In our small town,
The smell of dead chicken makes me frown.
The smell of the bread however is nice
And will always suffice.
These smells fill our town.

Our town so small, it's like a cage.
Sometimes it fills me with rage.
And one day I'll pay the price
When I leave this place.

In the future I'll surely drown
People will think I'm simply a clown.
They'll think I'm covered in lice
Or I like to keep pet mice.
I can't keep up, I'll tumble down
When I leave this place.

The young woman wept
At the thought of the secret still kept.
Laying in the peaceful arms of the dark,
Her fate she began to accept.

Knowing what she must soon do,
This much she knew,
It wouldn't be easy.
But she had no clue.

She brushed her hair
And went downstairs.
She grabbed his hand
And looked at him with a sad stare.

As she told him,
His expression turned grim.
He stared at his feet and thought of the future
And could see his chances becoming slim.

He put on a brave face
He made her a promise
Then he took her in a warm embrace.
He took her in a warm embrace.

Lost

What happens to a friendship lost?

Does it simply fade
like the sunlight after a long day?

Does it become a memory
that slips to the back of the mind left forgotten?
Like a child's old toy laying untouched in the attic.

Maybe it's as if it never happened.
Like a conversation spoken between two strangers.

Or does it turn into hate?

Antigone

Ancient Greek tragedies usually involved a major character. One of this character's flaws causes a chain of events that leads to his or her downfall. Such is true of the story of Antigone. Antigone's own desires her selfish and blind to reason leading to her early demise.

Antigone insists "[her] brother she will bury" and no less for she is "no traitress." Ismene, Antigone's sister, tries to convince here it's unreasonable. The consequences of being caught going against the king's orders of leaving him to rot are too great to risk. All of their family is dead and they shouldn't "fall like the rest." But, Antigone's desires make her immune to Ismene's reasoning. Antigone will not meet Ismene's needs that are much more attainable and will end up being more fulfilling. Without thinking, Antigone goes to bury her brother.

Ismene's plea was not enough to stop Antigone. Attempting to "[bury] the man that [Creon] forbade", Antigone is caught, arrested, mand brought before the king, Creon. Creon offers for her to be "loosed from the burden of [the] heavy charge" as long as she does not attempt to do so again. Many would jump off this offer, but Antigone refuses. She would only go out and try again. Antigone would rather be locked up or executed than to simply follow the king's rules. She declares him an enemy before she listens to him. He begs her to let him pity her but she says no. She is only going to die in the end.

Antigone's selfish wishes make her deaf to the voice of reason. She jumps to irrational decisions thinking only about what she will gain and not what's best for everyone around her. She not only destroys what left of her family but her love's family as well. Her tragic cannot be blamed on anyone but herself.