Daytime Chaos

Sometimes the world is too loud
As chaos from noise consumes
The air vibrates with mixtures
Of congested sounds that vary

Voices scatter across the day
In all different vocal tones
An assault on ears that listen
As they ascend with rapid fire

People move with crazy ideas
In a manic state of hustle
That propels them at rushed speeds
Life pushes them with grand force

Too much fast paced commotion
Tramples the bright daylight hours
As it blinds the world with routines
That distract from needed peace

A top that spins too quickly
It goes around in circles
That make the stomach queasy
From the motion that sickens

Silently the brain screams within
As time ticks by in disarray
While the world bellows its need
To achieve a multitude of things

The mind patiently waits for night
When the octaves are lowered
To a tolerable volume
That the spirit can handle

Reviews

[Pete]

the spinning top is a grand metaphor for your point. seems no one stops to smell the roses anymore. i hate when i'm driving and someone behind me is in a hurry and gets angry at me for not going faster because they are in a hurry to go nowhere. just because they are doesn't mean that i am. as my muse wrote long ago, "I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion." - Thoreau

[Poetic Beauty]

Exactly we are not made for all work and no fun. Also sometimes during the day people and the world in general are too lound

[Pete]

i agree. keep it down. some people aren't happy unless they're making a racket. evenings are a special time when you can think in peace.

[Davidgeo]

If alcoholic beverages were magically forced to be half the percentage I'm confident that we would see at least a 33% drop in domestic disturbances across the board worldwide. Probably more like 66% if we're being honest. Also we would probably see a decline in personality disorder and the like... imagine if marijuana got a societal foothold before alcohol did... the world would be an objectively better place I think.
I bet Pete smokes weed.

[Poetic Beauty]

Absolutely Pete. It’s a time for quiet thoughts and reflection

[emmajoygreen]

To each his or her own - nowadays means a choice between life and a living death - that is choosing self-destruction.. as some do.

[Lorry]

My overpowering reaction to this is to shout at you (mentally in my mind) "yeah, preach lady!"
When did the world become a spinning top, placed precariously on my lap, while on a roller coaster that shouldn't have been built and passed off as my "morning commute?"
I always thought when the world did go full on batsh*t crazy that I would have had a far bigger part in its demise, but now find myself a mere observer as I watch people lose their minds over what used to be called the most mundane and petty trifles!
Just be thankful you miss the worst of it when you are forced to close your eyes, cover your ears and become part of the sound that I'd the true inspiration of Edward Munch' Scream!
Ps... it is now 3:42 am and the echoes of noise have almost stopped ringing in my head! 😃

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m find stillness in doing yoga, reading and writing and many time with music. The night time is much quieter and sleepier in the little town I live is so around 9 pm it’s more calm

[emmajoygreen]

'Silently the brain screams within
As time ticks by in disarray
While the world bellows its need
To achieve a multitude of things

The mind patiently waits for night
When the octaves are lowered
To a tolerable volume
That the spirit can '

Humankind needs to remember why made a certain way: with a certain capacity to both give and take what is best to human nature is to make it happy, content, jubilant, calm, excited, adventurous, worthy, empathic, naive. knowledgeable.. In other words, the impossible saint in human clothing! Moments are available to one and all if only to slow down and not feel guilty; to hold hope in the palm of the hand and know that - upon a time a kiss laid there.

[Poetic Beauty]

Slowing down many times allows us to find a sense of peace

[emmajoygreen]

How very true. We can make noise.. chaos.. at a thought. We cannot and never will be able to creat a sense of peace unless it visits uninvited. You

[Pryde Foltz]

The mind patiently waits for night
When the octaves are lowered
To a tolerable volume
That the spirit can handle

A sensitive.sensing being does have her work cut out for her in this noisy world. Loved the sublime reward at the end:) Wonderful write.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you kindly. Sometimes the world is too fast and too pound during the day. I’m a clbeing that tends to like the stillness of the nocturnal hours

[Pryde Foltz]

I can relate to that, beauty. Also the stillness of a snow storm ... which I am currently spying through my windows:)

[Crowley]

As I get older, it's much harder to take. sometimes I prefer to be with myself, lord knows there are enough voices in my own head to manage. Good writing!

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you my dear friend. The daytime hours can be overwhelming and chaotic sometimes. I do enjoy going out and being amongst people when I choose to but typically done at night. Crowded places at night have a different tone and vibe to them. It’s not a frantic rush like daytime

[Weeping willow]

Nicely expressed as the world turns into nothing but noise. Most times life has become filled with too much noise for me. ;-

[Poetic Beauty]

I completely agree.

[Betty Hermelee]

I like the spinning top, as the world goes around....on it's chaotic pace; especially during daytime hours when many of us are moving about, going to work, having lunch, biking through a park, scooting down a byway...this tumult hurts our psyche's..jumble of emotions ...drives us into insanity.... all of us need to find quiet,sometimes solemnity to gather our our thoughts in peace, perhaps even to meditate..."tto much fast-paced commotion".....very lovely write PB
Warmly, B

[Poetic Beauty]

Sometimes the daylight hours are too frantic lol

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome🌷
Warmly, B

[robert harris jr]

great poem I love what your saying and you share a dream almost like awareness

[Poetic Beauty]

Daytime can be chaotic and full of life getting in a frenzy.

[robert harris jr]

beautiful writtig

[Amy R]

This poet shows how much the world evolved and modern day, its harder to get peace until night time.

Again your use of descriptive words, enhanced the poem greatly..

Your use of metaphors here "A top that spins too quickly" to compare the world's pace to a dizzying motion.

Greatly inked
-Amy

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you for your extremely kind words. The world does get too loud and too fast during the day for me sometimes

[Amy R]

You're welcome 😊

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Night may wind us down or wind us up. I've always been a night owl. But it's the perfect time to write and ponder, I think. This was good, I enjoyed.

[Poetic Beauty]

I’ve always been a night owl as well. My natural rhythm tends to be that way. I enjoy the quiet of the night. It allows me to think and breathe

[Mk.t.g]

loved the poem, honestly! the imagery and symbolism used here perfectly captures the scene of daytime, you know? the everyday goings...