Society

by Lenny   Nov 16, 2005


Everywhere I walk Im surrounded
By them,
Judging with their eyes,
They announce their game,

Their eyes blunt knives slice
My own,
As I start to feel the pressure to belong,

Step by step I slowly
Morph,
Ever closer to their likeness,
As those eyes sculpt my sole
To the same shape
As theirs,

At last their fate
Becomes my own,
As they win their game
And claim their prize,

Now as I walk the streets
I feel their power,
As my eyes
Slash at those who
Arent my kind,

This dominant force has
Consumed me,
As my clouded eyes join
In the game,

I try to fight it
But its there for good,
Branded
A mark across my sole,

They have won the battle
And now I am one,
Resistance is futile or so
They say,

For now I will play along,
Fitting in to their
moulds,

But when the chance comes,
I will break free,
Of their
ever constricting bonds,

And I will catch the train to
Sweet nothing
Where their eyes
And mine
Will no longer harm.

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  • 18 years ago

    by Drew Gold

    Wow,.. I can't believe I missed this one before.. nice visuals, perfect for the premise of the poem,.. some would probably say you should shorten the poem, as you could express the overall point in a shorter way - but this really doesn't apply, i don't think,..the language you used was really emotive and offset the intensity of this piece.. i also loved the flow, how you effortlessly glided between stanzas and a awesome execution of the ending, too.. good stuff..

  • 18 years ago

    by Drew Gold

    Wow,.. I can't believe I missed this one before.. nice visuals, perfect for the premise of the poem,.. some would probably say you should shorten the poem, as you could express the overall point in a shorter way - but this really doesn't apply, i don't think,..the language you used was really emotive and offset the intensity of this piece.. i also loved the flow, how you effortlessly glided between stanzas and a awesome execution of the ending, too.. good stuff..

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