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TOUCH THE RIVER

Scream and fight in the darkness

Take a chance when they blind you with their smiles

Even though it's just madness,you've no choice but to feel that you're on trial

They dissect your emotions, dictate your every move, suppress all signs of rebellion

They ply you with false truth.

 

Never question the order

As they de-humanise,categorise

Turn out social fodder

Disregarding the questions in your eyes

Pummelled into submission,hearded into blocks

Confirmation is routine

The thinking has to stop.

 

Touch the river, live a dream

With the cause that you believe

Then they move to break your stance

To tear foundations at a glance

Touch the river, clear the side

Dare to swim against the tide

Undercurrents drag you down

Here come the sharks and social clowns again.

 

Find a firm postion

Fight the wolves as they snap around your feet

Avoid their mental transition

Or their hold on you will be complete

They find it so easy to erase orginalities

They invent false values

They clone personalities.

 

Touch the river, live a dream

with the cause that you believe

Then they move to break your stance

To tear foundations at a glance

Touch the river, clear the side

Dare to swim against the tide

Undercurrents drag you down

Here come the sharks and social clowns again.

 

Scream and fight in the darkness

Take a chance when they blind you with their smiles.

 

 

WASHED ASHORE ►

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Pete

Thu 11th Oct 2012 19:37

We have some very similar views Tony, and I love the articulation in this piece. It has rhythm without predictability and power in its imagery.

Kenneth Eaton-Dykes

Thu 4th Oct 2012 19:07

Meaty stuff tony

You strike me as being a natural "child of adversity",or do you look at all this wretchedness through somebody elses eyes.

I'd be a good subject for you, I wallow in
abjectivity

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Hugh

Tue 25th Sep 2012 08:44

Great phrases-"Touch the river,live a dream." flowed through my brain and left an impression as well."Scream and fight in the darkness" also.Like the way you repeated these phrases.Impressive,well done!!

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