Now we know so much more than before.
Unfortunately, we still have no cures.
Computers can do so much for us, what is
it we do for ourselves?
It's time to take our brains off the shelves.
We have bombs to destroy the world, or even just the people
here.
You would think that this we would fear.
Knowledge holds many good things for us.
It also holds danger, all around us.
What good is our knowledge when we are gone?
This is one problem that's been all along.
We have great knowledge, and skills.
So why do we use them to kill?
All of this knowledge is fine.
So long as we don't leave our brains behind.
Author notes
Knowledge can be used for both good, and bad. It seems like people always forget that knowledge, and intelligence aren't the same thing. If we use everything that we have in the best ways possible, it's all good. Don't forget though, without really using our brains, to really think things through, our knowledge becomes ignorance. Connie
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Ahhhhhh, what I think of everyday while at work behind a computer screen. Very true, great write.
I would probably change the line "We have bombs to destroy the world, or even just the people here." to "We have bombs to destroy the world, or just the people." though. I don't know why it just seems like there's too many words there.
My favourite is the line "We have great knowledge, and skills.
So why do we use them to kill?" I like the use of a question.
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Thanks for all your input, and for reading this piece. I think that I'd have to leave that line alone, or just the people seems like not enough to me. I like to make people think, I also like to leave my poems open, therefore a question fits in perfectly in order to do both. Thanks again, Connie.
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i love the message in this! you see people around you every day who have forgotten how to think for themselves, who use computers to do it for them. and it seems rather a waste that we have advanced so much, but instead of using it to stop killing people, to make the world a more peaceful, a better, place, we use it to kill more people more efficiently. i also like the phrasing, your piece flows really well without seeming forced. the rhyming is great too, not awkward or too intrusive- you appreciate it as you read, but it doesn't distract from the overall piece. great write!
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Thank you very much. It's nice to know that the message I was trying to get out there made it. I also liked the feedback on the poetry itself. Thanks again, Connie.
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