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PoeticBiscuit

Chained to this world by my burdens,

The weight crushing my shoulders,

Decisions that pile up together,

Till they are tremendous boulders.

 

Feels like it’s been an eternity,

Just a sliver of freedom would suffice,

If only I was strong like Hercules,

But even then he took his life.

  • Author: PoeticBiscuit (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 16th, 2020 01:08
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  • Poetic Dan

    Not 100% sure on Hercules story but I know he-mans and by the power of gray skull, it's all in my hands!

    Always a pleasure, to see yours in action!

    • PoeticBiscuit

      Well after a little more research (which I skimmed through when I first wrote this.) Hercules didn’t actually kill himself but was rather poisoned by hydra blood. My initial skim of research I thought I seen where he asked the gods to allow him to die which is where I got that line from. A blunder on my behalf!

    • L. B. Mek

      wonderful flow and yes physical strength alone is never enough, nor sadly is intellect, that is the wonder of this thing called life, where even immortality: is no defining measure,
      still we have the good fortune of our next breath and the distance of one more step, to make all the difference we can - before the curtain call of our eyelids, lets us know we have done what we could, for this round at least...
      (it's easy to project the optimist - when seating on my high-horse of a keyboard) lol

      • PoeticBiscuit

        Your words are very true. I suppose it’s why we seek help within others most times. We aren’t always strong enough on our own, very few times actually. Optimism is a great tool to have and it often empowers the ones around. Thanks for stopping by!

      • Neville


        Tis words like this that make the world go round .................. 🙂



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