With vow and vision I planned a steady stroll to acquire my lease on wisdom,
a library card of gateway to the worlds of light, self improvement freely given,
but the day was so cold and my body ached, enlightenment's progress could wait,
plus it would mean driving through traffic when I could simply watch television,
let sanity prevail in my easy chair, visual education from sitcoms enough acumen today.
My neighbor paid a visit with a question about life, I offered him some snacks,
the need to know getting lost while savoring the rerun of a favorite flick,
soon the cinematic inebriation shrunk the world into lethargy's box,
any cares fading into the mind's shadows, comatose passions such a sleepy sensation,
we did speak of library cards in passing, but quickly forget why.
Author notes
Prompt: "Apathy the ignorance it breeds." Staind from their Illusions of Progress album Song title 'Break Away'
A contest entry
- Quickie Prompt by Little Eagle.
500 points, ended September 1, 2008, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Congratulations on the gold trophy. Your poem is a good response to the prompt, and a timely reminder to me of the effort it takes to make changes. The final line says it all!
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Thank you for your entry
Well this certainly paints the picture of the prompt. How easy we all fall into such traps. They seem to draw us in and seem quite logical but all the while they seep in and before we know it we are lost.
I encourage you to keep writing to read and comment.
God Bless
Tammy -
a great poem full of some great imagery and strong emotions we can all get so easily destracted in our everyday lifes I liked both of your stanzas good luck in the contest
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excellent~
While thinking about doing one thing
You and your neighbor did completely the opposite...
That can happen as we get wrapped up in T.V tho at times I would much more perfer to read...now that we have a new library system here at home we have to pay if were overdue..never had to before...so far I have had to pay 90 cents...not bad considering I check out about 11 books each time I go not to count the paperbacks
Best of luck in the contest
This is a winner in my book
I just posted a new one too
Drop by when ya can
Hugs
Your lil sis
Susan~~~
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