Carried To Extremes

passes by

If you observed, as I have done,

And noticed the world change,

How things we loved, have lost their fun,

And moved totally out of range.

Where once the places we liked to go,

Are gone without a trace,

And all the things we felt were so,

Are just plainly not the case.

Where once we hunted tiny rocks,

And buildings replaced them all,

And the paths we took all our walks,

Are parking lots, or just a Mall.

To what extreme must we exit?

To have the things we had,

And what things must we know?

To remove all the things so bad.

Things are far from what they were,

Most remote, utmost to the greatest degree,

So nothing now, or today is sure,

And nothing is really what you see.

To bring back from drastic ways,

To the gifts we once observed,

To return to all good days,

When morals and truth were served.

Knowman

Reviews

[Enigma]

Superb piece of poetry. I'm stunned. It flows beautifully, and the rhymes leave a lasting impression on the reader, especially someone like me who loves rhymes. Reading it, I felt the feeling of nostalgia about the past and how everything back then seems so perfect now. We want to undo the changes that have taken place and go back to those times when "morals and truth" were the things that one saw around oneself. Great write.

[ImagineItAll]

This brings me back to my younger years and how things have drastically changed. Greatly written poem!

[Rene Velez]

nice write, visually striking, nice wordplay knowman

[Poetic Beauty]

I completely get this poem. When I was a kid we played in old gravel pits and road dirt bikes there. It is now a huge sports complex for the kids to play baseball on. Now it has a good purpose now but it had a great purpose then. The creek were we once played is now off limits because of businesses being built on the land close to it. It is sad. I love this eye opening poem.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Knowman, your poetry is wonderful. It flows and dances across the page and carries a powerful message. What has our world become? I ask this myself as I recall the simpler times of my youth. You are a masterful poet dear sir.

[Ruth]

The state of the world has become something unknown! Controlled and not what it was....humanity can take the power back though! Great poem friend! xx

[Raven Starhawk]

This is remarkable. You surely serve some potent truths that I believe should be on everyone's minds.