Stripped Away

February 11, 2013

They take away our freedoms and expect us to be okay with it They make the rules now And leave us asking, "What happened to our rights?" We have been robbed blind by those we elected to lead us We sit here and live day by day trying to make-do withwhat we have left As those few things left are being taken away The values we use to have are gone Where is the respect and honesty we use to live with as a rule? These civil rights we had, No longer seem to matter No longer seem to exist No longer may we breathe in the wonderful air of freedom For that has been stripped away The winds of time have stripped away all traces Of the world the way it use to be. Where is the tranquility? It use to be here Now we know nothing Nothing but hate and anger.

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I lost the one person i really cared about when i was 7. Now i am ok with it.. Well as ok as you can be. I lost others but he was the worst one. I became emo and suicidal. I am getting better now but to me, Suicide is extreme. It effects everyone around. I want to help others battling depression and suicide because i know how bad you need someone. One day, my cutting was really bad and i was really upset that day and i started cutting on the bus and not realizing it. I was struggling and crying but they stood by me and helped me through it, as they still are. I write to let the pen and paper take the place of a blade. I have scince i was little, it was my escape. wanna know more? My poetry tells my story. But not all of it. Im open about it but i have to be asked. Im random, spontaneous in actions, and crazy, but I am me and that wont ever change.

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xXxTurtlezmexXxMay 6, 2013

I've written one before but I like unstructured because I feel like I can express myself alot more freely and am not confined to the boundarys and limits of the structured styles such as odes. my opinion but thnk you so much!!! I'm glad you liked it.

jwienerMay 2, 2013

I really like how you break up the poem with the lines "No longer seem to matter / No longer seem to exist / No longer may we breathe in" because the negativity of the no really drives the point of the poem- that civil rights have been taken away from many individuals and we have to fight to get them back. Great poem! Have you written an ode poem? Check out the "Resources" section for ideas and inspiration.