They made me blind till I couldn't see a thing that was in front of me. Election scandals and oil prices, they're hiding us from all their vices...
The individual is so six years ago.
They stuffed in our faces telling us what beauty was. Thought we didn't know, we're just stupid animals after all. Poke fun at human faults with unknown intent, and now our views are bent...
Beautiful is so six years ago.
A society founded on secrets and lies now is is no surprise that we're clueless? People are dying now and what are we supposed to do, just stick around for a little bit or run away? Will we live to see another day?
Certainty is so six years ago.
Differences are never valued until that's what we fear most: the difference within ourselves. If you're a little weird there's something terribly wrong, better fix it before they spot you, what are you gonna do?
Diversity is so six years ago.
After all these years, what have we come to, letting screens tell us what to think and do? They will say and we'll obey, never blinking, never thinking, just doing. Just doing.
Reality is so six years ago.
Author notes
I wrote this in 2006.
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Very nice worldly write. I like your viewpoints and the structure is also wonderfully done. Thank you for entering
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It would be safe to say that we write about the same thing, "Megsy", as someone stated before me. I find the stanza structure to be one of the main things that makes me enjoy this poem so much... it's so... sarcastic. Kind of like "throw-it-in-your-face" sarcastic. I like it.
So of course I like it, but... let's see. I am feeling like making this long now. So.. here it goes.
"They made me blind till I couldn't see a thing that was in front of me. Election scandals and oil prices, they're hiding us from all their vices..."
I'm going to look at this in a different viewpoint than most. "They" to me is not the election scandals and oil prices or even the people behind them, "they", to me, is the world. Society as a whole, maybe. I think of really concentrated orange juice when I think of that.
"..the difference within ourselves..."
A line I will not forget for a long time.
So compare my poetry with yours... as you might have already, and we might as well be the same poet.
Toodles,
B. Lucas
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is SO true I most certainly agree! But wait- there is no certainty any more! Great write!
Vivien
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That is true
A lot of people in this world are gullible and follow the words of propaganda. You point that out very well. Great job!
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I love the emotion in it and the cold, hard truth about it. It was a wonderful write. i loved it.
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this is way good!!!
all the emotion i felt as i read this!! i understand where your going. things are happening in this world today that people don't even relize that the world they think is perfect really isn't!! i loved this piece of work to the very last word!!!1
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omg i really like it. It's really like truthful and i soo feel the same way things are changing and what people say goes people are just scared to come out of there shell and be themselves because society tells them it's not okay to be unique or different and how can we find new ideas or new inventions to things if we don't look and thank the unique people who thought of it who wanted to be differnet and create something that they thought was important. Great ideas and put together well. Continue to write
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Sweet!!
i like how you sort of summerize what each paragraph is about. it's one of those poems that gets you to really think. great write!!
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My Favorite
I've read this before on the bus. It's such a beautiful poem, Megsy. I love how there is a rhythm and how it highlights our world and social issues.
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