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[catid] => 1
[aid] => Mick
[title] => Sad but True
[time] => 2003-02-14 12:20:00
[hometext] => If you get offended, then you are probably too sensitive anyway. It's the truth. About you, about me, about all of us.
[bodytext] => you are not special
you are not unique
you cannot "be anything you want to be"
you will never be anything more
than what you were designed to be
a mindless consumer
driven by the need for material things
that will distract you
as you decompose
god does not love you
god does not give a *****
about any of us
god cannot care
because god does not exist
we are all alone
"making love" isn't beautiful
it is merely
slow and uncoordinated *****
if you feel inadequate
or that others are better than you
you are probably right
you will never accomplish
anything so incredible that,
were you never born,
someone else wouldn't have done it instead
probably done it better too
enlightenment is reached through pain
sterility is found at the end of the "easy way"
if you've never had to fight for anything
then, you will die for nothing
there is nothing wrong with being old
or ugly
or overweight, etc
unless you refuse to accept it
embrace your "flaws"
stop pretending to be something you're not
if you don't know how to suffer properly
then, please, PLEASE, suffer in silence
only when you have lost everything
only when you have died on every level
only when you have embraced
all the hatred and anger
and negativity inside yourself
only then, will you really be alive
if you waste your life
and refuse to strive
for anything more than "average"
then, the most noble thing you can do
is kill yourself
you didn't ask to be born
but, now that you are here
who's asking you to stay?
when you die, you will be forgotten
no success, no matter how great
is proper justification
for being alive
no matter who you are
no matter what you have done
no matter what you may think
you are going to die
and the world will keep turning
as if you had never existed at all
in the end
we are all
worthless, meaningless blobs
of wasted flesh
born to die
and we can never hope
to be anything more
than the nothing we are
we can never hope
[comments] => 11
[counter] => 291
[topic] => 13
[informant] => Cancer
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 10
[ratings] => 4
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => DarkPoetry
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Sad but True
Contributed by
Cancer
on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 12:20:00 PM in AEST
Topic:
DarkPoetry
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you are not special
you are not unique
you cannot "be anything you want to be"
you will never be anything more
than what you were designed to be
a mindless consumer
driven by the need for material things
that will distract you
as you decompose
god does not love you
god does not give a *****
about any of us
god cannot care
because god does not exist
we are all alone
"making love" isn't beautiful
it is merely
slow and uncoordinated *****
if you feel inadequate
or that others are better than you
you are probably right
you will never accomplish
anything so incredible that,
were you never born,
someone else wouldn't have done it instead
probably done it better too
enlightenment is reached through pain
sterility is found at the end of the "easy way"
if you've never had to fight for anything
then, you will die for nothing
there is nothing wrong with being old
or ugly
or overweight, etc
unless you refuse to accept it
embrace your "flaws"
stop pretending to be something you're not
if you don't know how to suffer properly
then, please, PLEASE, suffer in silence
only when you have lost everything
only when you have died on every level
only when you have embraced
all the hatred and anger
and negativity inside yourself
only then, will you really be alive
if you waste your life
and refuse to strive
for anything more than "average"
then, the most noble thing you can do
is kill yourself
you didn't ask to be born
but, now that you are here
who's asking you to stay?
when you die, you will be forgotten
no success, no matter how great
is proper justification
for being alive
no matter who you are
no matter what you have done
no matter what you may think
you are going to die
and the world will keep turning
as if you had never existed at all
in the end
we are all
worthless, meaningless blobs
of wasted flesh
born to die
and we can never hope
to be anything more
than the nothing we are
we can never hope
Copyright ©
Cancer
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2003-02-14 12:20:00]
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Re: Sad but True
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by ed on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 01:21:40 PM AEST
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| Well done. i often feel this way but have never been able to put it into words quite like you have. The first verse rings particulary true in my thoughts. However, i'm not overly religious but i seem to put more faith in a god when i feel this way. Very intense and straight from within. Thank you and well done again. |
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Re: Sad but True
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by LadyDama on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 02:40:06 PM AEST
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| excellent poem... offended? no... sad? a little (why?.. for unfortunately, on the bottom level, most of this rings so brazenly true) angry? a little (why? it's difficult to accept reality sometimes when slapped in the face with it as this bit of prose so eloquently does) enlightened? yes... (why? because by accepting our faults and realizing this mess we are in, we can only strive to be better)... thank you |
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Re: Sad but True
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by MoonlitAngel on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 04:38:19 PM AEST
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Although I do agree with a few things you said, I think that this is an extremely pessimistic way of looking at life. And I just have to say, I've never had "slow and uncoordinated" sex, and making love is beautiful. If it wasn't, then it should probably be called by another name. ;)
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Re: Sad but True
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by Cancer on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 06:16:03 PM AEST
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It may very well be pessimistic. But it is also sadly true. And while i respect your opinion, i still beLIEve that "making love" is a pretty lofty description of clumsy reproduction. what is so beautiful about it? would it still be beautiful if it were done by a human and an animal? if not, isn't that a double standard?
hope to here back from you. |
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Re: Sad but True
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by Bizzy on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 10:07:19 PM AEST
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| OOOOPS!!!! The devil sure has done his thing on your life. I hope you see something good in life before you die. By the way, there is a good rhythm in your verse. Wishing good things for you. Bizzy |
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Re: Sad but True
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by Unholy_Soldier on
Friday, 14th February 2003 @ 11:30:01 PM AEST
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Every day someone proves life right, such as your poem. We are born to Cry, and Die. I think your poem was exellent. Keep posting.
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Re: Sad but True
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by Cancer on
Saturday, 15th February 2003 @ 12:52:50 AM AEST
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the devil has done nothing worse in my life than the invisible man(god) and his blind minions have done. if the devil is responsible for all my ills, then he is doing his work through christians.
i appreciate your concern, but i've already seen something good in life. 1) my wife, 2) my son, and 3) the fact that this life will eventually end.
thank you for your kind words.
Cancer
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Re: Sad but True
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by viola on
Saturday, 15th February 2003 @ 02:10:44 AM AEST
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| could it be you just want us to argue with you. some of what you said is very true, but if we all sat down and thought too hard about it what would we ever fight for. I find a contradiction in your words only when you say we are nothing, yet you kinda encourage us to fight or die. are you happy in anything? I guess I'm a pathetic slob when I say I hope you have something good to hang on to. |
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Re: Sad but True
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by Cancer on
Saturday, 15th February 2003 @ 10:18:36 AM AEST
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no, i have no desire to argue. but, you did make an interesting point that, so far, no on else as commented on. yes, it is a contradiction. we ARE nothing, there is no doubt of that, and yet i do blatantly say, "fight or die". it's a personal choice to everyone. you can either accept being nothing or try to do something mind-numbingly huge that will make you worth being remembered when you die. basically, i'm just suggesting that instead of going to work, coming home and watching sitcoms, and then going to bed, only to start over again tomorrow, we try to break the monotonous mold of our lives and at least look like we're trying to change the world. but, nothing is going to change the world, so the best we can hope for is to destroy it.
happiness is a relative term. i'm content because i'm miserable. i feed off my anger and hatred and sorrow. it gives me the strength to formulate a plot to obliterate all existence. of course, i am nothing, so my plans will never reach fruition, but i at least strive to do something that would compensate for endless misery this life offers.
thank you for you kind words.
Cancer
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Re: Sad but True
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by bobotheclown on
Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 03:01:23 PM AEST
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I agreed with parts of this although I found it rather depressing and demeanithere is nothing wrong with being old
or ugly
or overweight, etc
unless you refuse to accept it
embrace your "flaws"
stop pretending to be something you're not
I agreed with those lines a lot. Hopefully this poem has opened up more people to your talent. Keep on writing Roy
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Re: Sad but True
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by Blue on
Thursday, 20th March 2003 @ 06:18:13 PM AEST
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i'm not offended in the least...this poem is everything i often think of...
good stuff...
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