Unmarked Grave - Still Alive

Last flickers of a dying flame still burn I strain to see every bitter remembrance     lain before my feet     pain stained mendacious propaganda       blackened and singed upon my soul           words have risen and taken toll     right or not, secrets have been sold     out of mind into the hands of masses     such asses, cutting out the tongues of old           forcible suppression unfurled     into self-made sterilization     white sheets billowing in the wind     masking an unpure infantile soiling of intellect           sociopathic manipulation     senseless stripping down of the senses     we're utterly defenseless           gather round as smoke heaves       and smothers imperious will and wit     free thinking dies as another chapter     cries out and is carried       to an unmarked grave

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Date: 7/10/2018 9:46:00 AM
Your first line sets the scene for this remarkable write, Tim. The wrong voices are being heard and the message is creating more chaos in a world already torn apart. Quite a change of pace from your romantic lines, but more powerful.
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Date: 7/10/2018 6:02:00 AM
This made me want to cry :( such powerful poetry my friend. hugs x
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Date: 7/9/2018 10:48:00 PM
It seems another chapter does cry out, as your thoughts tug deeply at the heart and the soul. You have expressed this perfectly and with such emotion. ~ Brandy
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Date: 7/9/2018 6:25:00 PM
Tim.. Your write is a significant piece that's beautifully and powerfully written!
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Date: 7/9/2018 2:32:00 PM
Stellar poetry, Tim. I also think "the masses" too often let the media do their thinking for them. People simply do not seek the truth or are afraid to know it. Powerful write!
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Date: 7/9/2018 2:25:00 PM
You've high lighted this well Tim, the masses kept in the dark and persecuted allowing evil regimes to flourish, a sad world we live in. Tom.
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Date: 7/9/2018 1:42:00 PM
Powerful Tim. This continues around the world today; just in different forms. Truly intense.
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Date: 7/9/2018 1:45:00 PM
Yes FJ it surely does and even in small doses here.
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