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A Void Within

April 3, 2013
By mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown


I thought I was going into a dream world
The Tempest was my soul
Segregation history
A story that Shakespeare once told

My mother is from this dream world
A misfit like me but mescal was her song
Popé is her demon, her persona is frail
In her imagination Popé is a beacon but promiscuous remains her name

Then I found myself lost
in a nightmare
I’m trapped
I’ve always been a failure in balancing acts

Lenina a goddess; a Siren in disguise
A treasure that is found only in an oyster
My mind is lying, I know she is only as haunted as the rest
I’m glad she isn’t an innocent beauty or our lives may become the story of Romeo and Juliet

Technology is their companion but one day it will become a pernicious weapon
The beauty in a flower destroyed in the second age of man
Their lifestyle is one of deprivation
Their lives a tragicomedy; ignorant mimes

Fools believe soma is the solution to the conundrums in their minds
They think it is a getaway
Nobody understands, it’s only a poison oak
To them, it’s an instrument in their hands

Happiness is a shallow stream
Life is predetermined; sculpted from birth
Books forbidden; believe it’s a torture in their mind
The prisoners in a cell; their eyes are hidden under a blind

Stability is preservation
But change is inevitable; it is the only form of conservation
God is not unsteadiness
Nor the end of civilization

I understand why they call this place Brave New World
Here, bravery is not a virtue but a means of surviving in the absence of conditioning
I’m a jester in their eyes, I am put up for display
This mockery is inescapable, my salvation will be a sequel; the story of my death


The author's comments:
This poem is based on the views of John in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley :)

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mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 25 2014 at 7:35 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. 

HudaZav SILVER said...
on Jan. 15 2014 at 10:08 pm
HudaZav SILVER, Toronto, Other
8 articles 6 photos 390 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn

wow u sound like a profession, you are real good at writing! hope u post more work soon 

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Dec. 28 2013 at 4:39 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

aww, thank you =) 

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Dec. 28 2013 at 4:39 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

thank you ! !! 

on Aug. 27 2013 at 12:05 am
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
4 articles 0 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
Impossible is not a word, it's just a reason for someone not to try.

Wow. I love everything about this... how its arranged and how it rhymes. 5 stars :)

Philia said...
on Aug. 13 2013 at 3:45 am
Nice! I like your way of getting the message through!

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Aug. 3 2013 at 2:13 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

thank you so much :)

HudaZav SILVER said...
on Jun. 25 2013 at 8:00 pm
HudaZav SILVER, Toronto, Other
8 articles 6 photos 390 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn

Youre a really good writer! the descriptions and writing style was great =)

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on May. 22 2013 at 10:24 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

haha thanks =) !!

on May. 21 2013 at 8:31 pm
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
38 articles 0 photos 445 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" --Dylan Thomas

Wow! Great job! I love all the characters and descriptions. Vivid! Great work, and thanks for the comments on my pieces! ;) Keep rockin

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 25 2013 at 7:43 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

Thanks =) 

mnm08 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 25 2013 at 7:42 pm
mnm08 BRONZE, Grande Prairie, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer needs the industry of an ant, the creativity of a kitten and the hid of an armadillo."- Author Unknown

Thank you :) 

on Apr. 21 2013 at 3:27 pm
TevyRae PLATINUM, Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
24 articles 7 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Here is a small fact: You are going to die." ~The Book Thief
"You have no stupidity inside of your adorable little self." ~Mikey Pasterik

great job!! i really like it!!

on Apr. 21 2013 at 1:20 pm
ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
323 articles 5 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.

Amazingly written! Great job!