crumbling ivory towers (continents are just big islands).
wisdom means nothing on an island.
so isolated from the heart is the mind,
and if it takes more time,
well, i don’t really mind
as long as at the end, we get it right.
why are we in such a hurry?
always in such a rush?
to collapse and crash?
get it over with?
but there’s so much more to this,
so much more to this life of ours.
reach for stars and melt the bars.
live like lions instead of cowards.
free the earth. remove the chains.
expand your love. release the pain,
and start to look at everything
with new eyes. see through lies.
you realize time’s a device
to keep one occupied,
but there’s so much more to this.
there’s so much more to this.
wisdom means nothing on an island.
so isolated from the heart is the mind,
and if it takes more time,
well, i don’t really mind
as long as at the end, we get it right.
let’s do something that matters-
something that makes a difference.
let’s be that difference,
and bring about the change
we’ve been promised for so long
by politicians, pastors, preachers, ministers, and teachers.
bob dylan said it’d be blowing in the wind
for the times, they are changing.
and once we were slaves, now we are free.
once were the subjects, now let’s run these schools,
and educate ourselves to learn-
not to be assessed in order to pass
when life’s the most important test,
which can only be assessed
and evaluated through our collective happiness.
please excuse my arrogance.
please excuse my arrogance.
wisdom means nothing on an island.
so isolated from the heart is the mind,
and if it takes more time,
well, i don’t really mind
as long as at the end, we get it right.
07.30.14.
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The best friggin poem I have ever read ! I read it thrice to be sure! So powerful it could be dangerous.
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Reblogged on williamleeone I cannot add anything to this.
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Reblogged this on Creative Writing For Me and commented:
Great piece! Enjoy.
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Outstanding!
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Perfectly put.
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Me too.
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A brilliantly penned, descriptive and thought-provoking piece. Seriously well done!
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Wow! I love this. I also enjoyed reading your “introductions of sorts.” I must come back to read more of your work. Thank you for “liking” my poem, All in a School Day.
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Wonderfully expressed (& in some ways profound ~) Thank you!
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I appreciate poetry of all types and subjects, but especially those which can show struggles through their way in a language which speaks to the heart. Thanks, Frausto. This poem is a beautiful expression.
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So thought provoking. Beautiful piece of writing!
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Forceful and direct. You have a fine skill as a modern poet. Damn good work! Keep it up!
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Thank so much. Very much appreciated.
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