The Followers

 

 

 

People,

They tell me,

"Don't be a follower"

It wasn't til today that I recognized its true meaning.

To follow in the footsteps of another.

But the people,

The followers,

Are lost, and neglect the fact that they are not capable for the burden of following any longer.

The stress,

It grows.

They administer themselves to unacheivable tasks.

And then,

They break away,

A leaf falling from a tree.

Slowly distinguishing the unique and different, from the lies and followers.

 

Reviews

[Kyle]

this is a really truthful peice pf writing, with a strong visible meaning.
you do not cloak your feelings within the words in this poem, and that
is what adds to its power. your sense of imagery and metaphor also
distinguishes this poem from the many others that do not carry the
same beauty and strength as yours does.

great job, keep on writing

kyle.

[Reika]

Wow, I like this.
Just the whole meaning behind it.
I really like the last lines:
"They break away,
A leaf falling from a tree.
Slowly distinguishing the unique and different, from the lies and followers"

The poem, in the middle, starts to kind of pick up and the last lines really slow it down, and gives the reader a kind of peace. Or at least that's what it did to me.

Great write. =)