Through my children's eyes
I have grown used to society's lies
the misinterpreted misrepresentations
of this masked disguise
my hands have been tied
Tied to the point of suffocation
because I can't find that variation
I cannot find the relation
between sanity and salvation
we have been traveling lifetimes
to find that we only got behind
that we let our leaders press rewind
I am so tired of being quiet
because there is a riot
inside of me and it won't be quiet
it won't be quiet
My karma cannot be seen with my aura and my chakra has been broken by lack of meditation
I blame this on energy
on the lack of a melody
that the generation before me seen
the media forgets the sympathy
and sticks theme music over the bombings on T.V.
and this is all we see
and people expect me not to speak
I wish I could resurrect Lennon so that he can have lunch with Hendrix and exchange notes with Syd.
If only we could find the inspiration to do what they did...
Author notes
Written November 26th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- I Love The Hippies... by Venusian Poetess.
300 points, ended January 17, 2006, 5 entries
Gold trophy winner
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if only we could find inspiration to do what they did..wow what a line. there's a petite shade of lament for the lost social awareness here, but maybe your all keeping that small flame alive, poems like this certainly do. we need more of this stuff, more! haha, this poem in itself is fabulous, being only 15 and missing out on the 70's peace movement i know i could never understand like most of you here, but this apathy in the system does come across as incredibly depressing...that the university vibe of the 60-70's has been eaten up...hehe, a personal lament of mine. peace to all. congrats on such a wonderful poem!
-quinn -
The rhyming in this piece almost carries a kind of like Ani Difranco quality with it. It reminds me of the song from the Evolve album called Serpentine. That was a wonderful song, by the way. This is the first poem that I have read all day that I have found no errors in. This is one of my favorites so far.
Best of luck to you! -
a good 1
liked ya last line most which is alwats good
mint
well done... peace -
awww thak you so much!! Seriously, you are making me blush here. I am so anti gov it's ridiculous, My dad is so scared that one day the fbi will come knock on my door and take me away, what do I say to that? Let em, screw em, you know what, I wish they would lol. Thanks for your comments!!
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and sticks theme music over the bombings on T.V.
and this is all we see
and people expect me not to speak
these lines were genious( my spelling is blegh.)the war is comercialized and flowered and made the lacy by the media by orders of the gov. its all a chain reaction and if we do not find a way to brake this reaction, as you said 'let our leaders press rewind' and it will only happen again!
your veiws and perspective on society are baffling and honest and im in love with them lolz.
countess -
Brilliant!
Damn Good Show then luv! Oh YES! I ADORE this piece! Bravo! Absolutely BRILLIANT rhyme scheme a consanance and all that good jive! It rather reminds me of some of my old writings from when I was in this one band. . .(We didn't have a name, we had a symbol - long story)The piece is called Napalm Apathy. You might enjoy it, I don't know. Hmm, Damn Poigniant statements there! DAMN Powerful! Cheerio then and KEEP on Writin'!
-Yours Truly and Most Pleasedly,
Evan Alexie -
i have to poop really bad but thois was fricken aaaaaaaaaswwwwwwwwweoooooooooooommmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee i cant even try to write a poem that would eve cme colse to that love ok bye
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i often resurrect these guys all on my own. inside my head of course. i loved this poem, loved it loved it loved it! it takes me to a place i wish i'd never left behind
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To me, dreadlocks represent individuality, and they are shunned nowadays, I have talked to my family about wanting to get them and they all said that they are dirty and closed minded things like that, they represent so much of what we have lost in todays society, all the way back to the rastafarian ways.
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"the media forgets the sympathy
and sticks theme music over the bombings on T.V.
and this is all we see"
that was one of my favorite parts. But the first stanza is perfect. I love the ending too.
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This was so incredibly delightful
"the media forgets the sympathy
and sticks theme music over the bombings on T.V.
and this is all we see"
HAH!
It's true it's true!
Fiends!! I'm glad to see your views
Dreadlocks? *stab in the dark* is it to do with the Rastafarian ways of peace and harmony? The symbol of Jah Rastafari that the dreadlocks represent
A great poem either way
Chant down Babylon
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