I am struggling to find my peace of mind
In a world of pain where venom reigns,
Tearing everyone down, destroying renown
On sadistic whim, separating life from limb.
The world around us has gone to rust
From neglect and despair. Is it beyond repair?
Are we as species equivalent to feces?
Or can we do better by removing the fetters
That shackle our minds, making us blind
To the simple truth we held close in our youth
That the world can change if we expand our range
Of knowledge and thought, using courage youth brought?
Have we lost our way? Or have we forgotten
That each new day needs not become rotten?

Looking from a distant hill,
what I perceive through smoke and shrill
Is that some seeds are about to be busted

Why else hell's fury unfurled
& Venom destroying Renown
In plain sight of distant hills?

For a long time, people lived in La La Land
It is Love that was gone to Rust

For love to exist,
I must cease to exist
So Buddha told
& Shakespeare wrote.
and my good friend
will wait one more day
then twitter


PS: Cheer up ActionLynx
I think most of us people are pawns in a bigger game
the reason for this write is cause
whosoever wins in US, wins the world

Oh, it wasn't about me. I just wanted to spontaneously write something.

While searching for a topic, I thought of a few people I know, and some lines began popping into my head. So I experimented to see how I could make them work.

It's also a different rhyme and beat scheme than I typically use. So it turned out to be a double experiment.

But thank you, Palghat!

Nice!

That's a dreadful view of the world, actionlynx.
I know you said it wasn't about you but as a poet, what you write
is what you feel or think expressed with passion in words.

Well written sad poem

I somehow found the content very contextual; with the times.

indeed