A minor rush.
The smallest push.
I’m still standing -
I’m still here,
carrying things you will never know of
… it’s for the best.
Me.
The quietest riot.
(c) 2008.
Quiet Riot
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Posted by halfwaybetweenT on June 25, 2011 in Poetry
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booguloo
June 27, 2011 at 2:34 am
Keeping it bottled eh? It’ll come soon enuff.
halfwaybetweenthegutter
June 27, 2011 at 2:45 am
Oh, I have no doubt it’ll come, it just seems to be taking a while! Thanks for commenting.
Mia Lombardi
June 27, 2011 at 3:16 am
is it? for the best? we all carry burdens. be strong.
lots of love.
Luna
halfwaybetweenthegutter
June 27, 2011 at 3:19 am
I think, at the time, it was for the best. Quietly building up strength until it can be unleashed. Thank you for visiting, I appreciate it.
Jingle
June 27, 2011 at 3:49 am
the quietest riot, wow.
love the way you send your message!
RiikaInfinityy 마왕
June 27, 2011 at 6:04 am
yeah, don’t give up, strength is all we need
TestingTrueChange
June 27, 2011 at 6:25 am
Good poem, I interpret it as carrying burdens that we can’t share with others. Very interesting
Kim Nelson
June 27, 2011 at 6:02 pm
The quietest riot… I love all that this phrase conjures.
kez
June 27, 2011 at 6:43 pm
think i know exactly where your coming from and one day we will all find our voices ….thank you for sharing
danroberson
June 27, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Carrying a burden that is too large to share is also a burden too large to carry alone.
The quietest riot–awesome.
halfwaybetweenthegutter
June 28, 2011 at 11:21 pm
“Carrying a burden that is too large to share is also a burden too large to carry alone.”
Sums it up perfectly, thanks for reading!
Jesse S. Mitchell
June 27, 2011 at 10:41 pm
neat. I dig this. cool.
halfwaybetweenthegutter
June 28, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Thank you.
mindlovemisery
June 28, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Powerful and haunting poem I love it! Sometimes we have to keep things in but usually it eats us up alive
halfwaybetweenthegutter
June 28, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Thanks for reading
A.B. Thomas
June 29, 2011 at 1:52 am
that’s a brilliant hook, “The quietest riot”.
David King
June 30, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I enjoyed this.
blitzken
June 30, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Yeah, we all know that carrying stuff inside for too long has consequences, but personally I like the fuck you tone of the piece. “I’m still standing, I’m still here, carrying things you will never know of”.
Quiet and powerful. Thanks very much for sharing it.
swanrose
July 5, 2011 at 2:14 am
nice potluck
mine was here
http://blackswanpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/poem-smeared/