Replacements by Teresita Blanco

Replacements
by Teresita Blanco
 

If something breaks,

We seek forth replacements.

If a child dies;

It survives in our minds,

Why do we always fail

To maintain what precious?

Some of us dare to live, 

With a replacement,

For our lost soul.

Some call it

Love.

Others call it

Hate.

Some call it

Faith.

Others call it

Science.

We desperately try to avoid

The one true realization,

That there is no replacement,

For the one true “god”.

We look for cures

Discarding our faith;

What do we gain

From its denial?

We seek it,

We want it,

We lie for it,

We die for it.

Yet we dare

To mask our struggle,

With the shame of futility.  

We kill to

Live.

We kill to

Die.

We slay to

Yearn.

We slay to

Learn.

For all our struggles

We remain Unsatisfied

The lie we mastered

Cannot hope to satisfy

Our thirst for the tomorrow

That was denied

The Replacements

we dared forge

Now hides

Our cry of anguish

We no longer

Remember what the real

Or what is the Lies. 

Editor's Note: Eh, this one is not half bad in my opinion. A bit loose on the grammar here and there. Don't mind it much, its called "poetic license". Its a fancy term that poets made up to get away with strange and bizarre grammatically incorrect patterns of writing.  Singers (specially rappers) also appeal to this license to put slang into their songs. In any case, this one and the previous is 5 star worthy.

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Description: One Super Depressing Poems • About: This poem is about me and my struggle • Accountable Person: Fernando Blanco • Author: Teresita Blanco • Awards: None • Content Location: poems • Content Rating: 5 • Contributor: Fernando Blanco • Copyright Holder: Teresita Blanco • Copyright Year: 2012 • Creator: Teresita Blanco • Editor: Fernando Blanco • Genre: Sad • Headline: Replacements by Teresita Blanco • Keywords: child, death, desire, faith, futility, gods, hate, hide, learn, lies, love, memory, original, poems, replacement, sad, scientist, spirit, teresita blanco  • Mentions: Three Moons • Provider: Me • Publisher: Phi Stars • Publishing Principles: Teresita Blanco • Source Organization: Phi Stars • Version: 7 • Item Reviewed: Poems • Review Rating: 5 •