HopperWolf Posted May 23, 2002 Report Posted May 23, 2002 You think you know, Everything you need to see, About yourself and the way, The world works as it spins around, Your idle frame. You think you’re wise, With all your clever words, And your simplistic complexities, As you peg so ineffectively the way, You work the world. You sit and judge, Sat upon your great wood throne, Humble in your self elected rule, Judge us, who cannot judge, We mere mortals. You sit above, And spit on us with your kindness, Generously giving to keep us alive, And taking our freedom to keep us yours, Rely on you. Power not yours, We can snatch back what is ours, We do not need your false power, We do not need what you hold in your hand, To live our lives. I am not yours, You did not create my soul, And you have no hold on what I need, So I cast you away with all your false words, To leave me be. To live my life, The way I know how, not guided by you, But by that which has the right, Whatever it may be, where ever it resides, But it is not you.
Wyvern Posted May 23, 2002 Report Posted May 23, 2002 I like this poem a lot, Hopperwolf. The theme of the poem is that we should not restrict ourselves to abiding to rules and doctrines established by an all powerfull deity cherished in hymns and manuscripts. The lines "And spit on us with your kindness/ Generously giving to keep us alive" struck me as particularly vivid. Personally, I agree with themes of the poem, which is perhaps one of the reasons I like it so much. On a final note, I believe the MC and slam poet Sage Francis put it the best when he exclaims on the hook of an AOI song entitled "The Next Testament": "Yes to find God/ God, look within yourself!/ And wipe them books off your shelf!" Again, nice poem. [image]http://members.shaw.ca/kea/am/wyvy.jpg[/image] ------------------------------ Almost a Dragon... "My life is one big crime, I try to scheme through it." -Common, "The 6th Sense" Owner of the Decanter of Endless Booze. Edited by: Wyvern00 at: 5/23/02 4:01:58 pm
Guest Xradion Posted May 24, 2002 Report Posted May 24, 2002 I also like this poem a lot. Yet another depiction of the false prophet (or, as I like to call him, the prophet of profits). Reminds me of another Sage Francis song by the title of "Climb Trees." It also reminds me a little of the plot of the video game "Alundra." Anyway, I don't mean to lessen your poem with pop-culture references. Sorry about that. But nice job, keep it up! Xradion, The Horny Druid, Scholar of the Ancient Arts, Holder of the Eye of Odin. "The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." -Wallace Stevens "When at home, do as the Homans do." –Xradion
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