Utopian Land

My poetry takes me to Utopian land,
  Where love and peace perfectly blend.
    Humanity is the only religion known
      Arrows are rusted, bows can’t bend.

Everyone is kind with beautiful heart,
  Equality and justice for all, I wonder.
    A perfect place where women are safe,
      And it rains, without any thunder.

I imagine people living their dreams, 
  Society woven from threads of trust.
    Here life is perfect, devils are dead,
      Joy prevails, worries crushed to dust.

But, when I encounter the real world,
  My poetic soap bubble tends to burst.
    And I am drawn out of Utopian land,
      Now I find blood quenching the thirst.


This poem has been published in 2019 in my poetry collection 
"Far in the Meadows and other poems" by Meenakshi Raina

23 March, 2017.
Utopia and the Soap Bubble - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann


Poem Written In March 2017- Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo
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Neumann Avatar
April 8, 2017 at 2:46 AM
Hi Meenakshi and congratulations. This is very good. I went to a "Zuma Must Fall" demonstration yesterday. Your poem is very fitting for the situation here. You cannot enter it for my South Africa Contest, but I am "expecting" an entry from you. Many wishes, Kai
Kimathi Avatar
April 7, 2017 at 8:49 AM
Greetings, Meenakshi. Congrats for your WIN in the contest!! ;-)
Martin Avatar
April 5, 2017 at 8:35 AM
Like the imagery, especially "threads of trust". Congratulations Meenakshi! :-)
Raina Avatar
April 5, 2017 at 1:45 PM
Glad you liked it...thank you Mark...
Ram Avatar
April 4, 2017 at 4:39 AM
That is an awesome line....'Arrows are rusted, bows can't bend' - What a thought!!! Congratulations!!! Ram
Raina Avatar
April 4, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Thank you Ram......
Beam Avatar
April 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Congratulations on your win and bubbly utopian rhyme!
Raina Avatar
April 4, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Thank you John...
Canerdy Avatar
April 3, 2017 at 8:46 AM
Wow! This is powerful--excellent in every respect, Meenakshi! "Threads of trust" and "blood quenching the thirst"--so creative. Congrats on your win! Janice
Raina Avatar
April 3, 2017 at 2:25 PM
Thank you Janice...
Hoffman Avatar
March 23, 2017 at 9:05 PM
Great imaginative take for the contest Meenakshi~good luck in it!~Che :)
Raina Avatar
April 3, 2017 at 2:26 PM
Thank you Cheryl...
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