others may have wine, i have poetry

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.

We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

And the human race is filled with passion.

And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Dead Poet's Society

Sunday, January 13, 2008

student

forehead filled with worry wrinkles
eyes beneath reflect injustice
a stooped down shoulder
a let down spirit
a walk without the spring
a voice without life

innocence - not lost, just never found
creative instincts trampled and buried in the ground

a brain filled with nonsensical words
and meaningless numbers

a day filled with homework
a week filled with tests
months filled with exams
and the vicious cycle keeps going on

a race to achieve what is most coveted
a snooty university, a plushy job

lucid visions of love and lust
painted in the canvass of their minds
by the brushes of the media

a world that begins and ends with"me"
a world with no time left for "we"

"kindness, humility, humanity, peace and love"
words familiar only in textbooks

"secular sovereign democratic
brotherhood and fraternity"
words known only because
it is "coming" for a test

where relationships turnneedy
where friends turn greedy

oh what is it with them
their monotonous days
and superficial ways

1 comment:

supernova said...

hmmmmm a true and stark picture.
how do girls in our school still maintain relationships , beats me!!!
i lyked de media line. i also lyked de constitution wrds.
by n large a gud piece.take a bow