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Rungs

Elites benefit from a spiral stair-case

A ladder is the usual means of ascent

Rungs that facilitate a measured climb

Or on the other hand a quick descent

 

Life's rope ladder has many rungs

We dont enjoy a rung of our own

But share one briefly with our rivals

Each rung on the ladder is on loan

 

You can easily get knocked off a rung

Or turn your rung into a terribl...

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When a promise was a lie

Everything I wished for, everything I dreamed of, in my grasp. 

The dream became my nightmare. Torturing me by showing me what I want and need in life. Turning into something ugly and twisted. I have become a shell of what I spent years building myself up to be. 

It’s like I’ve crawled through the dirt and mud to get to the ladder, I climbed so I high I could feel the sun on my face and the ...

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The Climb

Silence surrounds us.

Wind whipping hair, sun shining down.

The trees a rustle in the autumn chill.

Yet still we climb, climb this hill.

Our laughter evades the pores of the earth.

Sinking deep into its burning heart.

A lark it darts, flying free and high

away from the shackles of fate.

 

Tell me, why cant we?

 

Horse harsh breath flies as the bag we carry fills with stones,

Picking ...

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