Poetry
And all the poets were dead or dying
And the love for the world was slowly leaving
Lennon, Frost, Morgan and Whitman,
Their messages will be erased
And where does this leave society?
Without the quiet minds
and lonely souls
Who would often show us where to go?
Where does this leave our decaying world?
I fear that in the future,
we will have no one
To point out the error of our ways
And in our technologically advanced world
Well, common sense will soon be lost.
If a computer says it’s so, then ah! It must be true!
But if common sense were to object, it’s hidden away
And shushed
But isn’t that a punishment?
For our minds to be locked up?
We are not being liberated,
With the advances being made,
but we are slowly giving governments
More insight to our minds.
I have a great distrust
Of the future generations
Will they know who Cummings is? Or Burns?
Will they know who wrote ‘Fire and Ice’?
Or will poetry be shoved under the rug?
I fear they will not know the love
Of poetry that captures minds and hearts and souls
I fear they will not understand
The messages written in the ages
Oh, future generations,
Please do not let me down.
Please keep our poets alive
In your hearts and in your minds
Please write your own and give poetry a voice.
Copyright © Evelyn James | Year Posted 2014
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