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  The Gift of Life

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  Why do I live simply to pass? Why do I rejoice To one day fall silent? Maybe I'm immortal But the individual is not. I swallow my life to pass it on I join humanity's bulb to carry on the tradition of vitality, of love So our world, however small thunders with our cries yet ou...
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  Today

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  Today I walk out Into the sun, into the rain into the storm, into the breeze I don't react The circus will cease to be And I will move on Circling my existence. But ahead, I see a shadow Who brightens with my every step He materializes into a man On dear! Do I live a dream? He t...
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  The Roar

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  You push him into the jungle To fall to his demise But you thought wrongly Believing he's the man of the weak You failed to recognize That you've sent the lion of the man His fists will rise in command And converge with nature's strength He will discover a hidden spark And ...
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  Humanity

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  How our laughs Fly on the breeze of eternity And our smiles imprint On the history of us In our joy we blend Into the spin of the circus The circus of life To know such beauty Yet such ugliness Do we live a dream? How our tears flood our souls And blur the way to solace How the drumbeat ...
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  Planet of the

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  Down below I see the land of night A reflection, a portrayal Of the starry skies A sea swathed in black No beacon, no hope But behold! I view a promise A dark blanket dotted with lights Each dot holds its place In the cosmic void of earth An exhausting state of nothing that neither f...
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  To Share in Greatness

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  From their sources, the streams trickle Awaiting the depths of the unknown If they seek convergence or singularity, their desires remain untold Destiny cares nonetheless As it sets the same fate for all Cruising through green and winding through dales Seamlessly together they fall No...
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  Dance of the Maple

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  The maple sways in passion To the rhythm of the gale Even the blades of grass infuse a dynamic into the tale Only the leaves of the maple Revel in their relaxation The tree drives its own intensity To kindly send an invitation. The leaves rustle slightly In fearful hesitation They pe...
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  Ode to the Green

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  I wallow in the pasture Amidst a tradition of grace The planet's soul has alit And glorifies my resplendent face To dance with the birds and bees Is to sing to the tune of the wind All the foliage sways to the music Aware that against nothing its sinned As the autumnal glow gilds...
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  Morning Sun

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  The sun showers down All the mirth it has to give It smiles upon my sorrows But only to make me grin! It illuminates the world To renew all days lost The sheen glows on the heart Infusing a life beyond cost The earth ascends to the heavens and coalesces with the source of its glow Fo...
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  Conservancy: Fancy word, why the fuss?

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  The scientists are rambling, the eco-activists are toiling. Sure, we’re in on the talk about the Earth warming up, the weather running wild, and the pollution targeting innocent civilians. Yet somehow, even a typical teenage girl like me can find it difficult to carry a share of the weight that co...
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  Force

  

  By Frodoforever, Portland, OR

  I'm just cutting through the air Cruising on the breeze Driven by the vim of my eternity The scale of the world Animated by the wheel Countryside flashing by, the perception from which I reel! The belt shifts in quiet, but I'm whizzing past the trees The force of foot and peda...