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The Loss of Humanity

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We've gone too fast
flown too high
waxy wings melting in the sun

total domination
a lovely little lie
convinced ourselves
decieved ourselves
it's all under control

we are the great creators
left to struggle with creation
cope with our false manifestations
a world around us built inside us

War
Death
Famine
Hunger
Money
Materialism


                                             -pause a second


               take a break

               go outside

               sit in silence

               find yourself


if we slow down
we'll keep our sanity
all else is meaningless
It seems that everything is slipping away from us

This is coming from my reading of the latest edition of Adbusters, which talks a lot about how humanity is destroying itself by trying to hard and taking things too quickly. We plan out our whole lives, we're always trying to go faster and faster and because of all those, we don't create so much as we merely cope with life. We aren't meant to live like this, we're meant to contemplate and be creative, we're slowly losing our sanity and our humanity and becoming more and more apathetic, this realization has been depressing me. But we can still pull out of this if we realize it and work to change things. We all just need to take more time out and just enjoy nature and simplicity and slowness before we're overtaken by speed.
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nihilistictendencies's avatar
this really is somewhat like mine; I see what you meant . . . fantabulous; you did a great job

2/3 stanzas are very good; you obviously chose your words carefully, and with skill... lovely