s to repatriate. Or dictators to supersede.
Only back ally deals to make. And soldiers deaths to grieve. For they kill on command. Not for the freedoms in which they believed.
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Among Friends
You handed them the tools to excel and transcend. When their filled with hesitation. This doubt you'll suspend.
Going to any lengths to prepare and defend. Until the day, they cross you. And refuse to make amends. Taking the bond you thought would last forever.
Bringing it to a bitter end. Forcing you on the defensive, because against you they must contend. And you teach them a lesson that forces them to comprehend.
That they should never make enemies of those they still need as friends.
Going to any lengths to prepare and defend. Until the day, they cross you. And refuse to make amends. Taking the bond you thought would last forever.
Bringing it to a bitter end. Forcing you on the defensive, because against you they must contend. And you teach them a lesson that forces them to comprehend.
That they should never make enemies of those they still need as friends.
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Underachiever
You have what others can only dream. The security in knowing that you are free. Of the bonds that shackle most, making them unable to lead.
A life of possibilities where all things can be. But you knowingly live under the pretense of lies. You did everything you could to deceive and connive.
Taking, while those more worthy were deprived. You earned nothing nor did you wish to strive. To cement your status and wipe away the lies.
At peace with the fact that you did not try. And for those who need the help you'll give them nothing even...
A life of possibilities where all things can be. But you knowingly live under the pretense of lies. You did everything you could to deceive and connive.
Taking, while those more worthy were deprived. You earned nothing nor did you wish to strive. To cement your status and wipe away the lies.
At peace with the fact that you did not try. And for those who need the help you'll give them nothing even...
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Road Blocks
Your foolishness haunts us. It brings us down. Blocking a road that will never be found.
Forever halting our progress and keeping us bound. Ever closer to you where our dreams are drowned. Like rats on a ship who will never find ground.
We'll only hear about places that are world renowned. Only think about the feelings that they say are profound. Acting as a cautionary tale when we somberly recount.
Forever halting our progress and keeping us bound. Ever closer to you where our dreams are drowned. Like rats on a ship who will never find ground.
We'll only hear about places that are world renowned. Only think about the feelings that they say are profound. Acting as a cautionary tale when we somberly recount.
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The Unattainable
The bliss won't outlast the lie you live. Illusions you created will soon start to give. And the gap between you and your paradise is one you'll never bridge.
For once the world crumbles beneath you. From the bottom you'll climb. And everything working for you.
Will betray you in time. Like sand through an hourglass, your chances are fine.
Wading though the muck, you are stuck in the mire. And the visions you remember are that of a liar.
Memories of an empire. One you'll never reacquire. Because your forever below the...
For once the world crumbles beneath you. From the bottom you'll climb. And everything working for you.
Will betray you in time. Like sand through an hourglass, your chances are fine.
Wading though the muck, you are stuck in the mire. And the visions you remember are that of a liar.
Memories of an empire. One you'll never reacquire. Because your forever below the...
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At Arms Length
I will forever wear these scars. Symbols of a youth taken. And an innocence marred.
Taken by those I trusted, given for those I loved. Until my dreams are charred. Forced to stare back at a face that's forever hard.
Never again will I wonder what lies beyond the stars. My deepest thoughts remain the thickness of the bars. Keeping me from doing irrevocable harm.
Against those who have done me wrong. And those to which i would spar. Keeping them safe and at a distance by watching this world from afar.
Taken by those I trusted, given for those I loved. Until my dreams are charred. Forced to stare back at a face that's forever hard.
Never again will I wonder what lies beyond the stars. My deepest thoughts remain the thickness of the bars. Keeping me from doing irrevocable harm.
Against those who have done me wrong. And those to which i would spar. Keeping them safe and at a distance by watching this world from afar.
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Choose Your Path
Ether way will kill you. So just pick a way to die. Leave this world honorably.
Or live without a spine. Die for those who love you. Or kiss them goodbye.
For the selfishness that infects you is in abundant supply. May it never spread to those nearby. For your now a person in which they can't rely.
I would much rather bleed then see those I love cry. Even though it's hard to stay loyal to those who stood by. As I painfully fell to my knees.
Believing that I would breathe my last and die. Hoping that when i rise they will...
Or live without a spine. Die for those who love you. Or kiss them goodbye.
For the selfishness that infects you is in abundant supply. May it never spread to those nearby. For your now a person in which they can't rely.
I would much rather bleed then see those I love cry. Even though it's hard to stay loyal to those who stood by. As I painfully fell to my knees.
Believing that I would breathe my last and die. Hoping that when i rise they will...
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