THE ROSES SHALL CELEBRATE
Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks
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Who wants to be a third wheel,
in a drone world?
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Today’s modern couture,
dark and shallow lies
Oh how we’ve all become such pretty little liars
Underneath the Snapchat filters,
all the dolls are empty
Not an ounce of talent,
Just famous for being famous
I guess that’s just a reflection of where society is
But I need more
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Hollow fires burn common people
Maybe I just expect too much
Need too much
Want too much from people who can never live up to who I want them to be?
As I enter into this strange season of contrast
The wolves are watching
But no matter how scared I feel
I refuse to live in dead arms any longer
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My heart shall swim
Swim away from broken shores and venture into the unknown
For fear shall no longer know me
Because tonight,
Tonight I shall rule the world
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Between the shades of gray,
I found a colorful love
A wonderful love
A love that loved me too much to let me be normal
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This gorgeous burning love,
She’s honest
She never once asked me to apologize for being me
On the contrary,
She encouraged me to challenge the mirror
To stand firm in the reflection of my own truth
Her lips kissed me with such hope
Such hope that I started to believe again
Dream again
Believe in a merciful loving God again
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Together,
Together we threw our pennies into the fountain of silence
And there,
There we heard it all
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Before we were strangers,
We knew each other
Long ago,
At the very beginning of what mortals call time
We knew each other
Before sin had even been given a name,
You and I
You and I knew each other
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As I enter into this strange season of contrast
The wolves are watching
But no matter how scared I feel
I refuse to live in dead arms any longer
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As algorithms seek to numb us,
you are a different shade of beautiful
A different shade of separation
So I need to say this to you right now
I’m not responsible for what your desires make me do to you
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You know you’re with the right one, when just their presence has the power to change your breathing
Has the power to give tired lungs a reason to inhale again
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Come,
Come let us do life together in a way that’s it’s never been done before
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Before we were strangers,
We knew each other
But this time
When our stars collide,
the roses shall celebrate…
