Your mistakes, your death

There was once a saying

"Stop to smell the roses".

If you were to "smell the roses"

Would you pick it?

Would you kill the beauty

For the pleasure of your own life

Well now...

That's murder

 

If someone were to come up behind you

And tell you this:

"You are going to be rape.

I am now your master".

You would fight...wouldn't you?

Would you kill?

For the freedom...

 

If we were to elect a leader

A man to rule the world

We love him as our guide

As our light

But years later...

He is killed by the bullet of our own.

Is that not contradictory?

 

Truely, we are mad.

Those humans in the asylums..

They are not the mad men of the world

We are..

For we believe we are true

But once the truth reveals itself,

We cannot help but kill for our own

 

Be ashamed, World...

Mourn your lost brothers

For you were the ones that killed them

It's their scarlet blood on your face

It's their eyes following you.

It's your fault we died...

 

Be afraid.

Author's Note

I usually write my poems straight onto WC, so it's not the greatest. The best will come after August 8th :)

Reviews

[Mioki]

I think this poem is very great! The ideas and questions that it raises in the reader mean so much. The deep meaning in these words, how selfish society and humans can be, is painfully understandable. We delude ourselves into self-righteousness, while the killing continues to occur. We are blind to, but not ignorant of it.

This poem was a perfect example of how the world is now, and many people would do well to read it.

[Jeff Bresee]

I love the way the second to last stanza ends, and the whole feel and message of the poem is great. Nice work.

[Samantha]

wow i loved it! i like how it all fit together so... neatly without sounding like a doctor seuss book (no offense to him or anything, lol)... I never would be able to come up with womsehting like that off the top of my head, so i'm impressed... When i write it takes months, going back and editing, rewriting, trying to make it perfect... I liked how it made sense but sometimes didnt, too... It related ot the world today and how we should realize how horrible people can be sometimes. good job!

[Jemma]

Incredably emotional. I felt a lot of anger and a lot of confusion in the truth. A conspiracy but more of a mistake. Great write

[lindsay]

I am stunned. I love everything about this poem. The message( which by the way I completely agree with and I too wrote about a poem about our lovely world) is profound and great. I love how you organized your thoughts as well. Amazingly beautiful, you are a good writer.