Ten City

Battling against myself. A little explicit at times.

I'm a ten out of a ten out of a ten;

at least that's what I have to say when

they ask who I am and where I've been.

After all, anything less is again

putting me at the bottom of the food chain.

Seemingly, being a ten is all about brain;

thinking you are. Even if you abstain

from being a bigot or filled with vain

the many different ways Ten City puts strain

onto you is when you are lost in pain

from putting yourself before everyone main-

stream because you are the absolute king

of doing what everybody calls your thing.

That thing sometimes turns into a spring-

board that you use continually fling

yourself up into the sky to new heights.

While you're up there, seein' all the new sights,

you look back to the Ten City lights

and find yourself wishing you could fly more flights.

The more time away from the City that you get,

the better off you will be when you just quit

worrying about everyone. Admit

that your controls are what they think about it.

Sure, you want to go and be the very best

but sometimes being the best means that the rest

of your people start to turn out on your nest.

They take a thousand knives, stab them into your chest.

By the time you return to your normal blessed

life you are scarred, forever pressed

into the bondage of a thousand men.

Their opinions are screamer louder, louder, again!

Now you've lost your four-leaf clover.

You'll be here forevermore. It's over.

Welcome to Ten City. We

are the best we could possibly be.

Nobody stands in our way. No,

nobody shapes our clay. No,

nobody will delay co-

operation. We are best

and so much more than the rest.

Taking over the whole world, we blessed

you ignorant, selfish fools lest

we end up all alone without

anybody we could boss about.

Some people just need to go and die

in a hole full of spiders. Why

are we forced to be delayed

by your foolish and ill-played

reasoning that is supposed to stop

us from taking over? Drop

another quarter in the offering.

Maybe God will grant you more offspring.

But in Ten City, we don't believe

in any higher power who would leave

us here to rot on earth. Our own

authority is the only we listen to. Blown

doors off their hinges since third grade

when it was my teacher that I made

a fool of. Since the beginning of time,

I've been sitting here dropping dimes.

But they worth so much more than ten cents.

With one I could pay for all the rents

of my citizens here in Ten City.

But they are too poor, what a pity.

Don't listen to the lies I say!

Don't let them inside!

The more you let them change you

the more you will still abide

by all the foolish offerings

they try to sell your soul.

Don't let them dissuade you 

from putting more money in the bowl!

Offerings are nothing to scoff at,

so I always say.

And if they do then disagree,

I do not care today.

We are both insane

and some day we both will die.

The only company I have

is me, myself, and I.

Ten City Man joined in with us

and now he stalks us so.

We can never escape from him,

the all-immortal foe.

Haha, do you hear that?
Listen to that fat cat

eating from a silver spoon!

He is going to die soon,

because i am invincible and going on a murder spree.

You had better watch out if you decide to side with him. See,

I am never stopping

so I will keep dropping

whatever I want to.

I am just going through

any barriers you set up.

Me and my advisers met up

and now we got our guns loaded.

Everything we decoded

is pushing us to new heights.

Heights, bites, watch out for mights!

We might win, you might lose.

We might destroy, you might cruise

until we break the f*****g world

of anybody who once curled

up into their own place

and hid their own scared face.

Am I too explicit really?

I know that I quite freely

let myself just throw bombs on top of the city I f*****g created.

There is nothing I will not do to let myself be what I stated.

Ten City for me is nothing but a masterpiece!

Am I right or wrong? Well I'm flattered. Peace

is not really an option while I am on a roll.

If I see some pins in front of me than I'll just bowl

another bowling ball and knock them all down. Nope,

actually I'll pick up a machine gun. Dope?

Isn't that dope? Blow them off the track?

And use that same weapon to attack

anybody who comes and tries to stop me.

Pop me, flop me, but you will not drop me!

Which one of us is right or wrong?

Which one of us sings the true song?

Who of us will you make your committee?

Soon you will be enslaved in Ten City.

Author's Note

This is like a battleground inside of me, where one person wants to please everybody and the other one is trying to stay who he is and be a good person and be who he used to be, so there is always a fight going on.

Reviews

[Saddam]

that's great...
Love the expression and wording.
Intelligently done.

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

Very robust piece. I think many of us can relate as I am sure we have inner conflicts all the time between one energy and another. Who wins? The one you feed the most, it is often said. I like how you present two different voices here which we have to vote for. One could lead to the truth. The other to pure dystopia.

[Not here]

or somewhere in between :) thank you alot

[Emily]

Great wording!!
Well done!

[Not here]

thanks ashley :)

[Emily]

Do you mean Emily? lol

[Not here]

lol yes i do. haha that was funny. my bad my bad

[Ilerah]

Nice, well written. Very good. I don't know how to explain it, its juts good.

[Not here]

thanks :) glad you think so

[613]

This is pretty intense! I got an Eminem rapping vibe from this - the tone & whatnot. This is a compliment, trust me. One of the most unique poems I've read. Amazing job.

- Brittney

[Not here]

im glad you enjoyed it :) and thats what a lot of people say about my writing, so maybe youd like the other ones of mine. who knows

[613]

Who knows...? I'll have to check them out at some point!

[Dani The Unreviewed]

Yup...you did a good job with this. I got the feeling as if i've been looking into a mirror, and trying to hit the guy looking back. Yep, i give it a hundred points.

[Not here]

thats what i was hoping youd say :) all of that, thanks

[Dani The Unreviewed]

You're welcome:)

[Maumil Mehraj]

"and find yourself wishing you could fly more flights"... now that is a beautiful line!
True, in this world we can hardly see anybody being true to themselves.
I enjoyed it

[Not here]

thanks :) im glad you did

[closed]

this is like prose set to poetry
and by that I mean it's a poem that has a story

your poems are always very epic
it sets you apart and makes them interesting to read

this was pretty unique
i might try something like this


-Dream

[Not here]

thanks :) tell me if you do

[closed]

deffinitely