Empty Shells

We run.......

Wanting freedom from the cage we built

Running from the echo of our empty words

Hiding from the flowers that the outside of our souls made wilt

Begging to fly from ourselves like the birds

We idolized the Stars that we watched die

There physicality playing no part in how we saw them

As they brainwashed our souls with the same lies

The dark roads sing out the words that cursed us

As we dive head first into the graves we dug

The we painted prettily to cover the rust

And put on the mask that made us look content

But beneath the mask we scream for hope

Above the grave we cry for peace

Around the traffic of our busy day we die again and again 

As we drown in the sound of our own folly

Reviews

[Desert Dreamer]

So much truth to this, so many of us would be happier with another way of life. Life doesn't have to be this way, but I do think we are going to have to stand up and speak out in order to change it. I am happy to see more and more people awakening and spreading the word. Excellent writing!

[Daydreamer54]

Very meaningful! true in life, we sometimes feel void. That is why we need something to keep us going! great write!

[Midori]

Well written I had a little trouble understanding it but I like it.

[Victoria Scott]

Thank you...its true because I have been trying to study people....I want to try to see through people and empathize with what they feel so I can get a better aspect on how other people see life.

[J.A.Bentley]

Empty shells indeed. You have been peering into the husks of the people that you pass by daily I see. The rhyme was natural, it wasn't forced and you even threw in a rhyme in the middle of a line: 'stars' and 'part'.