SSP 100 Days Challenge (Day 97): SHADOWS
This is my ninety-seventh entry for the Steemit School of Poetry 100 Days Challenge.
SHADOWS
Shadows of what went away
calm and peace
unrecognizable, taciturn peace
that of revelry and plans
that of hope and possibility
that of myopia and fog
that of not being able to perceive the abyss
that of not being able to see the monster
that was rushing towards us in the darkness
among clouds of asphalt
between tenacious noises and racket
until we had it face to face
like the distorting mirror of a fair
in which we recognize ourselves
in a poor version of ourselves
where individuality died
and we became a mass
a shapeless, warped mass
of mouths and fingernails
without another future
than the immediate
with no plan Z
with no redoubt for peace
without the possibility of failure
while exercising freedom
but with the certainty of failure
for not exercising it
and so the best years of our lives
went by
twisted into slime
poured and decanted
like watery liquor in a storm
with the sour taste
of what we lived
and the harsh rattle
of what we will not
NOTES
This poem talks about falling into the communist trap.
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Y nadie creyó que vendría el lobo, y nadie creyó que nos mordiera, hasta que llegó el lobo y hoy nos devora. Somos víctimas o culpables de lo que nos está pasando? El país es un cuarto oscuro y nosotros sombras, fantasmas de lo que fuimos, de lo que pudimos ser. El tiempo pasa volando: ya te faltan tres! Un abracito para ti, mi buen @sansoncarrasco.
Así es Nancy, y los niños están creciendo como los presos de la caverna de Platón, conociendo sólo las sombras y creyendo que esto es normal. Gracias por apreciar, un abrazo.
"Darkness" It is a poem that speaks of existential threat, loss of identity, the passage of a black cloud that surrounds everything that finds its way and blurs the environment.
It speaks of sentencing the future, of exhaustion of resources to run the cloud that looms over our country, as I can infer from the knowledge of the circumstances that we live. The voice says that the electoral abstention assured the harsh punishment to the people who now suffer in a place where there is no hope or change of situation, so there are only descents with an uncertain destiny.
Excellent poem that addresses our reality. Congratulations, friend @sansoncarrasco
Thanks for your visit and your interesting comments my dear fellow poet, @corderosiete.
Sentiment totally shared. Excellent poem, friend Samson. It is one of my weekly findings. Congratulations, you are a great poet!
Thanks dear @zeleiracordero, you are most generous in your opinion towards my work.