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Title: Currency Author: Paul Barbot Date: 2012 Language: en Topics: economics, economy, poetry Source: Original Work
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Currency
With your introduction;
So began humanity’s descent.
Surreptitiously bound by these oppressive chains;
and burdened by your heavy yoke;
You slowly drag us back;
Towards the dark recesses of human iniquity;
From which you spawned.
The weight of the passing years;
Has lent you false credibility.
Conning us to believe in your self-proclaimed immortality.
Barb after loathsome barb you sink into this tired body;
Squeezing the vibrancy from life.
Draining our vital essence until only an empty shell remains...
Leaving only the ability to silently scream at our abduction and
decline.
Hugging us tighter still
You bring us to our knees as we reach in futility;
For the time when we were merely strangers.
A time we achingly long to clamber back to.
Dig in our heels in an attempt to delay;
This slow journey to the precipice;
The point at which all hope is lost.
Where only the inevitable fall into the cold abyss awaits.
Prisoners for eternity.
Will we be passive participants in our own extinction?
Or will we struggle to stand tall–
Regain our pride?
We loudly denounce your depraved manner;
And begin to expunge your pervasive influence.
Casting aside these wearying shackles.
To become.
Free from the strife;
Free from your torment;
Free of fear;
Free!
Turning to watch you fall into antiquity...
Alone.