Cloistered, Confined, Convinced

Cloistered, Confined, Convinced

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
- William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), “King Henry V”, Act 3 Scene 1

Imprisoned emotions, concealed amidst a tattered past
Incisions in motion reveal tranquility beneath ones battered mask
Shallow voices seek symmetry, a lifelong spattered task
Callow choices wreak synergy, within a shattered flask

Deserted amongst volatile morals – happiness, love, perfect?
Inverted are such words, meaningless, in his dialect of neglect
Exerted abilities, decent at best, a smudge amidst life’s colours
Subverted, hostility, labels placed above the heart his strife covers

Nightmares, for some, reality for the helpless forsaken
“Mistaken? Approximation can’t survey how many lost ones have been taken”
Encased in hate, freely his feelings bleed onto his scriptures
The flow of the ink, the smite unto the pain, known simply as his life’s fixtures

Mimed – are his words, as one screams, yet cries fall upon deaf ears
Blind – are his eyes, yet one dream’s, and welcomes his once left peers
Refined – is his knowledge, yet he feels shackled, based on heartless insults
Denied – instead of acceptance, since that nights deadly results

Wednesday 25th August 1994 – To Whom It May Concern

“Thirty years before the present, I was handsome, respected, and known
A perfect gift, every girl wanted, amongst the customs, I had always grown
One night I was driving to a party, with three friends, just helpless fun
The only day in my life, which remained endless, had just begun

We arrived at the party, drank a few, until we were welcomed by the night
Checked my watch. “3:00 A.M”. So we drove home, with hazy eye sight
A red light at the intersection, we began to talk, and laugh for a while
Drunk, but still, I could never forget every one of their last smiles…

Unwinding windows, letting the cigarette smoke escape the automobile
The green light glowed, a safe drive, we were hoping for still…
Cracking jokes about today’s events that had occurred at the bar…
“Oh Shit!” my friends final words, as a bus rammed into the right side of the car

I couldn’t remember much, I woke up with crushed legs and a damaged skull
Rushing into the emergency room, nurses screaming, “Please help!... Anyone!”
30 years have passed, 30 years of anxiety and pure insanity
30 years of rebuilding my vocabulary to write my last letter to my family

30 years of dreaming about the woman I loved, but forgotten is her name
30 years, my soul has been stained, attained by tears filled with shame
30 years, I have mastered my story, yet by day one, it was engraved in my heart
30 years in the making, to make a new start… for after this letter, I depart

Entrapped in this metal wheelchair, amidst 30 years of self hatred
3 peers died at my hands, if I didn’t drive, would they have lived to hear this statement?
Blatant, still after 30 years, of this unruly enslavement
30 years, of being the punch line for every joke, strictly for entertainment

Yet above all the reasons of sadness, 30 years on, this is my fate
In heaven, eternally I wait for my love, at the entrance gate
With undying passion, I rest tonight, for tomorrow I wake to be her prince
Seeing her smile makes it worth….
.... 30 years of being cloistered, confined, and convinced”

Until the final days, I wait for you eternally, at heavens gates…
…I love you Claudia…
…Claudia…
…Claudia… Gates…
R.Wellington
- Roger Wellington
1945 – 1994

*BANG*

Dude, I'm not sure how this site does the voting for awards or whatever in the magazines. But I'd like to nominate this peice for an award.

One of the most brilliant stories with excellent flowing of rhythm
From the dreary gloomy feeling to the rise of excitement and
Adrenaline to feeling the horror and pain and suffering..

You painted a great image and told an amazing story.

Bravo to you. Props is all I got. I cant say one bad thing.

Vocabulary was extensive but this was actually one of the cases where someone used the vocabulary correctly..

Its education, you can't fake knowledge.

holla. We should collab bro

email me at: kinggrimet@yahoo.com

or aim: kinggrimet

but yea I like this shit bro. Real good.

http://www.rapbattles.com/forum/showthread.php?t=326402
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Uppin. :)

This was brillant..are you an alais?...if not I think that you're going to earn a spot in the top rookies...The vocab and word usage was all together the best part of this piece besides the storyline...you really used the emotional side to portray the imagery and that worked well...I could go on and on but..It's clear that you have the techniallities down....all in all this was a very well written and descriptive piece....keep it up...

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Originally Posted by Forum

This was brillant..are you an alais?...if not I think that you're going to earn a spot in the top rookies...The vocab and word usage was all together the best part of this piece besides the storyline...you really used the emotional side to portray the imagery and that worked well...I could go on and on but..It's clear that you have the techniallities down....all in all this was a very well written and descriptive piece....keep it up...

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Cheers. I'm not really an alias, since my other account only has around 100 posts, so I'm still a bit of a rookie in my mind, lol.

Classic VOCAB..Loved It.. Though I Wont Go Far As To Say It Was Amazing.. It Was Excellent.. But The Ending Fell Apart..Despite that.. It Was Cleverly Written.. and Overall It Was A Great Read.. See Something New And Make you Sit Back With A Wow.. and think Does Ones Vocab Reach Far Like that..Among the Others Here.. Few Yes..lol..Anyway.. Like the Story.. Though Not Real Original.. Its Good To See Old Made Seem Like New..Good Drop

Cheers. Uppin.

. . . Bump, stop sleeping on this.

lmfao. i know who you are.

Well then who am I? And why is it so funny?

Good, solid piece.

I personally liked this piece, the rhyming and multiple rhyming or words was very good, it got the reader interested in the flow of things and whilst doing that the whole piece became easier to read, well for me it did anyway.
Your vocabulary was also good, plus i liked the presentation. Pretty complete.
I'd like to see you tackle more uniqe topics and use even more imagery...use intense description to really get a writer excited. Other than that, this was a very solid piece indeed..oh and apologies for taking so long to leave comments lol.

Thanks. Uppin.