Where Did It All Go?

Lost ideas.

Everybody is blank

Nameless

Faceless

Passionless

Where did it all go?

Everybody, so interchangeable

Nothing unique

Nothing abstract

No desire to construct new roads

Only to float along the ones already paved

No more revolutionists

No more broken boundries

Don't fear judgement

Don't fear change

Fear the only blockade

A doubtful mind

Lifeless faces crowd the streets

Blank personalities fill the minds

Jobs to pass the days

Nothing to change our ways

Prioritizing money and materials

Forgetting our true values

Letting the world shape us

Instead of our own found thoughts

Where did it all go?

When did it leave?

Impossible to know

Sad to say it's so

Reviews

[KAOlmsted]

I'm not a real big fan of poetry that rhymes...accidents are one thing, where the only word that will fit just so happens to rhyme with the one you wrote before...annoying as hell, but it does happen. I see maybe your last stanza may have fallen victim to that annoying little bugaboo with "Impossible to know" which, in my book, is quite alright...gilding the lily, as it were, with the last line made me focus on my own personal pet peeves when I should really just be reviewing this really great piece of writing you've shared with us. The social commentary is not too preachy, another of my personal dislikes, when people preach to me, god I f*****g hate that, and the word choices were pretty well spot on. I especially liked your third stanza. All in all a really decent piece of work. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. And for the friend request. I'll ask you to sample a couple of my pieces before I accept, however, as I see you're only 16 and I have a tendency to corrupt young minds ;-)

-kimmer

[Jagger Cyde]

For the most part I agree with you about rhyming. I never have a forced and strict rhyme scheme, with my only rhymes being, as you said, accidental, or the occasional one here and there to keep things flowing. I'll be sure to review a few of your pieces shortly.

[Jack...]

She corrupted mine...

[KAOlmsted]

HA! xD Thanks, Jack ;-p

[trainwreck]

Don't fear judgement
Don't fear change
Fear the only blockade
A doubtful mind

While your questions are asked often, they are worth repeating until we get answers. Nice work.

[Anna]

Very clear and accurate message. I don't know weather or not the rhymes were intentional or not but they seem to fit this peice quite well.
It's a shame what society has come too. Greedy, pathetic monkeys that will do anything for money while looking down on the "lesser" people because we're not rich. Apparently morals and values have no meaning anymore.
Really great write, I enjoy the slash at modern life. Well writen

[Baby Ricochet]

To hell in a hand basket is where it went but hey that's okay. The world has been there so many times it knows the way without a gps

[s y e]

This was really well written, the message is very clear, good job :)

[Jack...]

I definietly liked this for what it stands for, the message is clear and to the point.

[Stan]

I like this. I like how the stanza's change from short lines to long lines and then back to short ones.

[Jagger Cyde]

Structure is rarely a focus of mine.