Living To Fill A Void Within Ourselves

What Void

Keeps spurring you

To experience

What has yet to come true

I've asked myself

Out of the Blue

What is reason for this emptiness

The yearning for a tangible truth

That's controlling my actions and gestures

Within a larger social populace 

Called society

That's pushing me and everybody else

To gain power and approval

Over this hunger

To feel emotionally secure

Within ourselves

Remains a clue

Where everyone else

Including me and you can

Depict the word (Void)

As an intellectual poison

That drives

To break our sanity's proportionate bonding ties

With rationality

Remains true

As one of many underlying causes for why 

We are Living To Fill A Void Within Ourselves

Reviews

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

I really like this one, enjoyed it a quite a lot. The ending line, again; I enjoy how you tied in the title into the ending of the poem.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

You are on the roll with thought provoking writes lately, Bpoet! This piece really pushes the envelope for me...forcing me to think beyond the realm of what fills the void in my own life...

"Called society

That's pushing me and everybody else

To gain power and approval

Over this hunger

To feel emotionally secure

Within ourselves"~ Intriguing write!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

should last line by "why we're Living..."?

i really like this thematically...my only problem is the constant person switch from first to second to third and so on...gets a bit confusing...

but some wonderful philosophy in it.

[Holly Mason]

good content questioning one's self we may not have all the right answers
thank you for sharing

[Lucy Morningstar &heart..]

i agree, its a bit uneven bit I really like the subject...brilliant write!

[spiritwind]

Intellectually probing==poetically uneven to me
Still I like reading your work because you get into my head

[Emerald Seas]

An interesting write. Your voice depicts that everyone is searching to fill a void of emotional insecurity. I don't agree with the ideology you present in this poem, and have an issue with the use of "gain power and approval" as a universal desire. I believe each of us has to accept ourselves as individuals for who we are. Once we do that, insecurity falls away no matter what society or external forces present to us. Gain power? Definitely a certain type of view more so for men than women, but it is a thoughtful read that will be compelling to some readers.

[Trigorin]

Good, but check your grammar. As well, I think you might as well get rid of the bolding in the last sentence, as it doesn't really serve that much of a purpose for the piece as a whole. That being said, this is a nice, refreshing take on an old topic, and I think you've handled it well. Good work.