"Over The Edge"

The sense for ideology will never fade,

it's quite horrific, these visions of reality;

some seek to sedate, so that time seems to stands still,

while thoughts cease to elaborate.

 

Want to feel numb, released

from this enlightenment of mind?   

It's not enough you know? Opinions

will run full circle.

 

The dark feeds the allusion of light with judgment,

while the masses hide in the shadows.

 

Hopes will not save face for faith,

and the rain that once washed us clean

is polluted by man's thoughts of convenience,

all while the preachers scream, "Forgiveness!"

 

Purge the thoughts from mind,

and walk the world deaf, dumb, and blind,

trying not to stumble over the bodies

as they rise with blood in the waters attesting value for life.

 

Some say, "Run towards higher ground

and elevate yourself above the destruction!"

 

Only coming down to be baptized

in the murky notions that one man is better than another;

Emotion dictates stimulus, and molests the mind

with grandeur in self gratification.

 

The key to bonds is held in your own hands,

so unlock the mind, and see the authenticity

found in truth; survival does not need to be

disparaging, and we all can bask in the light.

 

They say, "It is innocent, playing this game  

of follow the leader over the edge!!!"  

Reviews

[SpitfireGrrrl]

"Only coming down to be baptized
in the murky notions that one man is better than another;
Emotion dictates stimulus, and molests the mind
with grandeur in self gratification."

LOVE it. You astound me, Tommy - you always make me think a bit. Not to mention, that the message is awesome. Thank you :)

Love the picture, I'm quite a fan of Korn, they have a unique sound.
A very good poem, it's sad as it is the truth, but very powerful. I enjoy it when people speak out like this. Great poem!

[SpokenWord]

Do we really have a choice, as long as we have to have a government? Even if we over throw the new leaders will follow the same course eventually. It seems we use to have a choice and maybe we are getting our backbone back. Maybe it took that state trying to take away the rights of the Union for people to begin to wake up and understand there is strength in our numbers. All over the world people are standing up again just like the 60's and times before that.

Sometime it starts with a poem one about change to fuel us to lift our voices and risk our lives for a better tomorrow. Excellent write.

[MuSe Ampoule]

Great write Tommy...all too often people make a decision based on what everyone else is doing...blindly and without consideration. Very thoughtful piece!

"They say it is innocent, playing this game
of follow the leader over the edge... " and very punchy end line! :)

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

That picture always makes me think of freak on a leash! (Love that song!) anyway..

Another great piece speaking on the lowly state of society at the present moment. Humanities desires for simplicity and lazy convenience over any true sense of being of progression.