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    Escaping Dreams

    Escaping Dreams
    [I]-with reality splinters/I]

    *She reaches glory sun asylum, hands nervously shaking cause she is happy to meet new people- not feared. She skips in her mind while being dragged by nothing else better people grunt in madness cause with my emotions she weights them down. Approaches a double door attained with a figurine called "Mr.Blue" as he entices me with saying "welcome home, babydoll!"

    Stiff smiles groove,
    thread lines across-
    rib cages that gasp
    for fresh air to leak.
    Slowly I'm churning,
    comfort sorts digress
    punching holes through
    words that mean nothing.
    Crumbling through hands,
    can't hold my weight
    for burdens that are carried,
    are far too lethargic.
    -these days of abnormality
    cropping the field
    between lucid smiles
    painting vivid serpents
    barking a taste of-
    this flesh of no flesh
    cause I wear my heart
    On my sleeve.
    Parallel accolades,
    Tip toe into my cranium
    pounding through a process
    With faceless grins
    And horrid laughters,
    Scabbed and picked at
    With no intention to heal.
    -I am real
    *******
    noose round my words,
    to speak i must...
    slit thy throat for exit wounds
    to try and escape
    through my own pain.
    Covered in dew,
    I'm spilt to exposure
    embracing the culture-
    I face now as my world.
    *******
    I tumble in to see
    faceless names being dawned,
    sparkling with joy,
    A lens flare eye
    attracts the artist in me.
    I am sewn shut
    with inner emotions
    craving for existence
    that little chance of hope.
    -but nothing is seen
    I meet my inner faith
    sowing my own poison
    which I seem to recall,
    My dyer leap of faith.
    We sat to chat,
    exchanged exposing words
    to loosen the tension
    and sever discomfort.
    I speak in mind,
    no intent to blurt
    or curse wrongful shame
    onto the others.
    Still they chance-
    taking every last hope
    down with the sun
    -we bagged

    *so babydoll creeps into her third eye and refigures  her life to be exiting door 12.*

    Cold and in silence,
    She taps her soul for revilement.
    Tucking her chin,
    To strafe from the violence.
    Captures here demons,
    Paints her escape with feelings.
    "my second wind" she drifts,
    Dragging her toes with scabs peeling.
    Grumbling words distorted,
    Grasping for a little light.
    As an insight to her night,
    With the moon leading to new life.
    Cranium asylum,
    Dark rivets dot her soul.
    Leaving her a story told,
    For eyes to read upon announcements.
    .
    .
    .
    I hobble around end tables,
    Pressing seats to floors.
    -to be parallel with the universe
    Stab my way past walls,
    Stained with screams and fear
    Gloating about corners
    As a stroll beyond misery.
    Clocks forward in minutes,
    No more time to waste.
    Lunge for the double doors,
    Black moment Jupiter
    Eclipses my vision,
    Leaving me to wake.
    -unknown
    shots ring the ears,
    Of innocence blind.
    Bleeding stories of told secrets
    Onto the canvas of pain.
    Laughter echoes in vein
    With a vastly smidgen of pleasure
    Widens from cheek to cheek.
    I combust into a shadow,
    Gut the throat of it's words
    Sipping six feet deep dirty-
    And gulp the seconds left remaining
    Through charred thoughts
    Half bitten for a taste,
    Of dimmed emotions in a glass.
    Bodies laid lifeless I spin
    The hand of lucifer.
    Lucid I break for it,
    Becoming numb to the bone
    Gasping with eager
    I tinge on the edge of insanity.
    In search for clarity;
    Spreading my arms to grasp
    With vice grip lips-
    Kissing the pavement goodbye.
    Stuck I reach the end
    Where the universe doesn't turn,
    Mouthing curses
    With bubbled skin broiling,
    Left an example of pain.
    Tarnished I distract,
    Vague words and dress up sex-
    Touch me freely as your puppet
    -let the others be free

    This wasn't my story,
    It never was my ending.
    Life sown shut for me,
    I bleed with happiness pretending-
    To be happy is to help others persevere,
    Clouds with spears; javelin my heart.
    A shadow goodbye sincere,
    Plead them freedom- for a new start

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    I think you opened up nicely and although I do think that the prologue wasn't necessarily needed but it gave me a chance to get the base of were this story would lead me.
    Stiff smiles groove,
    thread lines across-
    rib cages that gasp
    for fresh air to leak.
    This was subtle but a really great image to use for the opening. So there was a bit of awkwardness in the atmosphere as well as dimples when she smiled? That's the sort of image that i got when I read this.

    I noticed how you used the word faceless a few time to describe the unknown. I just think you could have explored a little more if you wanted to make it a tad more abstract. However that's the only flaw if any that I saw in this piece.
    noose round my words,
    to speak i must...
    slit thy throat for exit wounds
    to try and escape
    through my own pain.
    So your character is an introvert who sometimes finds it hard to always make herself vulnerable true expression given the mires. I think this was well written and gave insight to her mental conflict and depression.

    I could quote you for a bit but I haven't got all day so this will have to do. You were consistent and played with different tones to display her split life/personality. I appreciate that you got the story-line across without any glitches which most people don't get that in poetry its not so much the concepts and words or even rhyming that matter but rather conveying a clear message while being able to harness emotion and picture to the audience.

    One of the better reads I've seen from you actually and I could relate because at some point we all have to smile even when our spirit is down or just keep living as if nothing is wrong. I think this is worthy of HOF which is why I'm nominating it.

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Your double posts are contagious remind me not to give you feedback again. lol
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    Scytsophrenia

    On that next level.. but STILL fuckin' crazy.


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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Lol


    Thanks soul
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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    RFT any of my 5 pieces on the forum first page please. thank you

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Yeah man will do an have lol
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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Upping for feed guys
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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Bro this is really long, and I'm high right now so I may not understand this to the fullest. I'll leave feed on this in a min.
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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    noose round my words,
    to speak i must...
    slit thy throat for exit wounds
    to try and escape
    through my own pain.
    Covered in dew,
    I'm spilt to exposure
    embracing the culture-
    I face now as my world.
    im reading it now and i got to this part and i had to quote it man i thought this stanza was soo rich and full of emotion..its really flawless in my eyes the flow was especially appreciated man..plus it felt like a reinforcement of the story..it was real direct with the meaning yet very poetic.

    dam dude that was a great fucking read man, i was biting my nails while reading it..no lie.
    but dam this had me glued to the screen, what a story you told here its obvious to took alot of time or at least effort in creating this piece. very impressive show of emotion here..i mean aside from that stanza i quoted this whole peice is filled with great phrases and poetic depth. i saw you repeated some words but it reallt wasnt a factor...yeah you prolly could of used different words but i appreciated what you did.

    i like the concept you came with on this very fresh in my eyes, i like the different perspective you presented in one subject...can i be real honest this reminds me so much of sucker punch..now dont get me wrong not completely just a tad bit, dunno maybe cuz i just saw that movie and this is some what along the lines of that story...maybe its just insane asylum reference...either way this was really good man...ups for my homie

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Nah nah I was writing my version and no lie I just saw sucker punch last week lol and so I saw the deterioration of the story and man it clicked with me line where I wanted to head with my poem so I dragged them together man but this is only part one of three so... Part two is coming most likely next week
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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    Damn.

    This was nice. Full of emotion and imagery, I don't even know where to start. I felt like it would get a little shaky, but then your content would revive itself through your imagery and emotion. Definitely your strong point. Your vocab was strong as well. To be honest. there quite a few quotable stanzas throughout this entire piece, but this one stuck out to me the most:

    Parallel accolades,
    Tip toe into my cranium
    pounding through a process
    With faceless grins
    And horrid laughters,
    Scabbed and picked at
    With no intention to heal.

    absolutely brilliant.

    Great drop teller.

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    this was good. Some great images and strong emotion. There were bits, especially in the first stanza, that just had amazing piece in it.
    Slowly I'm churning,
    comfort sorts digress
    punching holes through
    words that mean nothing.
    This bit was really good in my opinion. It's moments like this where you came from somewhere different and really offered some great images. You also had moments near the end.
    Paints her escape with feelings.
    "my second wind" she drifts,
    Dragging her toes with scabs peeling.
    This was quality to me. Great use of rhyme... It would have been helpful to to use more devices: alliteration, assonance, and maybe even more internal rhyme.

    There were moments of inconsistent language... but overall, not bad. Always re-read things to try to cut them down. It seems you kind of re-hashed the same emotions/ideas a lot... This could have much shorter and I'll admit, I was wondering when it was going to end.
    Overall, I liked the poem... Though it seemed dragged out, it's a solid piece.

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    Re: Escaping Dreams

    http://www.rapbattles.com/forum/show...930/index.html

    This was great an spoken with a nice tome and when recited it's fluent and clean man. Loved the emotion and the word choice you decided to go with and I can't really say much but I'll edit more when I get more time I'm on the phone

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