The World Never

The world never looked,

So the world never saw

The dismal disorder

Of natural law.

The world never listened,

So the world never heard

The screeches of anguish

Behind ev’ry word.

The world never touched,

So the world never felt 

The tide in the sandbox

As memories melt.

The world never lived,

So the world never loved,

Their souls turning sallow,

Their hearts getting shoved.

-EDP

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

There is both pseudo admission and techno blah in today's routine. Much of life and the living is a 'give em what they want' gameshow - anti humankind, make the minions fit the bill, they won't notice that they are being manipulated, Forget how, just do what's achieved by techno communication not via conversation or debate or even a would you believe it education! What you want to hear, be told, briefly know - you discover by brain washed-keys! As to emotions.. forget them they are self-analytical go 'twiddle your thumbs'! Me, cynical? Think not, more aware than blondes are supposed to be!

Your poem is not only first class language but it has spirit and heart. Kudos.

'The world never touched,
So the world never felt
The tide in the sandbox
As memories melt.

The world never lived,
So the world never loved
Their souls turning sallow,
Their hearts getting shoved.'

Above is on its way..

[emipoemi]

Thank you so much! I try to speak truth to power for those with the will to notice. Been feeling this for a long time. So glad you enjoyed it.

[emmajoygreen]

I could have written more, so agree with you. Tied my fingers to the glue pot to stop!

[emipoemi]

lol it starts conversations...something I try to inspire with my work.

[emmajoygreen]

I can blather for gold medals!

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I also too feel it in the music of today a lot of it is electronic and blah. AI almost
Not like James Taylor or cat stevens of the 70s It’s crept up on us whilst many asleep

The school curriculum and the ways they teach with laptops etc AI has a lot to do with it and the movies well they just are so violent and supernatural evil.

It’s like while we were sleeping they planned it well I only fully awoke to the horror three maybe four years ago. What a shock !

Thanks for your excellent write

[emipoemi]

Thanks for your review. Glad you enjoyed (evil tends to creep up when our attention is turned. Time to open our eyes).

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

That’s true. They good at putting up circuses

[emipoemi]

Got that right.

[MCS]

Such honesty in these words. Speaks so clearly to the chaos around us.

[emipoemi]

Still trying to get more people to see the chaos and rise up to act....glad you enjoyed. Thanks for reading.

[MCS]

Its hard to move the unwashed herd into any typed of action.

[emipoemi]

no kidding

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Interesting to me that you wrote this over two years ago...and yet, it really fits perfectly with the scenario in the world today...Such "dismal disorder/ of natural law"--
I wonder if it is this natural for so much hate to exist. And so many hearts are being "shoved."
This speaks volumes then, now and most likely tomorrow.
j.

[emipoemi]

I've always said there's more hidden in the shadows than found in the light. No one has been looking for decades, so all they see is the disorder of the present. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading.

[FGFRANKLIN]

This is bloody brilliant if you ask me and well presented. The rep at the beginning of each line packs a punch like a pro boxer. Great job on this. I enjoyed every word. F.

[emipoemi]

So glad you enjoyed! Thanks for reading.

[Aura]

There is so much that we don't think about, actions we don't take, feelings we never felt, isn't that the truth of our world today? Without opening our minds, learning to feel and understand what is truly happening, only then will we understand what we could not see and know before. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading your poem!

[emipoemi]

So glad you did! been awhile. Thanks for stopping by (and for your analysis)

[Aura]

You are most welcome! Yes, agreed its been a long while