Metal Puppet

Metal Puppet

 

I wake in the morning

And get out of bed

Get dressed

Eat breakfast

No, not because I want to

Not because I’m hungry

It’s routine

 

Out the door before it’s late

Walking on the sidewalk

No need to look up

I know where I’m going

I don’t know why

It’s just routine

 

Don’t need to think twice

I do what I need to do

I don’t do it for myself

Oh no

I do it because I always have

It’s burned into my mind

The steps I’ve taken

But a million times

The movements so familiar

So robotic

 

Pull my strings

Look, I dance

A little puppet

But aren’t we all?

 

How do I know I’m alive?

Ah well

I feel

I feel pain

It helps me feel alive

The gnawing inside my stomach

Right on the side

Takes my breath away

I know where I need to go

So I’ll go

And the pain will just have to wait

Wait its turn

For my attention

 

I’m on a schedule

I’m on a timeline

I’ve got things to do

Places to go

People to see

 

This pain keeps me alive

While I’m the walking dead

A puppet to life

Pull my strings

Look, I dance

 

Don’t you see

We’re all

Just dancing

 

Our strings being pulled

And we’re moving

We don’t know why

But we are

 

Whether we’re a wooden puppet

Or a metal robot

 

We’re constantly on the go

And we just

Don’t

Know

Why

Author's Note

This poem popped into my head when I was walking home from school, I suffer from stomach pain, and I was feeling pretty numb, the only thing that kept me tied to reality was this pain in my stomach.

I also thought I'd write about something other than men and erotica. It seems that's all I've been writing about lately, kinda sucks.

Anyway, Enjoy :)

Reviews

[Dr Ayaz chandio]

very true..right on the spot,and very nicely written as well...liked it...

[Destinyxi]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[gombeggar]

very well done...george orwell comes to mind ;) many of us know this feeling and/or lack thereof

[Destinyxi]

Haha, glad it's easily relateable!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hi Destinyxi, A well scripted, cynical perspective on life. I guess we all do things because we do them because we do them because we do them. When I get up each morning I have a sense of purpose and I love my work so...................

[Destinyxi]

I'm glad you love your work :) Thanks for your review!

[That_Guy]

"I do it because I always have
It’s burned into my mind
The steps I’ve taken
But a million times
The movements so familiar"

My favorite part, very relatable.


This isn't Erotic?!?! Nor is about me?!?! What happened? haha

[Destinyxi]

No sir, this has not one ounce of eroticism, isn't it wonderful? =D

[That_Guy]

indeed it is ;)