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December 17, 2013

Blind Visions

Author's note: This poem is meant to emphasize the cyclical nature of life with repetition. The best way to describe the idea it plays upon is a cog in a machine. Every single day, it turns over and over again. There is no variation. There is no end in sight. There is no hope for release.

Tired.

My schedule runs its cyclical path.
Tired of caring.
Another day of living this life.
Tired of feeling.
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Tired of aching.
Happiness and energy run dry.
Tired of sleeping.
Once I was so full of joy.
Tired of breathing.
Now I taste the bitterness.
Tired of moving.
Nothing here but loneliness.
Tired of dreaming.
Everything I do in vain.
Tired of trying.
The American Dream lies to my face.
Tired of believing.
Work towards your dreams to and die in haste.
Tired of knowing.
Can't care about this anymore.
Tired of being tired.
Rest.

2 comments:

  1. "Tired of being tired.//Rest." These two lines are awesome. Evokes such a sense of harmony and closure while retaining the cyclical frustration. Really cool piece!!!

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  2. It's almost as if you're trapped in an inevitable fate which has been restraining you for all of eternity. The repetition of "tired" perfectly captures the cyclical nature of life, and the first and last word of the poem elicit a perfect peaceful state, which is not an end, but a reoccurring notion. Amazing!

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