This Town

This town, 

I’m just not feeling it anymore 

The buildings 

The news 

The faces 

And the worst part of it,

The conversations 

Those damn conversations.

Where are the philosophers?

The critical thinkers?

Surely they haven’t ALL died 

Come out, come out 

I need you to survive.

Reviews

[Iris]

You have just put into words my exact thoughts. Everywhere we go, it seems there are no people left that care about things other than the shallow lives they live. It's quite annoying, really.

A piece of advice: never use capital letters in the middle of sentences. Try putting the emphasized word in italics. Also, make sure you use only words; symbols ruin the literary feel of it. So my suggestion would be to say 'and' instead of '&'.

Otherwise, I loved it.

[Kirsty Woodward]

Noted and appreciated. Thank you, Iris.

[Iris]

You're welcome.

[paperfox]

well I'm still here ... philosophy is my 3rd LOVE

the only thing I can say about the poem is ... It's very, very, very sad and hauntingly poetic!

[Vatsal Rohilla (account..]

A nice poem, ma'am. It is concise and clear-cut, you have made your point in the finest way one could have.

[elvenom]

Well, I can truly relate to that. My town needs them, too.

[Pushkar Prabhat]

WoW!!!!
wonderful......
there seems to be a shortage of such clowns right.......or maybe its just that the good people grew too many.....

i loved it....
:)

[Kirsty Woodward]

Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you loved it.

[Pushkar Prabhat]

you are welcome..........!!! :) :)

[Jacob Clifford]

Perfectly said! I know this feeling exactly. I've long since moved away to some almost deserted dirt road. I don't run into any "critical thinkers" over here, but, at least, I don't have to live alongside the calamity that is city life. I hope you can find some way to life at peace with your environment, in one way or another.

[Kirsty Woodward]

Thanks Clifford. Everything is temporary eh.

[barleygirl]

This is exactly how I felt in the years before moving to the stillness of the mountains. The thing I hated the worst about living in town is the way everything is centered around spending money, shopping, eating out, drinking, partying, watching TV, or in short: CONSUMING . . . & talking about these things as if it's the most important stuff in the world. I'm far from being a critical thinker or a philosopher, but for me, observing the simplicity of nature is my turn-on. I love the line: "I'm just not feeling it anymore" becuz it suggests you WERE feeling it, at one time. Just thinking about how we go along with this for so long before we realize it doesn't resonate! Love this message.

[Nicholas Shea]

This is a ray of light in a tragic tempest of noise.

[KurKota]

Look at the level of the dialogue at the national level and in the news and entertainment media, and it will give you an idea of the pathetic level of thinking that is the expected quality of critical thinking in this country, in this day and age. It is very sad, indeed.

[Kirsty Woodward]

I agree. "what would the great minds think" is a thought that pops into my head daily. I refuse to watch TV, the news especially. Brainwashing objects all in favour of the establishment and people are too small minded to break away from their daily routines of feeding their brains with the same s**t. Apologies if I sound preachy.

[KurKota]

You do not need to apologize for anything when it comes to your opinions about this topic. I totally agree with every word you say about it. You have your Prime Minister, we have Obama...totally worthless ilk in my opinion, however, sadly it is not looking good with any of our upcoming "leadership" on either side of the card.

[Peter Rogerson]

I receive a friend request and I stumble on this! Well, there aren't many philosophers in my neck of the woods either. Shame, really.