my brother, my neighbor

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by floydianslip6, Feb 26, 2008.

  1. floydianslip6

    floydianslip6 Senior Member

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    People gather
    disconnected and independent.
    A wave in an endless sea;
    breaking only in my mind
    I too, enter the fray.

    Oh misfortune!
    I am but a stranger amongst them.
    My brother, my neighbor;
    estranged to me
    no closer than Prometheus.

    Words tossed
    like rocks, startle us from sleep
    My brother, my neighbor;
    they throw like a girl
    yet we are together awake.

    Curiously aware
    what can I predefine
    my brother, my neighbor;
    climb into my chosen box
    lest I am to remain at bay.

    The box, my own
    predispositions abandoned, we are one
    My brother, my neighbor;
    all our boxes from afar
    but a single speck.

    People gather
    connected and ever multiplying
    a wave in an endless sea.
    We are all the water.
     
  2. skyfire

    skyfire Member

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    these are the best parts of the poem! i liked the movement in these parts, the social conscience...
     
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