Rewinding Time



No time has been like these times to find,
So many blinded and found...
Doing their best to rewind,
What has gone to pass...
A past had to have lived,
With a wish to dismiss...
Reality and the truth of it.

Today?
More are embracing their delusions,
To protect and defend.
Against truth to hear it heard.
And upset their children,
Will fear and feel threatened...
By a truth taught to teach,
Could leave them mentally disturbed.

Yet...
Every child expose to the internet,
Learning how to bully, lie and cheat.
Done to speak disrespectfully,
To their parents, teachers.
And anyone else...
Assigned to have authority.
Roam around,
On suburban and urban streets.
Drugged up and overdosing...
Purposely to avoid,
The significance of pretensions...
They have been sold to uphold,
As a wholesome way of life.
Reeking of division, racism and B.S.
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Submitted by Lp,jr. on November 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

42 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACXXX XDXXXXXX EEXXXXXBXXXDXXC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 809
Words 143
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 15

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