Manufacture Life

Keep wasting the years
Spilling blood to appease your fears
Lost in this material plain
You're constantly trying to gain
Objects with no meaning
and no ryhme

Empathy
I wonder what that means
Aren't we all just machines
Doing the bidding of our master
Daily routines
embedded into you forever

The time for escape is coming
You need only start running
Break loose from the pack
Make your own rules
Live by your own means

The herd is not your rightful home
Feel no regret
Even as you rest in your tomb
For you'll not be truly dead yet

Molded into their shell
They breed a mindless army
Fashioned in stupidity
Feeing their control

Thoughtless they continue this life
People kept in line
by the edge of a knife
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 5/23/2009 11:48:00 PM
Matthew, congrats on your feature...Raul
Login to Reply
Date: 5/23/2009 5:00:00 PM
Congrats Matthew on this deep poem being featured. We are becoming robots. Gotta go for the gusto. Vince
Login to Reply
Date: 5/22/2009 2:45:00 PM
Matthew, Break free and find you solace. Live well and strong. Be true to your inner self. Let God lead. If you find Him, your life will be in the world and not of the world. It's a great place to be. Congratulations on haveing your poem featured this week. Keep writing. Love and Hugs, Dane
Login to Reply
Date: 5/21/2009 12:36:00 PM
Thought-provoking piece, Matthew. I've long believed that greed drives much of the evil in the world. Welcome to the Soup! Donna
Login to Reply
Date: 5/21/2009 7:03:00 AM
I love the passion with which you write, this piece is awesome. Great you .Congrats on your wonderful poem being featured this week. love Leke
Login to Reply
Date: 5/21/2009 6:48:00 AM
wow that was powerful Matthew! I love this poem and I love the way you show us how we can make a break for it! "Make your own rules Live by your own means The herd is not your rightful home" brilliant! Congratulations on this wonderful feature!
Login to Reply
Date: 5/21/2009 6:31:00 AM
Powerful ending to an insightful poem ... love the theme too ... congratulations on being featured this week
Login to Reply
Date: 5/18/2009 6:11:00 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week! Love, Shar
Login to Reply
Date: 5/18/2009 3:15:00 AM
Matthew, congratulations on your featured poem thi sweek. More power and success. Ernilando
Login to Reply
Date: 5/17/2009 4:57:00 PM
Interesting thoughts for the reader to ponder. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Welcome to Poetry Soup! I hope you enjoy your time spent with us. Best wishes with your writing. Karen
Login to Reply
Date: 5/16/2009 1:12:00 PM
One would imagine a life filled with loving people. However, there are times when the imagination is not reality. We hope that war will cease to exist one day. Great job and welcome to the Soup! ~Joseph
Login to Reply
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter