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And Now For a Poem

And now for a poem, about my dreams and my home

the decent people I let down amongst the 100 million clones

Life is lonely, love seems phony

when I was 12 I thought my first love would be my one and only

God used to be my everything and more

now he generalizes people, and causes reason for hate and war

Life is a divine circle... of all that is good, and all that is hurtful 

Some focus on the good.... others really should

Some are born negative.... they either learn to love, or die in hatred

Others are born good inherently, but eventually they become 

torn to shreds in this world of scary things

Some born good remain fighters 

at times they appear the most negative because they have endured the pain of 
fire

I believe a scarred warrior will arise from his ashes

the pain that nearly killed becomes what cures him of his sadness

and if the legend of the warrior proves to never be

I will fight the pain of existing until that warrior becomes me

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Skat A Date: 8/27/2014 7:24:00 PM Jake, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
Jake Shields Date: 8/19/2014 7:54:00 PM Thank you all so much, I'm very happy my to hear that you enjoyed my first poem! I look forward to being an active member of this community. Cheers!
Pandita Sietesantos Date: 8/18/2014 11:37:00 AM This is such a beautiful, powerful, inspirational write that I truly enjoyed. A warm welcome to PoetrySoup, my friend. Best wishes and happy writings! Pandita
Poet Destroyer A Date: 8/17/2014 9:52:00 PM Jake,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/17/2014 1:02:00 PM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Jake - I choose your first very well written free verse :) - Great & moving ! - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- P-Soup Rule: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
Casarah Nance Date: 8/16/2014 10:43:00 AM Welcome to poetry soup. This is a great first poem, your character seems strong and determined. It would be a pleasure reading more of your poetry and sharing this bowl of soup with you. :)

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