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CONVICTED OF A LESSER FATE
by Sarai Sage → (All Poetry by Sarai Sage)
Thursday, November 30, 2017    Rated "R" by the Author.
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Never been incarcerated, just an insight to what it may feel like.

LIGHT
DARK
SHADOWS OF GREY
BLIND
KIND
AND CONVICTED OF A LESSER FATE
UPS
DOWNS
ALL TAKE A TOLL
LIVING ON TIME
BORROWED NOT STOLE
EMPTINESS
SHATTERED DREAMS
TIME STAND STILLS
THIS WORLD
THESE MEANS
SLOW TO HAPPINESS
QUICK TO PAIN
NOBODY
NOTHING
ANYBODY
THAT'S SOMETHING
WHAT'S TO GAIN
OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE DRAIN
OKAY TO LAY
BUT NOT TO DREAM
THE DEVIL TAKES AWAY
WHAT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
IT'S OKAY FOR A WHILE
UNTIL THE TAINT STACKS UP MILES
TOO HIGH TOO CLIMB
DOING CRIME
DOING TIME
PAYING THE PRICE
WHAT'S THE USE
A LIFE ALL ALONE
WITH NO ONE TO CALL MY OWN
ROMANCE
LIES
BROKEN PROMISES
IS THERE A BRAND NEW START FOR ME
OR AM I LOST
WITH NO HOPE
WILL MY FEARS DEMOLISH
OR CORRUPT ME
WHAT'S THE USE
IN CARING
OR EVEN TRYING
ALL ANYONE SEES
IS THE PERSON I PORTRAY TO BE
NOT THE REAL ME
MY EXISTENCE IS A MEMORY
A DREAM
A THOUGHT
A MADE UP FAIRYTALE
A REMEMBRANCE OF PAIN
NO ONE HAS LOOKED WITHIN ME
NO ONE HAS EVEN TRIED
AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE
WHAT WILL BE SEEN
IS THE SAYING
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
A FALSIFIED STATEMENT
OR A REPRESENTATION OF TRUE MEANING
 
TODAY CAN SPECIFY
AN ENDING OF AN ERA
A TAMPERING OF PERSISTENCE
AN VALANCE OF HUMANITY
AN ECLIPSE OF INSANITY
NO ONE CARES
NO ONE SPECULATES
WHAT ONE DAY
OR ONE MOMENT
CAN SYMBOLIZE TO AN HONEST
AND UNIQUE PERSON LIKE ME
WHAT'S THE USE
NO ONE LOVES
OR CHERISHES ME
ONLY WORRY ABOUT
NOURISHMENT
FRIENDS
FAMILY
INTOXICANTS
AND OTHER ADDICTIONS
CAN I BE ME
WITHOUT JUDGMENT
OR ABUSIVE
DEGRADING COMMENTS
CAN ANYONE RECALL
WHERE THEY FELT NEEDED FOR THEM
NOT FOR WHAT THEY HAVE
OR CAN GIVE
CERTAINLY NOT ME
INNOCENCE SHATTERED
DREAMS DEMOLISHED
PURITY SCATTERED
A LACK OF NEEDS
A REALITY CHECKS IN ORDER
SPECULATION
AND PERSPECTIVE MANGLED
WHY CAN'T HAPPINESS
OR LOVE MEAN MORE THAN
A GREEN BILL
PEOPLE FIGHT OVER

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