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What Have You Done?


What have you done?

Sitting there, alone and cold in my grey thoughts

Those thoughts that bring pain to this broken heart

Covered in thrones and lies

That only fills these faces with bloody tears

What have you done?

You have once promised great and happy times for all of us

But now all you do is expose that yellow belly

Swimming in your never-ending pool of green 

While the rest of us drown in the black abyss that we call home

You and your beautiful lies

Gently touching our hearts and making us fall in love with your words

Blindly following every deceiving promise

We never expected taht the flame we felt for you

To become just a thin dancer of grey smoke

What have you done?

You have murdered our innocence

You have destroyed our pride

You have raped our dignity

Are you proud of yourself?

Preying to the souls and hearts of your citizens like a red hair fox

Hypnotizing those who are defenseless

Those whose only weapons are their voices

Voices that are silenced by fear

With puppets that have been taught to believe your truth

A form of truth that only brings misery and sorrow

What have you done?

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Ruby.Cortez
<p>The middle of the road</p><p>There I stand</p><p>Thinking which way to go</p><p>Wondering if I should go left</p><p>Or to the right</p><p>Remembering what it was like</p><p>The place with golden streets</p><p>Walking down the pier</p><p>Seeing the many strange things</p><p>There I stand</p><p>Wishin&#39; I knew the way</p><p>Of the many sounds of street shows</p><p>Or the taste of the sea&nbsp;</p><p>Where the seals play&nbsp;</p><p>There I stand&nbsp;</p><p>Waiting for a sign</p>

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