Caves

I wrote this poem during my philosophy class. (don't worry I still got an A in the class) I swear I was paying attention!!! This poem was inspired by Plato's allegory of the cave and Peter Pan.

Take the needle 

Sew it on tight

don’t let it go

all our lives

chained to our shadows

we fight as slaves

to protect the darkness

we wove ourselves

Reviews

[Meliss@k]

It so true that its almost scary "protect the darkness we wove ourselves". This poem can literally be talking about anything! Our own individual lives and choices or even the choices of our government.
I loved the thought and creativity behind this write!

[Melanie Genevieve]

Thanks!! :D

[Meliss@k]

You're welcome! You're very talented!

[Clockwork]

I've often though that we create our own darkness a lot of the time. I think those last three lines really show that. Those first two lines made me think of a cape. Sort of like we sew our shadows right to our backs. This is a pretty cool poem to come out of a philosophy class.

[Melanie Genevieve]

Thanks :D I really appreciate you stopping by!
mmhmm I think people create their own darkness (shroud themselves in ignorance) and we fight as slaves to ignorance too, protecting things we assume to be true. Sometimes people never come out of their caves to see the light. The sewing shadows to backs I took right from peter pan -how he sewed his shadow onto him holding onto his ignorance, wanting to remain a child forever, staying stuck.

[Robert Lindsay]

(You got Plato's allegory of the cave in class? Seems you were educated rather than just taught!) Nice short poem pointing out that we hold onto shadows - maybe negative limiting concepts of identity or knowledge?? For me seeking a sense of reality took me past many half-truths and shadows. I guess we all cling to some shadows - certainly until we recognise them as such.

[Melanie Genevieve]

mmmhmmmmm :D