Sisyphus
Over and over again
To the music we dance
Oh apathy
Dressed in pale silk
Bless this world with your misery!
I know the shadow you cast
All too well
So let others see
The suffering one experiences
When eternity is but a moment
And a fleeting heartbeat casts your hopes to the sea
I beg for sight
Won't you open my eyes
For just a moment
A moment of clarity...
A moment in which I can see
Through the gray In which I am drowning
The Deceiver
Truth be told
I must confess
To honesty
I am subject
Truth be told
I detest lies
So I shall write
Of Lie in rhyme
Truth be told
I am a lie
I add to truth
Subtract, divide
Truth be told
I speak, disguised
Deceive your heart
Beguile your eyes
Truth be told
I'm crafty; subtle
Twisting words
My quick rebuttal
Truth be told
I mix and stir
A pretense
Sugarcoating's cure
Truth be told
I hide, conceal
Distancing
From truth's reveal
Truth be told
I switch and bait
I have no love
I am of hate
Truth be told
I'm coiled around
Devouring
Myself, unknown
Truth be told
I'll no more lie
Than will I find
In peace I'll die
Truth be told
Have I deceived
In all I write
Have you believed?
Just Listen Please
The thing I want to say is you be you.
Be the person you were made to be,
for this is honest and true.
The thing I want to say is love you
before you love another.
It will make you a better sister,wife, and mother.
The thing I want to say is to trust your strength,
Trust that you can go the distance,
and your knowledge can stretch the length.
The thing I want to say is it's all about you.
It's all about the things you say
And all the things you do.
The Importance of Play Winning Entries
Thank you to everyone for participating in this Challenge (: posting, reading, reposting, hearting :) I thoroughly enjoyed each and every entry! All the writes submitted added interesting variations of perspective on the theme of Play--which is such a vital aspect of Life. (I do intend to post something of my own on this... naturally I missed my own deadline! lol!) But on this beautiful Halloween Night I'm pleased to announce the winner's and to post the corresponding readings that were promised. I hope you enjoy! I tried to experiment with layers of sound... it impeded a bit on smoothness of recitation, and I hope you won't be displeased with the unusual variations of rhythm... would have liked to try a few more takes... but alas the Midnight hour is upon us... and So:
The Winners are...
lowercasemmmmmm, "play"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3DAyue702_wdEFUejNBdFV4V28/view?usp=sharing
Mnezz, " Play | > "
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3DAyue702_wV0owMVVkczNxUHc/view?usp=sharing
JMS, "Your Own: Throne or Cyclone"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3DAyue702_wQkRYNGE5c0JKWEE/view?usp=sharing
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*Credits: sound clips borrowed as follows...
play by lowercasemmmmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot4Hjje5oDM Creepy Circus Music - Twisted Carousel
Play by Mnezz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbiVlkQBYFk Beach with children Sound Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeUxDg-dE0 Spinning Prize Wheel Sound Effect used by Jake Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7otwzO2C0o Small Child Giggling Sound Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65jOCvCSyUY Coin Drop Sound Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJC2nk3K3aU Door Bell sound Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KimhBT0t8Dc Footsteps Heels Marble Walk
JMS
(ambient sound from my classroom... the sculpture studio at Mt. Olive high school)
patri riot ism
...One land from see to shining sea ...unified as the Globe ....unlined by boundaries of jealousy or artificiality or prejudice ... across every contintent content living beings rising up each morning laughing happily against all of Chauvinism!!
...oh, Patriotism? ...that is a concept that befuddles me...
