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Array ( [sid] => 117538 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Toll [time] => 2006-04-02 03:31:49 [hometext] => [bodytext] => The impending darkness angers my tired soul,
As my shaking hand pays the devils's toll,
My only true drug is sleep deprivation,
As I can't find a travel agent to book my mind's vacation,
When most are sleeping I feel alive,
It's the only time I can leave this world behind,
My body still aches from the night before,
with a vague recollections I cannot restore,
I stare out the window at the world below,
It's enshrouded in darkness and darkness I know,
Through the years I've made improvments everyone can see,
But during that time I learned I can never fix me,
Some things in this world are mean't to be broken,
So I reach in my pocket for one last token,
The devil nods with an approving grin,
As I start down the path of worldly sins,
Suddenly I stop dead in my tracks,
Because I realize I didn't leave breadcrumbs to lead myself back,

Matthew Ray Grode

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The Toll

Contributed by grode on Sunday, 2nd April 2006 @ 03:31:49 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

The impending darkness angers my tired soul,
As my shaking hand pays the devils's toll,
My only true drug is sleep deprivation,
As I can't find a travel agent to book my mind's vacation,
When most are sleeping I feel alive,
It's the only time I can leave this world behind,
My body still aches from the night before,
with a vague recollections I cannot restore,
I stare out the window at the world below,
It's enshrouded in darkness and darkness I know,
Through the years I've made improvments everyone can see,
But during that time I learned I can never fix me,
Some things in this world are mean't to be broken,
So I reach in my pocket for one last token,
The devil nods with an approving grin,
As I start down the path of worldly sins,
Suddenly I stop dead in my tracks,
Because I realize I didn't leave breadcrumbs to lead myself back,

Matthew Ray Grode

Copyright © grode ... [ 2006-04-02 03:31:49]
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Re: The Toll (User Rating: 1 )
by guiltycircles on Sunday, 2nd April 2006 @ 04:23:37 AM AEST
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i loved this...the last line is great, haunting and so real

Re: The Toll (User Rating: 1 )
by slogan on Sunday, 2nd April 2006 @ 12:11:19 PM AEST
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great write.. Read my poem ""Blue sky"",, I hope it helps..jh

Re: The Toll (User Rating: 1 )
by corrupted_minds on Sunday, 2nd April 2006 @ 08:21:14 PM AEST
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My first comment on a poem in ages.... the turn of the ending gave me shivers, i love the whole concept of your poem and the emotion that it holds. Welldone.

Corrupted_minds

Re: The Toll (User Rating: 1 )
by tweaks2004 on Sunday, 2nd April 2006 @ 08:54:52 PM AEST
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Great write. The darkness is comforting isnt it?

Re: The Toll (User Rating: 1 )
by Kunoichi on Monday, 10th April 2006 @ 07:47:20 PM AEST
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Great write. I really liked the 10th line. It really makes me feel like I did before. I love it.
Kunoichi

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