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Where I'm From

October 30, 2009
By OscarW. DIAMOND, Clarksville, Arkansas
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OscarW. DIAMOND, Clarksville, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi

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I travel this weary path
Step by step I carry on
And every day that pass
I hope you hear my song

Lost and forgotten
Unloved and forsaken
No one cared I was begotten
Born into this world a mistake

Day by day, I grow older
Weary and weathered
My feet are broken
My soul grows colder

All the hate and deceit
The world corrupt
People like me scolded upon
The homeless, as well as the hopeless

Though I pass many people by
No one cares to look my eye
Into a soul and past experience askew
They know not where I am from

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"Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales." August Rush(2007)

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timevampire GOLD said...
on Aug. 25 2010 at 3:43 pm
timevampire GOLD, Bellville, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
Quoting yourself makes you an ass.

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The first stanza doesn't really flow... maybe it's the pass in the third line... But the over all idea I relate with deeply. It's like how you start to hate yourself for how much you love yourself.  My favorite part is " Lost and forgotten / Unloved and forsaken / Born into this world a mistake." Though I think we're not born into the world a mistake... Just a little broken... not a mistake.
OscarW. DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 11 2010 at 3:15 pm
OscarW. DIAMOND, Clarksville, Arkansas
95 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi

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Haha, thanks! I don't really like this one myself. I sometimes wish I could take some of my junk off here, but I don't think you can... Oh well. :P
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 11 2010 at 2:29 pm
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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You are a great writer! I love your work. This is a great peice. Keep writing!