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Drown Yourself
Sitting atop the helm of the world
steer towards nothing, a leaderless herd
we transmute our rivers and oceans to plastic
crying for change, and immediate action
so drown yourself or everyone else
biding for comfort as times running out
in our own separate boxes, everything for ourselves
ignoring the pain, with gold in our mouths
what have you done but died while sedated?
it's worse than we started, I feel powerless, hatred
is gripping my mind, compassion's elusive
a single good person in every ten thousand humans
steer towards nothing, a leaderless herd
we transmute our rivers and oceans to plastic
crying for change, and immediate action
so drown yourself or everyone else
biding for comfort as times running out
in our own separate boxes, everything for ourselves
ignoring the pain, with gold in our mouths
what have you done but died while sedated?
it's worse than we started, I feel powerless, hatred
is gripping my mind, compassion's elusive
a single good person in every ten thousand humans
Published 16th Apr 2015
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16th Apr 2015 4:34am
i do believe we are the lucky ones to see your poetry giraffeparade....i look forward to reading more...
it would be interesting to put this poem in particular to video...the images you've painted per se are good and would, i imagine, be easy to find with either the poem spoken or words superimposed over them as they flash across the screen...
love the line 'what have you done but died while sedated...'
it would be interesting to put this poem in particular to video...the images you've painted per se are good and would, i imagine, be easy to find with either the poem spoken or words superimposed over them as they flash across the screen...
love the line 'what have you done but died while sedated...'
16th Apr 2015 4:46am
Thank you so much. This is the first time I have shared any writing with anyone, and your kind words mean more than you know.
18th Apr 2015 6:24pm
A very good rhythm and flow to this piece . "Biding for comfort . . . with gold in our mouths " is my favorite passage and you bring a terrific ending as well. Well done !
