The Machine

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    The Machine


    There once was a time
    I had hope in my mind
    The future was sublime
    the world was all mine

    A product of the machine
    I've forgotten how to dream
    Deafened by the screams
    from all who believed

    Leave your morals at the door
    gotta even up the score
    gotta fight another war
    all you want is more

    My hands still bleed
    from planting the seed
    of your ever growing greed
    A prisoner never free

    The King on his throne
    the risk not his own
    Hearts made of stone
    destroy flesh and bone


    From the moment we are born
    we are forced to conform
    to the pattern that's been formed
    by the weak and the scorned

    and now I look in the eyes
    of these children by my side
    our failure will not die
    they will pay for our pride

     

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    tenderpoison commented on The Machine

    01-22-2011

    quite the dark legacy we're leaving them. your insight is a rare and powerful thing :)

    knight4696 commented on The Machine

    07-11-2010

    Hey Vamp - I see you're mixing it up a bit. The darkness is prevalent but it is definately a different style of writing from you. Your insight into the human psyche and rhyming skills always amaze me man. Great work as usual! :) Ken

    Artie

    07/18/2010

    Yeah a lot of current things have been really building up in me, and this is just the tip of the sword. Glad you enjoyed this - latrz

    captaininsight commented on The Machine

    07-03-2010

    .....Kids today!...seems like that's the nature of the way thing woiks , huh Artie? ..Thanks fer the wk.

    Artie

    07/18/2010

    It seems like the direction isn't good. Thx for the read - Latrz

    mustascheman commented on The Machine

    07-03-2010

    How true, how true! Wicked cool write Artie! How's that song go...? "I believe the children are our future...." " Bla, bla ,blee, blee bluu." something like that.

    Artie

    07/03/2010

    Thx for the read - I'm a headbanger str8 outta hell - I hate that song lol

    mustascheman

    07/03/2010

    Oh...well...hey... I am also...I didn't say I liked that song..I'm sure you've heard it too.

    ginga commented on The Machine

    07-03-2010

    Artie, You certainly covered the bases in a poem of hopelessness turned to angst. The rhyming is grand! ginga

    Artie

    07/03/2010

    Yeah this does paint a dark picture, but hopefully sheds some light on how destructive patterns can ruin lives- thx for the read

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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