Alone amoung billions

Alone amoung billions

A Poem by Soren

I've been made a fool by those who rule

I've been told the way I should think

They tell me to pay, so they can tell me what to say

I've been told when I can blink

I've been told what I should fear, what to hold dear

They tell me what I should buy

I have been given rules to follow, told what to swallow

They decide when I should die

© 2023 Soren


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Sounds like the media machine that’s in full swing this last few years and many years before since t v invented in fifties the brainwashing machine they call the t v

Very good poem I understand completely

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much for your review and most kind words
I think these are the feelings that one feels in a state of apathy. Sadly, our world feels like this now. People feel like they are being worked to death, working to pay bills, paying bills to live, struggling to survive. People are making more than ever but are still struggling to make ends meet due to the high inflation. We pay more for less, and the quality of everything seems second rate. I feel every word of this poem.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much for your read and insightful comments.
Sadly a sign of the times with the ever increasing wokeness creeping into our daily living to rewrite history, ban language. erode freedom of speech and cancel people with opposing views. It is insidious and it stinks. I will continue to call it out for what it is. A topical write Soren.

Chris

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thank you for the review and comments Chris. Yes it is insidious.
I am wondering which totalitarian state you live in. Has the sound of the Third Reich.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thank you John for the review. It's all in a point of view. AI that directs you to products, Insuran.. read more
I will say it certainly feels this way and it seems to get worse every day. I believe our freedoms lessen with every passing day. And it won't stop until your poem is exactly the way it is. It is not this bad yet but it sure feels like it is getting there. I feel bad for the younger generation and their kids. Very deep my friend.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thanks Will for the comments. Yes it's a seductive loss, freedom for comfort and as for telling us w.. read more
You make a strong point, Soren, and your piece is well and powerfully written. However (yes, I have a "however":), I can't help but think that if you lived in say North Korea or Iran, you might very well be on your way to a prison or a labor camp for writing this. So, yes, we are manipulated in so many ways, as you've aptly put it, but thankfully we still have the freedom to express it :)

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thanks JD I appreciate your comments and yes you are right. I value what little freedom I have or at.. read more
This poem is a very compelling statement on how we are manipulated and controlled and to what terrifying extent by the glitterati, the powers that be. The way you wrote it makes for a very damning picture of the world as it is now and moves the reader to feel the rage at the ridiculousness and unfairness of it all. Kudos Soren!

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thank you DIVYA you are so right, nothing profound but a spitting of frustration at how the world ap.. read more
DIVYA

1 Year Ago

You are most welcome, dear Soren.
I know strange thing to say but I would love this wonderful poem on my gravestone.

Posted 1 Year Ago


Soren

1 Year Ago

Thanks for your review and kind words. People put all kinds of things on grave stones but I think th.. read more

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