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common things(traffic light)

October 22, 2012
By lreeves GOLD, BALTIMORE, Maryland
lreeves GOLD, BALTIMORE, Maryland
17 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
who i am is not in the definition of ur beliefs<br /> i have every right to keep my head held high and regonize <br /> my beauty both mentally and physically..<br /> you dont define me<br /> you&#039;ve never been webster and you will never be god.<br /> i am a complex being and<br /> my true beauty lies in my state of mind.<br /> physically, i can be all that<br /> but i want ur eyes to see my mind,<br /> your ears to hear my thoughts<br /> and regonize my knowledge<br /> i am poetry...<br /> feel the words that slips off my lips<br /> the emotion that drips off my ink<br /> embrace the aura in every syllable that is written.<br /> Now watch me bring my emotions into your imagination.<br /> it is who i am, i am poetry.


Still, we wait

muting our movements





stalling our existence



installing rules of safety
tickling our muscles
implicating boldness, we stay,


Still.



Waiting for our signal




Red light




green light





yellow light





neon lights



We inch our existence





forward.

Shifting our movements




red light




yellow light




green light




traffic lights

it controls us,

like remote
we are the robots

red light stop.

yellow light slow…..
green light go!
traffic light is in control.


The author's comments:
everyday things can be poetic

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on Feb. 19 2013 at 7:31 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
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&quot;Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.&rdquo;<br /> - Martin Luther King Jr.

Cool..... I liked it alot.