From the very moment you are born people have already formed their opinion of you, you may feel like a blank canvas but society has already painted your picture. Society is like a dog chasing its own tail. We are not progressing, we are never closer, we are just going back on ourselves, dreaming that our new approaches will reach across the gap
Between the dog’s bite and its tail there is only empty space. Yet in that small place we rest our heads, our lives, our minds. No one dares to help in fear that the dog will bite back, but the dog isn’t the issue, in fact the dog does not even exist.
Fear exists. Fear is the thing going around in an infinite loop, but we are selfish. We cannot bring ourselves to admit that we are the cause of our issues. Blaming someone else is an easy way out, in fact we have become so used to the fact that we are in the right that the notion that the human race is completely flawed is something we have blanked out. Our hamartia is ignorance. We are the dog that focuses on what it is immediately in front of it
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Author:
yellowbee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I suppose this reflects upon the issues of racism, the construct of gender and its divide, etc.
- Category: Sociopolitical
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fascinating write. i love the form and manner in which you write. it immediately draws one in. i was transfixed. i do respectfully disagree with the conclusions drawn. i once wrote a poem called "blank canvas" and it actually thanks god, the universe, or whatever your belief system is, for allowing me the opportunity to paint. i never accept another's painting of me. that's their projection. and fear and selfishness are definitely the opposite of what i believe life is all about ~ LOVE. this is a thought provoking well written piece and i look forward to more of your work. i adore the sort of stream of consciousness style in which you write. a job well done!
thank you! I am grateful that you did not aggressively challenge my ideas, on other sites most people argue aggressively! It is nice to see that everyone has a different viewpoint but that is okay, we cannot expect everyone to be the same, I think its nice to see the alternatives to a situation
i agree whole heartedly and look forward to reading more of your art!
Well written and expressed Great write
Wow love it! Love the description in the poem
I'm going to write an poem about being enticed by older men
have fun? lmao idk :))
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