Appalonia (a poem)

They call it Appalonia
from the desert to the shore
We found it and we placed our flag
thus began this tale of yore
It was an edens paradise
in those timeless early days
even from september with the frost
until the thaw of may
My family, my tribe they thrived
but then the other fighters
came upon the land so fierce
and our own space got much tighter
And so we burrowed underground
until a new world we had found
and decorated filled with joy
a new place we could now alloy
But many there they did not wish
to move on underground
and so they took their hearts above
and they looked around
But many stayed and yet survived
the new world wed created
although the earthquakes trembling throughout
like our place there was misstated
and reinforced and readjusted
the walls and rocks above
the crushing slowed down, we were safe
but it became darker underground
From time to time wed go above
and breathe the air and Sun
and then wed go back underneath
and live without much fun
The Wars would rage on overhead
and rocks would move and quake
and we would sit and wait below
only half awake
And as the years had passed along
many did forget
who we were or what the world was
and so we lived lives of regret
This taste they called excitement
this thing they called the light
ideas, images, just half known
in whispers in the night
And yet wed say its real
Its real, and talk of days forgotten
the entrance to this underground
was sealed and we were rotting
Suffocating, slowly dying
happy wondering, never trying
Not believing up above
another world did lay
Instead just staying underground
and rotting one warm May

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[Beardedyoungman]

ahh man another winter in my basement is on it's way:( you highlight here a depressing mood Oz

But that's what I like about your poems little snaps out of the bad moods of the seasons;)

[ozjthomas]

nice glad it can help

[sophia11roma]

thank you OZ

[ozjthomas]

thanks sophie =)

[donHooligan]

all we gotta do is follow all the rules and go to work every day...aint we lucky?

at least we're not livin underground.

[ozjthomas]

man sometimes i feel like it...

[andrewnorris1]

Wonderful poem delivered with great conviction and force. I really liked the animation, too, simple, effective but compelling. A great talent at work here.

[MammaNole]

well, we can all crawl out together, no? Here comes no sun, doo doo doo doo, here comes no sun, la la la la... it's all right...

[MammaNole]

Yup, as do I, Oz... awesome vid

[KazukiSeirei]

Thank you so much, your works never cease to amaze me!

Peace.

[pennilesscripple]

wow oz powerful wow

give thanks

[donHooligan]

i think we all do sometimes.

even the judges and officers got chains on em.

[IChoseTheRedPill]

peaCe2U...