Broken Spirit




I am confused.
I thought I was meek.  But, I am not.
I am not humble because my spirit is broken.
I am what one man deems, a sinner.
Not just any, but the biggest kind of sinner.  I have ingested drugs into my system.
I have infused a vocabulary into my thought process which can only be considered politically correct.
But is it really right?
I am tormented within my own thoughts, laden with the burdens of a society which suffers from its own greed.
The same society which will not allow me to move ahead with my own success.
Because
I am shallow.  I'm not deep enough.
I still have plenty to learn.  I will learn.
I will continue to teach my findings to any listening ear I am able to grab a hold of.
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Submitted on June 18, 2012

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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 692
Words 137
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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