PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

In this world oblivious

The thoughtful are viewed as strange

The creative;inneffective and dangerous

The observant;slow and awkward.

A flame of greed has engulfed mindfulness

Has incinerated awareness

I speak not of knowledge nor ability to think

It is more subtle, a primal instinct

It is in the yearning one feels

As their eyes behold sky or rolling green hills

I am enslaved by necessity, as are many

Choked in daily monotony

Locked away behind walls

Subservient to requirements of survival

At the end of each day I revolt without word

I pause at the doorway squinting westward

Orange, blue, white, yellow, crimson

An aura of fire splashes across the horizon.

This is my symbolic rebellion

Though the action rends my soul

It is the act of a desperate fool

For the view causes my heart to beat strong

That I may exist a day longer

Strange, awkward, and dangerous

In this world oblivious

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