From the start, your eyes were filled with such potential,
And through the dark, the shine slowly started to fade,
Years pass by, with no guide to bring back the light,
In your life, is this all that can be offered,
Is Your life meant to be uncollared?
Or do these drones scream truth?
Will you let your feelings lead you?
Does your brain blind with logic?
Your future will remain unforeseen, uncontrolled,
Will you live by your eyes or your heart?
Beefy exterior, covers the feeble structure shining through,
Safely hidden, you think you can keep it locked inside,
Your pain deep down, can't escape my sight this time,
Not in vain, while I'm not fooled, the rest are simple minded,
The ones that know don't care,
The ones that care don't know.
Is your life meant to be lived?
Consumed by a cubical prison?
Will you end up falling in line?
Pushing forward to lead them all?
Your future will remain unforeseen, uncontrolled,
Will you live by your eyes or your heart?
I have watched, as times change you progress along with it,
Seems so clear, what it is you need to do in this world,
This pressure, shadows the confidence build after so long,
So we see, the end of the day leads you back where you started,
Your future remains unforeseen,
Your future stays uncontrolled,
Your life can pick your path,
No one else can live your life...
I try to touch you (grabbing only the air)
I yell out to you (drowned by your screams)
I look you in the eyes (see you staring back)
Chills run along my spine (the mirror doesn't lie)
Why am I wanted with the crowd?
Do I want the safety?
Why am I wanted raised up high?
Am I ready for failure?
Is my life meant to be uncollared?
Or do these drones scream truth?
Will I let my feelings lead me?
Does my brain blind with logic?
My future remains unforeseen, uncontrolled,
Will I live by my eyes or my heart?
Is my life meant to be lived?
Consumed by a cubical prison?
Will I end up falling in line?
Pushing forward to lead you all?
No one else can live my life, for me,
It's why I walk with my eyes closed.
Please tell me what you think
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you made me think...hard
I see the big message, you questioning your life, some people in it, whether to follow the crowd or make your own path. Very well put. What confuses me is the "three-sided prison". What is it? My next inquiry is: Why do you question so much? I understand somethings, for lack of a better word, "suck", but, why not just try to live life by just doing, be spontaneous, don't listen all the time to the thing in your head. I know that's a point you were trying to make in this poem, but by questioning everything, it made it obsolete (right word?). And then the last lines "No one else can live my life, for me, It's why I walk with my eyes closed." Don't run from life man!!! You can't even question how to live it if you choose to run from it. Understand what I'm saying? Overall, very good poem, makes a person really think. Yay Brett!
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