Ballad for the Strong Ones

By lockupthedoors

For every smile that you see,
For every rainbow in the sky,
There will always be something
That will someday make them cry.

For every memory to be had,
For every happy heart,
There is always something sad
That will tear your life apart.

Every time the clock strikes twelve
Another princess dies.
In this fairy land we dwell
The world is full of lies.

There are people here who fight
All of originality.
We must never grant them sight
Of who we're growing up to be.

The parents never tell
What we really need to know,
They're hidden in their shell
That will never help us grow.

In this battle we call life
There are lessons we must learn.
You can mix up black and white,
No matter what, the colors blur.

No one may see the secrets
Of the tears that we choke back,
The emotions that break bets,
Never our minds aligned in track.

Those who break the records
Cannot make history.
The books that have no words
Are no longer mysteries.

In this world the strongest ones are the only to survive.
But when you're strong the hardest thing is to want to stay alive.

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Copyright 2012 lockupthedoors
Published on Saturday, March 3, 2012.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

This is for those like me. This is for the strong, the broken, the confused, the waiting, the lost, the cheated, and everyone else clutching to their will to live.
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  • A former member wrote: Great work !

  • lockupthedoors On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, lockupthedoors (20)By person wrote:

    The last part was supposed to contradict, the point of view was supposed mix, and it's rushed because my social-studies teacher told me to put it away.

  • dwells On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    A ha, always a reason, thanks.

  • dwells On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    The last line was a bit of a contradiction perhaps? Hard to keep first and third person lines straight sometimes. This was finely cratfted at first and then seems maybe rushed at the ending, or to say another way, not so convincing point of view after setting the stage. Don't mean to be too critical but you do have talent and the overall piece was quite worthwhile and nicely done. Welcome to DP again I think, and cheers!

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