Who We Are

This is where the widow's cried.
This is where the martyrs died.
This is where our dreams go up in flames.
Here we drink the bitter wine.
Here we cross the thin red line.
Here is where we learn to play the game. 

We bury our dead in shallow graves,
and to this pain we all are slaves.
We're selling our souls to live a dream,
but no-one can tell us what it means.
We're burning the bridge before we cross.
Abandoned the innocence we lost.
We sold our youth to get this far,
but no-one can tell us who we are.

This is where the war begins.
And here we face the bitter end.
This is where we sacrificed our young.
Here we pray to hollow gods.
Here we hope against the odds.
Here is where it all will come undone.

We bury our dead in shallow graves,
and to this pain we all are slaves.
We're selling our souls to live a dream,
but no-one can tell us what it means.
We're burning the bridge before we cross.
Abandoned the innocence we lost.
We sold our youth to get this far,
but no-one can tell us who we are.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 6/1/2016 9:34:00 PM
Hopefully I wont get in trouble for this. reverbnation.com/palehorseprophesy My band's music page. I write all of the music and lyrics. Enjoy! James
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Date: 6/1/2016 11:46:00 AM
Hi James, My name is Devin me and my friend are doing a project in our english class that requires us to find a 20th and 21st century poet, and we came across you we need to have a short bio for you on our project and i cant seem to find one so if you may please email me that would be great Thank you!
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Devin Marshall
Date: 6/2/2016 11:13:00 AM
Yes, this qualifies as published thank you so much !! my e-mail is Staycloudy14danyel@gmail.com ...Thanks again!
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Mordred Sillence
Date: 6/1/2016 9:32:00 PM
As it turns out, this site is considered a publishing site. Also, I am a published songwriter. My band is named Pale Horse Prophesy, and we are available worldwide on ITunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc. So... ask her if this would qualify, and I will send you a formal bio my friend, gladly. James
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Devin Marshall
Date: 6/1/2016 12:14:00 PM
Oh, one more thing are you published? my teacher just now told us this.
Date: 5/29/2016 9:09:00 PM
this poem of yours is not only brilliant but it also shows how talented you are..you have marvelously used the stylistic devices to craft this work..A7 and a fav from ~Red~
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Mordred Sillence
Date: 5/29/2016 9:25:00 PM
Thank you so very much! It started as a poem, but has become a song by my band, Pale Horse Prophesy.
Date: 5/28/2016 3:18:00 PM
James, I enjoyed your lyric poem very much, 7 and welcome to poetry soup ~
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Mordred Sillence
Date: 5/28/2016 3:33:00 PM
Thank you. This is a new song from my band, Pale Horse Prophesy. I am not sure if we are able to post links in our comments, so I will merely say that my music is available on soundcloud.
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