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sinisterVT's picture

I never thought i would fall so far into the rut
down into the assimilated
the workings of the system so rusty and so dirty
I've strayed to far from the allies and little bits land
that i used to call my own
the back sides of my mind
Were I bring inspiration from have all grown dusty
I've gone to far from what is the abnormal and beautiful
back to the normal and dull.
the outside alludes me
while the inside confines me into a box
its been to long since i ran along the roof tops
on the heights of Indy
i used to run along the allies filled with artwork on the walls
only i knew of them only i could sit and stop and notice
but now i pass by and a blind eye to the little things
the small allies leading to the missing cities
the unknown is what I've lost
the obscure and foggy that i used to enter fearlessly to grasp the unknown in the palm of my hand.
but not anymore
I've become normal
normal
this must stop
I'm going back to the depths and the roofs
the underside of the pathways only known by some.
I'm going back to the fog
I'm going back to the darkness
because things are clearer there.

rebel_angel's picture

this feels

This feels so lost almost.

I love the line

I'm going back to the darkness
because things are clearer there.

It makes sense. Very nice!

sinisterVT's picture

thanks not my best, but I'll

thanks not my best, but I'll take it, it is very lost..ahh depressing poetry were would i be without it

rebel_angel's picture

well..

where would anybody be without some sort of outlet? its needed

sinisterVT's picture

i concur, but im just

i concur, but im just looking back and i don't write much happy poetry but yes it is needed.

rebel_angel's picture

ehh

eh, happy poetry comes out sometimes. on occasion

sinisterVT's picture

i guess i have on happy poem

i guess i have on happy poem

i, too, seldom have happy

i, too, seldom have happy poems...my friends who read my poems wonder why i'm such a depressed person, always writing about sad things. But all I say is that there isn't really much else to write about because i like the emotions i can put into a sad poem, even if it is already sad. but that doesn't mean i don't have any happy poems, sure i do, just not as many. I also don't have as much fun writing happy poems unless i really like the subject...good job, though!

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