How many hours spent hoping for utopia,
Where things are whole and not a dystopia,
But also more than just nice like an eutopia?
Hell, I’d rather a mythtopia or even atopia,
Than anything blasé—perhaps a heterotopia?
Sometimes, I honestly think this is an uchronia.
What if it were such an unraveled uchronia?
Its reality would present no utopia;
Still, we would not wish for heterotopia,
An image that reminds us more of dystopia
Than thanatopia or that dark atopia.
We hate those, settle for comfort—an eutopia.
The Greeks guide us to more of an eutopia;
Friend, this ain’t the realm of forms—more an uchronia—
An off technotopia or pixeltopia.
Again, we have not found our way to utopia,
But rather, our attempts have found more dystopia
Because we fear and avoid heterotopia.
It’s fear of otherness in heterotopia
That will roadblock us from achieving eutopia.
Ironic, isn’t it, that we fear dystopia,
Live in a denial-laden uchronia,
While acting like we’re on our way to utopia,
Not an autotopia or psychotopia?
Not a neurotopia nor theotopia,
Our ignorance bars us from heterotopia,
Which bring us the right direction toward utopia
And ever keeps us from even an eutopia.
Why is it that people settle for uchronia,
A complacency leading us in dystopia.
Can’t you see that society is dystopia—
Not a cryptotopia but necrotopia,
Nor an utopia in a blind uchronia?
Can’t you see feral fear of heterotopia
Foments the obscene opposite of eutopia—
A hellscape of horrors unlike an utopia?
Here in a dystopia not an utopia,
Worse than atopia—never an eutopia—
Our unreal uchronia bans all heterotopia.
© 2025 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
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Quite a deep dive, very intriguing thoughts🕊🙏🏻
Thank you, fellow poet . I was watching The Handmaid's Tale and musing on utopias and dystopias...and realizing, we all dream of utopias because we've never achieved one...EVER. Nor will we, this side of heaven at least per my beliefs, anywho. Thank you so much, my friend. Glad you found it intriguing! ♾️🧭🕰️🌫️📜🧠
Funny what our conceptualisations are tied into and project toward, fascinating stuff! 🕊🙏🏻
I know, right?!?! Fascinating indeed. Thanks again!
That's a lot of opias! lol.
Indeed! A couple of invented ones too! LOL! When one runs out of 'topias, don't start at the top...invent more. That was my motto! 🤣 Thanks Orchi! Your engagement is always appreciated! ♾️🧭🕰️🌫️📜🧠
Maybe it is our myopia that impairs a cornucopia of benefits from such a hope. It seems that you have covered all the bases and despite all our striving we seem no closer than in the past. I am not sure that such a place exists my friend or ever will. A mind probing work that gives one thought. Nicely done surprised that you found so many words that I had to look up.
Indeed. Right there with yo, my friend! Not sure it ever will either. My faith in/hope for one strongly exists, but my intellect says if that will be it won't be this side of reality...whatever that does or does not means for anyone reading this. But therein lies my inner tension! Such it is to be human. Your time, your insight, your deep and profound engagement are always appreicated, Soren. Always, my friend. Hope you have a great evening! ♾️🧭🕰️🌫️📜🧠
I couldn't take a deeper dive, probably my myopia!
🤣 I see what you diid there and love it! Glad you took the dive at all and really appreciate the wit and engagement, my friend! ♾️🧭🕰️🌫️📜🧠
This was a bit of a mind bender for me and took me a while to get my head round it, which kinda makes the read even more enjoyable.
LOL! I know, right!?!?! My mind was bent writing it and the proofreading. 😳🤣 I am super glad to know that the challenge made it more fun! Thank you for sharing my friend. Your time and thoughts are always appreciated! ♾️🧭🕰️🌫️📜🧠
You are very welcome
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