A Twenty-two Year Old's Mind

I'm just wondering if anybody else feels this way.

In what country do I now live in?

Prying eyes watch me all the time. 

I feel like I was implemented in 1984,

Orwell seemed to have predicted this right?

The people are so afraid. 

Everyone is in denial of this welfare state.

Just to keep the masses misinformed 

The powers cause racial tension to form.

I watch getting sicker as the days pass.

Twenty-two watching all my friends become crass,

Losing their minds to the elephant and the a*s.

Life so lost from ecstasy to grass.  

It used to be natural, now its being tainted,

Creating addicted zombies who smoke until their "faded"

Jaded, everyone becoming second rated.

Remind me please of the name of this nation.

My spirit feels so very ancient, 

I mean like a spirit of warning,

Alarming the masses, from a serpent that's charming.

Let me see if I can put this in perspective.

How do you feel today, are you happy or sad,

On a spectrum were you full of happiness or raging mad,

And what was the cause that made you enraged or glad,

Was it dealing with technology/music/money/ clothing that you had.

Take a second to understand the wool being put over your eyes.

Its all but an illusion, to be susceptible to the lies.

We are loosing our lives, we are a calculated risk 

The number of artists who aren't afraid to speak up to this.

Is becoming limited.

The gut feeling,

 that you are feeling

Is your intuition, 

Please pay attention 

Lose your life you find another, 

Lose your self, you save another,

Hold you tongue you lose your life,

When your freedom is gone you'll pay the price. 

  

Reviews

[Everett DeValle]

Awesome message, Gentil...it saddens me, really...the thought of it all...I like this stanza a lot.

Lose your life you find another,
Lose your self, you save another,
Hold you tongue you lose your life,
When your freedom is gone you'll pay the price.


Deep, bro....nicely done.

[F.Gentil]

Thanks bro, it came to me one night. It does me as well. But, all you can really do is keep your faith in love and hope people will change...This site helps me vent a lot out because I used to hold so much inside my brain, and it would constantly press my soul down.

[Everett DeValle]

Keep writing bro, I enjoy reading you...beside I love your voice...and it p1sses off the Closet Rascist in this site...is all the better. :)

[F.Gentil]

To me Hate doesn't hold as much weight as most would think/ The harder the soul, the kinder to be, the masses under control, because most think that they are higher than the creator you see...most think they know their role, but low and behold, when that day comes and the piper wants his toll, I wonder how many would regret the evil they kept hidden within the sacredness of ones temple and the spirits home...Love is all that even matters a message so deep from the days of the old. Thanks dude, I love to write and just let my soul go.

[Everett DeValle]

You're very welcome, Gentil...your reply was poetically touching...you are wise beyond your years...kind of reminds me of I was in my twenties...be blessed.

~Ev

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree with the thoughts in the poem. 1984 is here and big Brother is watching.
"My spirit feels so very ancient,
I mean like a spirit of warning,"
I like your description of life and how people forgot freedom of thoughts and action. Last lines is face.
"Hold you tongue you lose your life,
When your freedom is gone you'll pay the price. '
Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[F.Gentil]

Thanks for the comments friend. These were the thoughts racing through my head at the moment I wrote this. It's unbelievable much things have changed over the last 12 or so years. Stories I read as a kid and thought that it would be complete fantasy have become a very cruel reality. All I am able to do is speak until I can't speak anymore. Hopefully encouraging others to think and paint their own thoughts in whatever language they may use for expression.

[KaylasPoetryBook]

I have found myself looking at the world around me and feeling this exact way. There are so many evils in this nation and in the world, but I always have faith through God. This was a lovely, thought-provoking piece. (:

[F.Gentil]

Have you met many people like yourself, that feel this way? I always have people who agree with me, but never does anyone truly understand the extent of what I am consciously aware of all the time. Its so sad you know. I have faith in God as well, whenever I write, I let him speak through my soul, but how many of us out there still keep faith in him, opposed to faith in ourselves. Thanks for reading and reviewing I truly appreciate it :)

[KaylasPoetryBook]

I have met a few people who feel this way but also many who have accepted the world as is...Whether it's because they don't see the scope of the issues of the world or because it is just easier to turn a blind eye and become complacent. You're very welcome! I enjoyed reading, keep em coming (: