It's Started

Stream of consciousness poem about modern life

Everyone is leaving their homes today

 

It’s started

 

Hordes of zombies marching

 

Headlamps clatter and devour our destiny

 

Mechanical monstrosities belching out chemicals

 

Hurricanes

 

Torture

 

Famine

 

Bloodshed

 

Warfare

 

A torrent of atrocity

 

It’s started

 

The hordes of zombies are marching

 

Spliced DNA in an underground lab

 

Families killing families for bread

 

They are listening and watching over our every move

 

Vilification in the headlines

 

Guns on the street

 

Knives in our pockets

 

It’s started

 

But this is no horror film

 

or post-apocalyptic vision

 

This is just another day

 

Just another man kissing his wife good-bye

 

and jumping into the family saloon, heading out to work

 

Just another person in an unknown location,

 

piloting drones to blow up civilians

 

Just another politician selling another dirty lie

 

Just another person turning a blind eye

 

This is today

 

This is now

 

It’s started

 

©John de Gruyther 2014

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Oh my! Forgive me though, that - all that - has been going on forever.. it rekindles time and time and cruel time again. Your words are immensely powerful and graphic however.. and they need to be to remind Man what he's doing to Life. Fine writing, words linked so specifically as a postscript to any and every day.

'Just another politician selling another dirty lie ~ Just another person turning a blind eye ~ This is today ~ This is now .. '

[John de Gruyther]

Thank you so much..

[John de Gruyther]

Your insightful comments mean a great deal to me..

[Brittany Zedalis]

You've taken something that seems almost like sci-fi and made it a reality that many ignore. Great job.

[John de Gruyther]

Thank you so much, your comments mean a great deal.

[Gedalya]

One of the best satirical poems on contemporary life.

[John de Gruyther]

Thank you..

[Mockingbird]

a frightening vision of what the world has come to. makes me not want to have children. this poem has a powerful message. conveys the depravity of the human condition. excellent poem.

[John de Gruyther]

Wow, thank you so much. I'm really a glass half full kind of guy but sometimes like to look around me to see what's really going on. Don't let me put you off having kids :)

[Mockingbird]

it's okay. i already didn't want to have kids...i'd enter your contest, but i dont write any scary things. i think it's time i try something new.

[A.hasnain]

oh my gosh, wow. Your words are so powerful and you have a knack of opening people's eyes to the worst of this humanity. I particularly think the repetiton of "It's started" is effective, it creates a sense of suspense and dread upon your readers.

[John de Gruyther]

Thank you so much, your comments really are appreciated..