We are nothing but a by product
Of the times we live in
Our passionate arguments
Quoting yesterday's paper thinking
While out dated views
Conflict with the facts of today
Printed with invisible ink
Ready to fade away
Original thought is there if you dare
But it's just another story
That's been written somewhere
So who are we if we climb out this echo chamber life?
Would we be free of our labels and fabricated strifes?
Because we would not be able to deal with the responsibility of critical thinking
To be truly original is a terrible thing
The loneliest of mountains to singularly climb
In a range of finite product based living
And borrowed time
To have free choice would scare us enough to die?
The simple truth is we need each other
In this self replicating life
And all the while we social things
Are trapped safely in this story
The chapter of life will never change
And original thinking is a wasted glory
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But thinking outside the box can bring so much clarity to our own minds,
Good words SC.
Andy
You have highlighted the point by using the terminology thinking outside the box
Deep stuff, well written, thanks , Tallis.
Thanks Tallis
Well expressed . Interesting and engaging read , crow 🙂
Thanks VB
What? No original thought? No light bulb moments with 'idea!' springing up?!
Your user name 'By Product' now? heehee.
Nope. Nada. Nothing. Zip.
A different view to creativity, but hey, variety is what makes everyone unique. How I understood you poem is that how much ever we think differently we go through similar experiences of love ,rejection, sadness etc and the same -like cycle of life where we end in death. There could be sarcasm hinted as well. Nice rhymming scheme!
Oh sarcasm is always at the forefront haha. I think I'm trying to highlight that if someone did have a truly original thought then it would not be accepted in a society where everything is a copy of an ideas of an idea of an idea. A truly original thought could not be comprehended. But it's just a thought for a poem that's all really
Ohh now I understand it more clearly! Actually it’s a great point Saxon! Thankyou for the explanation
Original thinking did lead to new ideas, inventions, improvisations. Yes lonely for that person at the start; must have been terrifying but exhilarating at the same time. You got me thinking...
Good one.
Original thinking nowadays though? I don't think such a thing can happen?
Originality of thought has always been met with outright objection to the establishment - fine points made here on the loneliness caused for those brave souls who stood and still stand for singular conviction . Great read Sax.
Thanks Fay 🙂
This is doubtless true of some people. The original thinker still exists among us though, in large numbers. We must all learn to be our own person, and not be swayed by peer pressure, or what is considered the norm - if we think otherwise.
I'm not so sure anymore.
'So who are we if we climb out this echo chamber life?
Would we be free of our labels and fabricated strifes?'
'To be truly original is a terrible thing
The loneliest of mountains to singularly climb
In a range of finite product based living
And borrowed time'..
if every Poet, is owed a legacy
of lines
may these be yours, dear Poet..
(distilled, Veracity
at its most
empathetically: sincere)
I read and learn, and laud
and laud
and Laud!
thank you
Thanks LB. You're too kind.
" To Be Truly Original is a Terrible thing" such an apt observation. I totally agree to this
I believe original thoughts still do exist inside every person just that sometimes it's incredibly hard to voice them out or even to identify your own thoughts because of the pressure from society. it takes quite a lot of courage to embrace your own ideas and come forward knowing a whole world might laugh at you, deem you silly and stupid... what is rare is such courage and bravery, i believe. great lines saxon, got me thinking. beautifully done!
Thanks Aradhya. There's a debate to be had here I think lol.
i guess yeah! hehe :))
Saxon, dear poet, just with the first two lines "We are nothing but a by product / Of the times we live in" I literally wanted to desist and just go straight to the comments to say "YOU ARE A GENIUS" but I decided to venture a little further before being that premature. Nonetheless, you did not fail to deliver. This is glorious because of it's truth, we're all "chained to the rhythm" like that Katy Perry song says, and we fail to accept anything that isn't already a "norm." Wonderful job.
Thanks Rocky. Glad you enjoyed it.
In an age of questionable civility
to step up to ones responsibility
being true to that nagging conscience
when all around are speaking nonesense
if originality be one's holy grail
look to history and miserably fail.
T'is true!
When I think of original, I think of Milton and 'Paradise Lost'. He broke all the rules and made the demons kind of 'cool'. I don't know how he was originally received--of course now everyone calls him a genius, but did they then?
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