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sic transit gloria mundi

by Elisabeth Barstowe — Read all 441 poems by Elisabeth Barstowe

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Faces in the shadows
happy, sad
lost, mad.
Mirrors everywhere.
In the multitude
there's conformity,
masquerade, charade,
struggling to fit in.

Wake up, wake up,
see what surrounds you.

As we wander, wonder,
we trick, we treat,
and receiving we are.
Never far away from greed
our constant companion.
Our blackened dominion
hatred our minion.

Wake up, wake up,
see what surrounds you.

Don't try to be real
it equals bullied,
pushed, shoved,
intimidated to deny
all that you feel.

Wake up, wake up,
see what surrounds you.

It's a beasts world,
eat or be eaten,
beat or be beaten.
To get ahead
you either give head
or kick butt.
Do what you must,
do what you must.

Wake up, wake up,
see what surrounds you.

 



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Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on July 23, 2010
Elisabeth, there is an urgency in your message of self examination my friend. A personal call to evaluation and ordered thinking, awareness to reason judiciously. You have expressed these emotions very well. I like your poem. May you know love, peace and joy. Jon Michael

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on July 22, 2010
Elisabeth, quite a message in this little poem...very well done!

Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on July 22, 2010
A clarion call, Elisabeth, to rid ourselves of silliness and fantasies and sort ourselves out.

John

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on July 22, 2010
Powerfully written and terse ~
I really like your style ~
Blessings,
Christine

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on July 22, 2010
You defiantely make s social and political statement with this one Elizabeth that is well worth publishing...well done.
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