Mistrust

I do not trust old white men in positions of power

Old men

in New suits

behind

closed doors

make me

nervous

 

Something

about collections,

malevolent

old bones

secreted away

behind

walls of stone

just

doesn't

sit

right.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I immediately thought politicians when I read this short poem. Mistrust, yes indeed. Those elected by their constituency to represent their views, who then decide they know best.
First of your I have read. Pleased to meet you.

Chris

[PatrickPink]

And you chris! I totally agree, and I often have difficulty believing that these individuals have the best interests of their community at heart. When politics, business and the media operate on a revolving door system, it becomes even tougher to discover their true intentions!

[JoséNEO]

I must say as someone writing a story with quite a good sum of politicians this is a piece I really enjoyed, since it in a way taps into my own I guess for lack of a better word "anarchist" in the way that I am someone who does not trust politicians that much and this piece I think could maybe make people think more about how much they trust politcians... I am sorry if I am not making sense so in other words I really like this writing mostly because of the first few lines in you mention how the people in power behind close doors make you nervous because I think that explains quite a well one of the main problems in most government that people don't really trust. Yet they do not really do anything about it. In conclusion I really liked this mate.

[PatrickPink]

Don't worry dude, you're getting your point across just fine, and you're right in the assumptions you've made. It just worries me that so many old white men run the world. Politicians aside, big business is exactly as hard to trust, and a CEO can have just as much influence, and wreak just as much havoc, as almost any politician!

[Mrudula Rani]

..... and if they are politicians, you have all the more reason to mistrust them!

[PatrickPink]

Politicians were exactly the people I was thinking about writing this, well spotted!!