Be not Quiet

Ambitious thoughts seeking community. Let me know what you think.

World draws closer to fire,

Inevitable shaking before 

Doomsday.

Tyrants voting themselves in,

Unable to move them out of 

Office. Stirring imaginary 

Conflict.

Barbarians destroying and

Pillaging with no care for feeling

Or common sense consequences.

They are but a domino tripped

And chased along cause and effect.

Revolutions fought and refought

Over and over again, though to 

What end? World changes for us.

Why change?

Heroes becoming villains,

Villains becoming heroes.

Memories flying in the wind

Before they set their feet on 

Dirt.

Love, ambition, horror, romance, war

Are but pulses of breath, like

Waves meeting the shore, pulling

Themselves back toward the ocean. 

And we are left to be quiet,

To see nothing, to do nothing.

But we can’t help ourselves,

So we make music with noise.

Author's Note

Thoughts? Ideas? Feelings? What do you think about the world and your control over it?

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

as in the Steppenwolf song "Monster," " Now our vote is a meaningless joke"

we got lazy...and we let them take over...now the politicians are in their own little world and we don't count.
j.