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Eat the Ground

May 6, 2015
By SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
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SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
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Where is personal gain and perseverance without a couple failures?

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When you run after your prey

And try to ensnare them in your despicable claws

But they defy you and kick you away.

Eat the ground.

 

Taste the dirt

When someone ignores your underhanded comments

And pays back your inconsideration with kind words

And thoughtful gifts.

At this,

Eat the ground.

 

Swallow the soil

When you creep on the weak

And molest the moral.

Because they will laugh at your efforts

And shake their heads at your desperation.

Because you are just as lonely as they were inside

Until they decided to break the status quo

And become the leaders of the world.

When the people you berate and belittle

Ends up being your employer,

Eat the ground.

© Edgard B., Coral Springs, FL

The author's comments:

This is for all the people in the world who try to act superior because of insecurity. Bullying is wrong and its not going to get you anywhere in life. 

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SugarLover127 SILVER said...
on May. 24 2015 at 3:40 pm
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
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Wow, thanks so much!
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on May. 22 2015 at 11:06 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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There is a beautiful sense of power attached to your words- well done, my friend!
SugarLover127 SILVER said...
on May. 19 2015 at 5:42 pm
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
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Thank you so much! I appreciate that!
ThePoeticJustice PLATINUM said...
on May. 19 2015 at 12:05 pm
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XD it's good lol it's kinda a work of irony lol good job XD people love the irony in writings, so keep writing