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The Living Dead

July 24, 2014
By EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.


Almost all the people are wearing the fake smiles.
They're speaking polite words, but their actions show them empty.
The walking dead living their lives inside their graves, not knowing it.
They're lifeless because of their dead spirits.

Their spirits and hearts, long forgotten in the back of the shelf, gathering dust.
The dirt, unconsciously, piling around the people, forming a grave around us.
The earth attempting to smother out the dim parts of their souls and spirits,
but the fire inside them keeps trying to reignite.

Even with the filth around us, our spirits are desperately striving to light up,
but they keep getting pushed back, dimmed.
The living dead are struggling to silence who they're meant to be.
Our hearts and spirits straining to keep warm, with only the small light left in us.

The spiritless walking in the land of sorrow.
Their blank stares gazing at nothingness.
Their hearts growing colder, in this continual winter, dimming.

But deep within them, something keeps fighting.
Something in them wants to wake their slumbering hearts.
A part of them doesn't want to be in the silent, unknown tombs.
Something in us is battling to rekindle; trying to be alive.

They want light in them.
That the darkness that is whispered in their ears, isn't true.
They're still convincing the dead, that they're still awake.


The author's comments:
I've seen people walking with dead spirits and forgotten hearts. They're convinced they're alive. Maybe in the outside, but what about the inside? Are they alive inside? Most people are so afraid to feel, that they're okay to walk...dead. That they are doing a good job of imitating robots, trying to survive. We're meant for more than okay. We should live not survive.

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on Aug. 31 2014 at 9:44 pm
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

I hoep so too, TheOceansBlackBird. ^_^ I hoep so too. 

on Aug. 31 2014 at 9:26 pm
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

Thank you for being the first one to comment ^_^ It means a lot, so thank you so much, again. ^_^ your comment means  a lot to me. ^_^

on Aug. 30 2014 at 8:38 pm
TheOceansBlackBird SILVER, Richmond, California
9 articles 14 photos 115 comments

Favorite Quote:
One persons craziness is another persons reality
-Tim Burton

and then there's this one
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I thought that this poem was going to have so many comments so you can only imagine my upset surprise when I realized I am the first! This deserves more comments. It is beyond words beautiful and dark... and... well I'm afriad I cant think of a comment worthy enough of your poem. Lets hope this poem rekindles the fire for many more people to come