RioLaskand

I found the Da Vinci Code as a wonderfully intricate book that was very entertaining. However, I found that it was a pretty easy read. This, however, helped a lot with the flow of the book, keeping readers guessing. Also I liked the way that he made almost every chapter going to a different person. It kept every person up to date, and I found myself at times so wanting more that I would almost skip ahead to get to the next Langdon and Sophie timeline because it was so fast-paced. The plot twists threw me completely off, and I never expected any of them to be true

I can see pure azure as the breeze rattles on perpetual peace for once I can see snow-fine sand and crystal waters they call for me but I choose to ignore them The sunsets are perfect a full rainbow pulled over the sky in beauty The people smile in perfect happiness but still so fake serving the rich and fat I love the life that I do not lead because if I had it I would be disgusted I love this beauty so natural and lovely but the people poisoning it are truly vile and make this place real OOC: hey everyone from the BAHAMAS! I am loving the air and the perfect landscapes. Other tourists, the kinds that are loud and obnoxious and ruin a perfect sunset are the only thing that are pissing me off. I will be back tomorrow, so I will probably be on more. Talk to you guys from winter very very soon! Ja ne!

It?s 2AM and I am alight words of philosophy and of anything at all lilt through the room The silence of everything is so sacred as we lay on the couch and speak our minds picking each others I am always seen like you and you like me we are twins with a span of three years Sharing bonds never broken We know games, music, life and we see through each other?s eyes and mind I get to my goal by force you wait and figure them out We are such different people but alike in such ways that we are truly kin of a new light I will never leave you you will never shun me you are my brother and I am your brother age, nor time, nor distance will ever change that Thanks

You can keep talking you figureless head your deep motonous tones lull me to sleep I dream about life when the world was flat and God's children ran wild for the deep thinkers were gone In hiding they stayed until they proved the Earth round but what life did they accomplish? A loss of their head, and a mark on their name But they taught us to think around those who taught us that this thing was right, and that thing was wrong When we are taught many things about our morals and thoughts the truth behind the "truth" is often quite harsh What you think you know is gone shattered like a vial thin, small, and weak, obliterated by the hammer of perception We see past the veil cracking vials as we go some take it well, others break down They will believe what they choose to believe in their minds some will join our ranks some will kill our sights But all along we are showing the truth of defiance the same words that pull me to rest will one day be questioned, and with a yawn, I will answer

There is a special smile that you make with your eyes not empty or fake but twinkle like the stars below Most people fake their smiles and seeing their sappy grins make me sick to my stomach I have seen how they work and they deal in reddish business but you don't do that, you smile with your eyes, you cry with your eyes, you pout with those hazels and they make you truly you Those who wear their emotions on their sleeves know that other people see what they feel You are more secretive others don't see what you feel but a glance to your eyes in a moment of your lapse can breed volumes I have seen these with mine own we locked, and for a second I saw you were drawn to me, in sorrow and I saw your soul Again, we were locked not in a truth but in fabrication of my mind and you smiled your eyes followed suit But we were not real and I will see you not till the year is past and the fireworks fly but I do not fret for you are not gone I go away to my land and come back with new thoughts I'll share them with you as we sit in the cold but warmed still as one as we have been before

Hey guys! I know I haven't written in a long time, well that's because things haven't really happened a lot in a while. I figure I'll give you guys an update; Kelsey broke up with her boyfriend. She told me later that while it was because she saw him as more of a friend than a boyfriend, another reason was that it wasn't fair to him because she kept coming back to me. That's the good part. Since then, ya know the usual awkward ******** that precedes anything. Also, I don't know if I have been trying too hard too soon. I don't really know what to do about that, but I guess that you really never know as far as relationships go. Now is the bad news; I saw her on Friday, which is kind of weird because I was supposed to go to a dance, and she was supposed to be grounded. Hmmm. Well we ended up going to the same play at her school, and I saw her there. She was talking with one of our friend's and what I got from it was that her ex had been cheating on her while they were dating. She took it hard, although she didn't really let people see it. I saw it in her eyes, and she said, "It just kinda makes me think that I'm not good enough," And that just hit me hard. I have felt awful all week, and I don't think I should call her because I want to leave her be on the issue, but at the same time I have had something similar happen to me, and all of that which I wished to forget flushed back into me when she looked at me with those eyes. They just got me, and I have been tearing apart my brain all weekend, and I don't know what to do. Anything from anyone would be great. Ja ne

I have awoken within me a power that I never saw before It writhes and it burns but I kept it down it will come to me soon I can see what will happen the hellish and pure the demonic liars of tomorrow the saints that will light the world I can see you, broken and lonely and someone else picking you up I see you again, still lost and looking but no one is here to save you This makes me cry, but still I smile for I know not which fate will come You choose your own, not what I see and only then will you be complete I cannot see what is to come I can only see the choices when we all must make that fatal choice between life and love or hate and pain The choice is yours, however disguised you will know when you see it and if not, then you are damned to spend your life blind to the choices you never made

[b]Empathy of a Glance[/b] I am paralyzed by your sorrow You can't hide it with words dismissing the pain I can see your eyes They pierce through me you know what has happened and I know not what to do I can do nothing but feel Your sorrow fills my veins we are connected through something deeper than this I can feel your pain, your sorrow I can't make you feel better I can't even move, Your pain has thrown me down and it is not mine to bear I feel sick, this pain I feel It's not right, You should not have this you are too genuine, too perfect Why must the fates burden you, with this horrible fate? The human condition tears you down you are questioning your worth But you don't see your true worth greater than any precious material kindness and loyalty, never truly appreciated and loved These horrific bastards will never see the light and lovelines that I can see they see the trophy, a thing I see a person, too beautiful inside and out What horrific man can do this, take another while promising his love, in empty words and touches He doesn't deserve to glimpse you And he will never see a second thought because he is not human No human can hurt another in such a way He will never see your pain But I see it, and it tears me inside knowing who you are, and what you don't need or deserve You deserve happiness, joy, love that doesn't involve "belonging" love that involves "being" and you should've felt that the first But that is not the case, and you are in pain, pain which I can describe all too perfectly We are linked, you and I deeper than family, close friends our souls touch and your pain is pulled to me Your tears I cannot bear I am speechless to do anything because I know not what to do and my tears join your pool because I feel what you feel and we are one [b]Truth at a Glance[/b] There is a special smile that you make with your eyes not empty or fake but twinkle like the stars below Most people fake their smiles and seeing their sappy grins make me sick to my stomach I have seen how they work and they deal in reddish business but you don't do that, you smile with your eyes, you cry with your eyes, you pout with those hazels and they make you truly you Those who wear their emotions on their sleeves know that other people see what they feel You are more secretive others don't see what you feel but a glance to your eyes in a moment of your lapse can breed volumes I have seen these with mine own we locked, and for a second I saw you were drawn to me, in sorrow and I saw your soul Again, we were locked not in a truth but in fabrication of my mind and you smiled your eyes followed suit But we were not real and I will see you not till the year is past and the fireworks fly but I do not fret for you are not gone I go away to my land and come back with new thoughts I'll share them with you as we sit in the cold but warmed still as one as we have been before OOC: Yeah I guess I did a bit of a thematic type thing. I have been dealing with eye contact a lot lately with different things going on. Comments and Criticism always welcome. Also, I am going away for a while, so if you post, and I don't post more poetry for a while, I am probably out soakin up the sun. Thanks all for giving me ideas to make the poetry better. Ja ne!

I am paralyzed by your sorrow You can't hide it with words dismissing the pain I can see your eyes They pierce through me you know what has happened and I know not what to do I can do nothing but feel Your sorrow fills my veins we are connected through something deeper than this I can feel your pain, your sorrow I can't make you feel better I can't even move, Your pain has thrown me down and it is not mine to bear I feel sick, this pain I feel It's not right, You should not have this you are too genuine, too perfect Why must the fates burden you, with this horrible fate? The human condition tears you down you are questioning your worth But you don't see your true worth greater than any precious material kindness and loyalty, never truly appreciated and loved These horrific bastards will never see the light and lovelines that I can see they see the trophy, a thing I see a person, too beautiful inside and out What horrific man can do this, take another while promising his love, in empty words and touches He doesn't deserve to glimpse you And he will never see a second thought because he is not human No human can hurt another in such a way He will never see your pain But I see it, and it tears me inside knowing who you are, and what you don't need or deserve You deserve happiness, joy, love that doesn't involve "belonging" love that involves "being" and you should've felt that the first But that is not the case, and you are in pain, pain which I can describe all too perfectly We are linked, you and I deeper than family, close friends our souls touch and your pain is pulled to me Your tears I cannot bear I am speechless to do anything because I know not what to do and my tears join your pool because I feel what you feel and we are one

I can see you right near me reaching out to touch my life but I am scared for I don't want my secrets and sacreds to hurt you I know who you are, I know not what you think but if you see my failures, you may turn in disgust Would you truly be mine, if you know of the dirt that litter my life and stains my chapters? Liquid like blood, that stains page upon page of wretched sorrow and pain if you want these pages along with the rest Then, my love, will you be mine?

Under pillow and blanket, your face cracks a smile wide and warm fulfilling my life I will care for you and be with you until I die, for I will go first Your happiness fills a heart so cold but it melts for thee because you are mine I cannot feel such warmth from another soul because you are mine and my life is yours For you are my love, and nothing will change not age, nor time, nor light of day For I will be yours and you will be mine until the day that I die, and you're still alive

You clink your coins seduce them into my pocket I will do your will I will squash my soul For the small price to pay I will do what you wish and fight as you dare to show me I will sell away morals toss life to the wind for a few more bills of cold hard cash I can burn down a house or kill my own mother but I don't give a damn as long as you keep your end I will kill, rape, maim, and defile as long as I get my pay for I am a hired demon who is worth too much to be cleansed

You see me though reproachful eyes and pull your hand from mine your face full of regret and eyes full of sorrow "You shouldn't have done that," I know, my love but you are too perfect and everything is so wrong Why must you amputate my hand by denying it your soft touch I wish to be close but you know it cannot be done I reach again for your touch but you pull away tears pull from your eyes and stain your face "Why must you do this? you know why we can't and yet you persist! We cannot be!" You walk away, your wedding band of a fake love glints in the sun for you are gone, but I'm still here but will you return to take me?

[b]The Ballad of Rock[/b] I forgot the moment to live in it to breathe it to be enraptured by it The life of hectic things material things pointless things swallowed the moment But a flit of music changed to a blast shattered worries for 3 minutes And the memories the images of happiness living the moment caressing life by the second not the year And I am won again for I can live again by your second, not my year [b]Heartless Living[/b] You clink your coins seduce them into my pocket I will do your will I will squash my soul For the small price to pay I will do what you wish and fight as you dare to show me I will sell away morals toss life to the wind for a few more bills of cold hard cash I can burn down a house or kill my own mother but I don't give a damn as long as you keep your end I will kill, rape, maim, and defile as long as I get my pay for I am a hired demon who is worth too much to be cleansed

[b]Broken Love[/b] You give me strength you give me life, and yet you tear them away at a word I feel your presence, hovering about me but your silence is truly sacred Your words are harsh your voice is terse, and you are nothing like you should be I lost your life, I lost my own, and now I miss you but you have never gone I want you back, I want to scream but you just talk and will not listen I cannot hear, I want to feel soft touch and soft words So feel my pain and run me through with insults here, and mockery there I'm on my own, you tear at me, but will I scream, before I break?

You give me strength you give me life, and yet you tear them away at a word I feel your presence, hovering about me but your silence is truly sacred Your words are harsh your voice is terse, and you are nothing like you should be I lost your life, I lost my own, and now I miss you but you have never gone I want you back, I want to scream but you just talk and will not listen I cannot hear, I want to feel soft touch and soft words So feel my pain and run me through with insults here, and mockery there I'm on my own, you tear at me, but will I scream, before I break?

Malsek slammed his nunchuka into the nearest Phantomon's head. His dark self finished the digimon off with a spinning hit to the chest. "This is so weird," he told his dark self as they floated back-to-back, mirror images. "It's kinda cool though!" DMalsek rocketted to the next digimon and twirled his nunchuka on his foot, kicking the Phantomon and letting the centripedal force rip the nunchuka throw the digimon's hood. "Yeah! Get that guy!" Malsek cheered.

You cannot keep me here forever With your rules and your shackles I see the sunlight everyday a glint of light on my bloodied skin and that gives me hope You cannot drive your whips into me and try to break me down I have seen the light of day and I will still have hope I am bruised and dying, but the smile remains you scoff at my weakness and throw me to the dogs but I have something you don't you can beat me, torture me break my mind and body, but my spirit will run you down so I saw, fair giver of life care to take it away again? Hope....

I like your use of the different ways of expressing your thoughts, but I feel that you aren't really hitting or surprising anyone. Your flow is stunted a bit, and I feel that you could definitely do more with your ideas. Otherwise, keep writing!

Why can you feel the pain I can't imagine? I want to take it and wrench it from your body thrusting it to myself Your tears shatter my world I can do nothing as you leave my side once again, forever You have always burned with a passion and desire but now you lay silent, beaten and tired It would be so easy to slip to sleep, and leave my side, in your weakness, I see you failing But you still fight with the feeble strength until it is sapped, and your tears are dried But mine are fresh

OOC:....right then. Let's continue, shall we? Angemon glared down at the massacre happening above him. He was blasting boulder after boulder, but they continued to rain down upon the army, aiding the minions. He saw Seraphimon glowing in unnatural light as he blasted apart five of the rocks easily, moving on to help the smaller digimon. He was struck down by a smaller boulder. "NO! Seraphimon!" he blasted at the huge boulder, and it burst in half. Seraphimon pulled himself up, but two of his wings were crooked. "Angemon, I will not live this day through. Go save whomever else you can! We have lost for now," Angemon quickly turned around, not wanting to see his fallen comrade. "You will be remembered Seraphimon. We will not forget!" he kicked off of the ground, trying to find the rest of Heaven's angels, bursting rocks apart left and right with his Fists of Fate.

The hail of bullets made Lex twitch, especially as he saw Trace aiming at him from the scope. "That's my cue," he packed up his rifle, and slung it over his shoulder, attaching the tripod to the end of the rifle. He spun his pistols around on his thumbs, and popped both of the clips out to check them. [i]Almost full, but I might need all of these bullets. Those boys were just a welcoming party.[/i] He pulled three bullets from a compartment in his trench, and quickly slipped the bullets into the clips. A Click and a Snap later, the pistols were back in his holsters. He lost sight of Trace, who seemed to have moved inhumanely fast. He ran full speed, jumping from rooftop to rooftop of the jammed buildings, trying to see a sign of Trace, or his companions. On the horizon, he saw the spaceport, and a large navy blue ship standing in a main dock, the engines smoking. "Bingo," he smirked as he kept jumping from building to building, looking for signs of Trace. As he was about to jump from the next roof, he stopped himself, and looked out at the empty flat of land. [i]No more rooftops for a while. Crap[/i] the spaceport loomed at him, and he whipped out his crystal knives. Each knife slammed into the cheap brick as he eased his way down the building, finally jumping five feet onto the concrete, saving his legs with a roll. He leaned against a wall to catch his breath. Trace could definitely hoof it! He had arrived at the spaceport with the navy ship still looming overhead. Four caught his eye. "Bingo," he whispered to himself, sliding around his cover to see more clearly. Trace, the Ctarl-Ctarl who had almost lost her hand to his bullet, and the strange creature that he did not recogonize all stood in a tight group. Also with them was someone from the Royal Armory. [i]What the hell is one of THEM doing there[/i] he thought with disgust. His pistols were already out, and he scanned the area around the small group. A strange looking person with a black cloak, and a black and white shattered mask leered at them. The Ctarl-Ctarl had already slammed the man into a nearby building, but he did not seem fazed at all. A slight output of a barrel caught Lex's eye. He scanned the windows and nearby busts. "1...2...3...Shit," he counted the hidden snipers surrounding their position, "This will take too many shots if I take em all out from here..." He pulled back into a nearby building, and slid up to the roof, hoping to not draw the attention of the sniper whose neck was in perfect killing position. A quick flick of his wrists, and his knives bloodied, but no sound escaped from the now-dead sniper. He set up his spot using the sniper's own gun, and quickly picked off the remaining three snipers. Trace's eyes snapped immediately to the site of the gunfire, and saw blood trickle down the edge of one of the windows. Lex pulled back and reloaded, "That should even things up a bit,"

Malsek gazed down at the spitting image of himself flashing towards him, nunchuka whirling around his arm. He spun his back into a familiar kata, and whipped it at his "twin"'s legs. DMalsek deflected the blow and countered with a shot to Malsek's face. He turned, and the armor glanced the blow off of him, but not before crackling a bit. [i]This armor better hold out. I can't take many more hits like that.[/i] He countered with an equally glancing blow on his dark self's shoulder armor. The armor splintered, but the silvery substance did not break away. At a glance, he saw Katt slam down on her dark self with a blisteringly fast long sword smash. He smiled. [i]Go get her, girl...[/i] he thought to himself. DMalsek was recovering, and Malsek whipped his nunchuka under his arm, ready for the next assault.

[b]I've Lost It...[/b] The fist filled with malice blasts across my face I rear to defend but the assailant stands tall pummeling soft flesh I fall back, broken unable to rise I've lost my wings and will not fly again I've fought all my life with fists, not words now thrust in a world my fists numbed and tied words don't come easy but I've tried my best Until he came, his fists fresh and unbound he slaps my face with words, unbridled and I fight back feebly, but small words can say big things and his fresh, daunting fists, have silenced my mouth drenching it in blood I have lost it that edge, that spirit I once felt the numbing of the hands has numberd my mind beaten my wings into submission clipping them brutally, for I will not fly like I once could [b]The Battle Already Lost[/b] Why can you feel the pain I can't imagine? I want to take it and wrench it from your body thrusting it to myself Your tears shatter my world I can do nothing as you leave my side once again, forever You have always burned with a passion and desire but now you lay silent, beaten and tired It would be so easy to slip to sleep, and leave my side, in your weakness, I see you failing But you still fight with the feeble strength until it is sapped, and your tears are dried But mine are fresh

I am a ghost of my own self you can see me just barely but I am an untouchable always one step behind the world You want to see me, but I have already gone to where you will never reach me always just out of your reach care to test me, Tantalus? I will always see you, but you will never be mine I am the wallflower of life observant, quiet always on the edge I am the ghost in a shell of flesh and bone but no one notices my shell you notice the ghost but it is already gone