Eric Paeplow Poems

Once praised, then scorned, once worshiped, now forlorn
The Gods of the earth lay dormant, waiting to be reborn
Feared, praised, all powerful, then all at once, cast aside
Resting through the ages, forgotten, erased from our minds.
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Here I sit, staring blankly at the horizon, blind to the view before me
My mind in a different place, a different plain all together
My soul torn open wide, bare to the world around
This foreign place, this other world, this dream of hope and sorrow
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Alone with their sorrows,
alone with their pain
Sitting there,
in the same place,
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There you stood, staring at the outside world
I walked up silently behind, where I stood

Still
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I was born to a different time a different life, a different place
Where the bustling streets were busy, yet at a slower pace
And in this time and place, life was fine, my life was safe
Or so I foolishly thought, until at least, the day I met my fate
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Under trees of amber glory and fields of flowing grass
I sat in rapt amazement, as the seasons slowly passed
As the midnight dark had faded, at the sunrise autumn sky
Giving way to the wondrous beauty, aglow before my eyes
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By a lonely route, my path defined
Where the light of day, meets the dark of night
I reached these lands, pon solitary flight
Far removed, from space and time
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Once upon a time, in the land of make believe
We were all happy people, all living in peace
No one ever suffered, no one was ever poor
There were no rich people left, no sir, not anymore
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If I had a large amount of money
If I had a lot of time
I would found a hospital
For those who've lost their frickin' minds
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Go on and sit there, lost within your world
Believing all the horrors, that you've ever heard
Trapped within your head and lost inside your heart
And there you sit, stuck in that same old spot
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