Humans or Puppets

Psychology of humanity...

Who are we?
Puppets of someone,
Or Puppets of something.

Perhaps Puppets of something
Dreams’ desires
Lust’ greed
Virtuality of happiness
Reality of pain
Stupidity of emotions,
Providing the driving force
To run the hollow, shallow system.

Maybe our assumption is wrong.

Perhaps its Puppets of someone,
With interesting, amusing expressions
Stalking you
Judging you
Watching from sidelines.
Giving you choices
Giving you hope
With satire in the eyes.

Playing with a page
First line starts with birth of Puppet
Last line ending with death of Puppet
And leaving whole page blank
With satire of fireworks.

Maybe both of our assumptions are wrong
Or we can fill the middle blank page
With puppet of something
Completing the whole page
Completing the fate of puppet.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Interesting thoughts here. The poem seems to accept the notion that we are manipulated by something external. That may be true, if we allow it. Actually, though, we are jerked around by our own internal weaknesses, which make us vulnerable to the externals in the first place.

[Richard Layne]

An interesting read to make you stop and ponder. It's like our lives are the sitcoms or puppet shows we watch--all preordained for someone or something's amusement.

[Dutch]

Or maybe we can be puppets of clarity. Doing the right thing seems to take second seat to fear. Fear of someone or fear of something? Maybe we can puppets of compassion, helping each other find clarity. Or maybe that takes a second seat to greed. Or maybe my assumptions are wrong.

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Nice provocative tittle. Poem it self describe very deep all bad human aspects. If we are puppets. Maybe we can cut off wires who is behind those who is wires.

[not your muse]

We, all are puppets of our minds which become blind sometimes...never satisfied and craves for more.....
your poem portrays some visual images of it...

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to say. I liked the old country wisdom. You must do three things in a life. Be born, pay taxes and die. I believe we decide to be puppets and allow the human spirit to be forgotten. Better to walk the lonely road than with the masses to the slaughter house. Thank you for your interesting and powerful use of words and thoughts.
Coyote

[AcasualPawn]

We be born and death are inevitable but paying taxes, well we first needs jobs to fill stomach though

[Coyote Poetry]

Old days. People worked. Welfare and free money is new times and days. Always jobs. Where I work. Can't hire no-one. Everywhere I look. People need help and new generation had fell to a state of needing government help. I never needed and I hope I don't need till I go into my retirement which I paid into for 45 years.

[AcasualPawn]

Well iam a student.. And to gain knowledge i have to pay.. You can understand.. Best wishes for satisfied and comfortable life

[Coyote Poetry]

Just seek education and find a job you enjoy. Many opportunities today. I told my children. Travel, have fun and enjoy life. You shall work for 50 years. My youngest daughter lived at home. Traveled somewhere weekly. We must work but education is the key.

[AcasualPawn]

You are absolutely right sir.. Thankyou for so much kindness

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Minerva]

The way you string words together is honestly the poetic. Pun intended. I look forward to reading more of your work. I very much enjoy reading your work, I like the way your mind works.

[AcasualPawn]

Thankyou Athena for your kind words..

[Black Rose]

How do you do this. Your every piece have some deep feelings and the way you express its amazing. Puppet of someone or something you mean God and human nature. But I want to feel it in a way - well here we are puppet of our emotion who rule our thoughts and thus compel us to work according to it and puppet for Greed. Because all we have is motive behind our every work. Anyways your perspective is really on advance level of my perception. Lol

[AcasualPawn]

Thanks black rose for understanding....

[Luca DeClouds]

I rarely read poems, because I usually dont understand the meaning, but this one is good. Came across with a certain message. Nice.

[AcasualPawn]

Thanks luca for reading it..

[AcasualPawn]

Something =human nature
Someone=god