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The Trip Untaken

December 13, 2016
By Blizzardstorm DIAMOND, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Blizzardstorm DIAMOND, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“Wrongfully do men lament the flight of time….Let your work be such that after death you become an image of immortality.” -Leonardo Da Vinci


They pester me why I didn’t,
And why I had stayed behind,
Why’d I reject without question,
Certainty, but not monotone


Snowy hydrangea blossom where
Man has not stepped, the redwoods
Soar, nature’s skyscrapers, but
With no scars to hide


Cities from rivers and ashes, a
Resourceful taste, not the harmful
Acidity and smog I know, as the
Lights buzz just enough


The zombies that smile and laugh
Shed no tear, nor negativity in sight.
Fastened and fitted with silk, prim
And extravagant rippling waters


And yet, they had pestered me;
Pestered me the trip was untaken;
They pestered me to join their
Herd, the bane of who they are


They had pestered me to be more
Like them, when I could just be me;
And there’s no one, across sky and sea
That I’d actually like to be just like me



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