Long Sad society Poems

"Go on forth young graduates,

And show us who you are

You're now our future leaders

We know you will go far"

And so commencement ended

Pictures done and people changed

Now, off to private parties

All orderly pre-arranged

But four young girls...

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I must report the passing of a dear old friend today
I'm not sure when it happened, but I felt I had to say
That the Vegas that's in movies, books, and on TV
Is not the one...

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Ed was born forty-two years back,
and even since the age of ten
he’d looked with enrapt eyes upon
the heroics of firemen.
He wanted to join their number,
to rescue folks when in danger,
he’d go to their open houses,
to...

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“I knew then it was the last novel I’d write,
couldn’t go elsewhere due to my contract.
They wanted books like I’d written before,
but there was no way I could ever go back.

“Yet there was a loop-hole...

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...My last day at work I got him alone,
and I let loose in a brutal tirade,
said that he’d betrayed ‘serious writing,’
which has trouble enough in our day and age.

I told him his gifts were not...

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“If it had just been one of two messages,
I could have passed it off as an outlier,
but when it got up to forty percent…
then my own fears began rising higher.

“The clincher was the stray handful...

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This is by ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 

A SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD:
Chorus:
Sometimes I scream up inexplicably,
Since the nation is failing inextricably. 
Everything seems to be stagnant, 
And transgressions are at rampant.
People dyeing through bad causes, 
Makes my...

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I used to be ashamed to say that I
once wrote for a rather large company,
the kind the likes to print up greeting cards,
and for some reason, make Christmas movies.

Now this caused much consternation in me,
I...

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I remember as a little girl 
On a visit to an aunt’s friends house 
I was sitting reading a story book 
As quiet as a mouse 

I asked to be pardoned 
To go to the...

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Anferny was convinced that all
his problems were due to his skin,
he’d been told by teachers, and his mom,
that there was just no way to win.
He grew up believing he was part
of an awful, bigoted nation,
that...

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I have seen it slowly coming,
and I do not know what to do,
a slow but steady erosion
in the world’s average IQ.
It started back in the nineties,
a slow but steady drip since then,
decline in mental fortitude
amongst...

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The pain.

The pain we all carry around,
like we're walking through a swamp,
filled with tendrils that cling,
that try to mire you, to suck you down -
while all you do is fight to move forward.

We all carry...

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They said that they were building
a great society,
that poverty would be vanquished,
brought down onto its knees.
So they gave lots of hand-outs
to the destitute and poor,
and every year they cried ‘compassion,’
we must always give more.

But almost...

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No Judgement Jamie always was told
that judging others was vile and cold,
all her teachers did proudly attest
that living life without judging was best.

And the media reinforced these words,
to judge other people? Hateful! Absurd!
To judge was...

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......."  Is It Me You See   " .....



Do you ever wonder why my life's so different from yours,
Or do you think I,m lazy for not doing the simpless of chores,
Do you ...

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if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say nothing at all, they say. 

every moment, every minute, every second of the day. 

the silenced people can not tell wrong from right,

and when they...

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I write the sadness of the Brazilian forests, 
About modern centuries and glass cities,
Tattooed Indians who are murdered too,
For a handle of gold or green diamond,

I write the greatness of Brazilian forests
Roots that descend to...

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What would you say,
If I told you that I feel depressed?

What would you say, 
If I told you that I considered committing suicide?

What would you say, 
If I told you that I like the same...

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A curled-up bundle of skin and hair
Adorns the window-seat
The sorry remains of Kitty
The old lady down the street

To those who saw her struggle daily
With her heavy shopping trolley
All of her ignorant neighbours
And her estranged sister...

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when she came to us 
She spoke very less 
Unlike other maid 
She was silent 
Brows-up seems -
Filled with self respect 

My mom tried many ways 
To hear her
Atleast once a day 
"In her past...

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explanations of life's complexity seem more like 
eager delusions designed to keep us tame, all my 
energy is sucked out of my soul as I try to hold on 
explosive emotions can't just be willed...

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I built my boat up, sawdust in my eyes
Love and kindness ingrained since my younger years
Now just a pile of wood

I built my boat up, my hands aching
So it would withstand the storm
Now soaked with...

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This prison is all I yearn to escape,
I wish to be free!
I long to sing the song on my mind,
I long to taste liberty!

We were taught of our freedom when we knew not to question,
When...

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In high school everything changes
Teachers, friends, you, 
“That’s just life” they say,
And they never stop to ask
“Well, how do you feel?”

And your friends leave, and your grades decrease,
And your teachers begin to worry,
And they make...

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My brother, this life is deep!
Sometimes I laugh when you see me
And sometimes I smile at you
Sometimes I sing when you see me
And sometimes I dance
My brother, it's not what you see
Sometimes I gnash my...

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