Beyond Paradise

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Do not seek or even speak

Of what’s beyond paradise

Don’t head where the grass is dead

But go where there is life

Sense would be common

If the direction was ideal

Hence the mirror shows how

The reflection isn’t real

Does any recognize we’re alive

Entrapped on a planetary prison

How do we escape a place

Where the faiths cause division

Their minds search for the divine

Being taught as they listen

They must have gone blind

Lost sight of the original vision

They looked into the distance

Within an instance, curiosity struck

They forgot that beyond paradise

There’s no such thing as luck

Time only permits grit

Even some of the bravest fell

Couldn’t walk a mile in their shoes

Most took the safest trail

They went beyond paradise

nonetheless to test their power

Yearning to be the strongest

Wishing the rest would cower

Left the luxury of comfort

Thought it led to nowhere

The youth rebuked comfort

For nothing ever grew there

Authored by:

@stewsak

Free Verse Poems

A free verse poem is an open form of poetry that doesn't follow any particular pattern. It's free from musical patterns, metering patterns, or rhyme patterns and is an innovative way of expression. A poet can explore natural creative speech that can be written in the way any poet wishes their creative expression to be.

Some legendary free verse poets include Carl Sandburg, who wrote the classic poem "Fog". A short but with direct artistic wordplay. Another legendary and amazing poet who became the first person to become commercially famous for free verse poetry was Langston Hughes. His free verse poem "I, Too" was one of the mandatory poems I had to read and I understood the artistic expression from him in those times. This poem still strikes an emotion in American racism and was printed by the New York Times on September 22, 2016, in response to the riots in North Carolina the day before.

Influence for "Beyond Paradise"

There's a playful quote from young visitors to Thailand. Tourist who don't have a care in the world and are exploring. When you're on an island and the last days arrives, "One more day..." The simplest phrase, believe it or not, has turned many "one more day..." quotes into weeks and weeks into months. The greatest times in life and the last day comes. That the core concept that motived this poem.

I get to travel to nature more than the average person and I always wonder why I'm leaving paradise to go back to the inner city. Where there are pollution and sickness. Sickness in the mind is worse than physical sickness and there is only one true power source on Earth. Mother Nature. Back to why am I always leaving paradise to go back to the rat race. That's the core influence for this piece.

Some of my past free verse poems:

Please take a moment to read: "The Moments Away"

Please take a moment to read: "The Moments Away"

Along With

Please take a moment to read "Apocalypse is Late"

Please take a moment to read "Apocalypse is Late"

Another Free Verse Poem:

Please take a moment to read "Life in Hand"

Please take a moment to read "Life in Hand"

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Written by: @stewsak