A Twist By Life's Lies

A Twist By Life's Lies

A Poem by The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)
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Inspired by The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx- reposted

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A Stolen secret

comes to life

just in time

to watch it die.

Bits and pieces

of jumbled haze

bring macabre memories

to a shattered brain.

Lies since birth

bring distorted pain

as a bitter past

bows to shame.

The serpent’s breath

finds it’s way

deep in the veins

of distant days.

Ride on wings of steel

above the dragon’s fire

allows a heart of gold

to live free and inspire.

 

 

© 2014 The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)


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Reads like something from the darkness of my own memories as the images that it paints in my mind. Make me think back over a life I once knew as a real life nightmare. You use perfect imagery to distill that image out of my mind perfectly. I thank you for helping me remember where i have been and somewhere I never wish to return to.


Great Job!!!!

Posted 17 Years Ago


7 of 7 people found this review constructive.




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great piece.... very dark and medieval. The rhyme was wonderful.

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Very dark almost forboding piece...............and the imagary was fab.........life on heroin,
drugs and all the images that stem from that.

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Lovely poem! I love the rhyme and the imagination of this piece!

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Dark and depressing like i feel lol
Good metaphors
Heroin, so romanticised at times.
Good one..

Chloe
xoxo

Posted 17 Years Ago


3 of 3 people found this review constructive.

like the flow.
Nicely penned.
Sandra:)

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

very gritty but with a bittersweet undertone...very nicely done! :)

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Well, Dale, it's been awhile since I've had the pleasure to read your stuff. I see you're getting pretty darn solid. Well done.

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

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I like this excellent write here...Kim

Posted 17 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Very good poem Dale, and I look forward to reading Nikki's book. I am sure its full of hard and tragic tales of his life, on not just drugs but alcohol. I have his cd and in each and every song you can feel the pain he was going through and hiding behind the junk.
I like the way you likened the drugs as a serpent, finding its way into his veins.
An amazing poem, based on an amazing book too!

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

To live free and inspire, to me that is the quintessential heart of gold! Excellent write my friend, Excellent indeed. Thank you so much for sharing this with me, and the rest of us at the cafe. I would like to think that all hearts were made of gold, and that we could eternally ride on the wings of steel, dancing just out of reach of the dragon's fire. Those words brought such a vivid picture in my mind, it was simply AMAZING! Kudos my friend!
xo
Susan

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.


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The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)
The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)

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Birth name: Dale Deadmond Born November 20th, 1969 Metaphorically speaking music is my BFF and poetry is my soulmate. This is my world of my favorite poets are E.A. Poe, Dylan Thomas, R.. more..

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