Inverted torches, they are all the people see,
No love no nurture,
Pain, suffering, a barrow of the tortured, the inverted torch and then darkness,
A child of white crying in the midst of usSHOUTING-
Why are we here?
Shovels, dirt- darkness obscured, grime-Grim unbearable,
Shovels- dirt
Shovels- dirt
Shovels- dirt- darkness obscured
Raining ashes all around.
A child so bright crying in a river’s blackness
An inverted torch, brightness dimming.
“Why are we here?”
In the poem the question “why are we here?” asks if “we as humans want to know if there is hope within false hope, “…Child so bright crying in a river’s blackness” has a possible relation to this question. Since the whole poem is surrounded by the mass graves, as well as the tortured and sight within the darkness there is a great sense of confusion and the inability to see the light or the hope that is really there amidst the people… examples “… darkness obscured” (sight within darkness) and the “inverted torches,” (Light concealed). This poem can possibly relate to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” how this is possible is for you to figure out; however that being said one would rather see it as a poem of the suffering seeing the hope but cannot seem to grasp it as it is fading away (just as when you look at a bright object and close your eyes it fades away until you see blackness). Study the poem and see what you find in it. In particular look at the lines one at a time and study all the symbols each line contains as well as parts not talked about in this poem.
No love no nurture,
Pain, suffering, a barrow of the tortured, the inverted torch and then darkness,
A child of white crying in the midst of usSHOUTING-
Why are we here?
Shovels, dirt- darkness obscured, grime-Grim unbearable,
Shovels- dirt
Shovels- dirt
Shovels- dirt- darkness obscured
Raining ashes all around.
A child so bright crying in a river’s blackness
An inverted torch, brightness dimming.
“Why are we here?”
In the poem the question “why are we here?” asks if “we as humans want to know if there is hope within false hope, “…Child so bright crying in a river’s blackness” has a possible relation to this question. Since the whole poem is surrounded by the mass graves, as well as the tortured and sight within the darkness there is a great sense of confusion and the inability to see the light or the hope that is really there amidst the people… examples “… darkness obscured” (sight within darkness) and the “inverted torches,” (Light concealed). This poem can possibly relate to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” how this is possible is for you to figure out; however that being said one would rather see it as a poem of the suffering seeing the hope but cannot seem to grasp it as it is fading away (just as when you look at a bright object and close your eyes it fades away until you see blackness). Study the poem and see what you find in it. In particular look at the lines one at a time and study all the symbols each line contains as well as parts not talked about in this poem.
2 comments:
Hi Brian
Thanks for dropping by my blog. I really like your poems.
There's nothing wrong with putting your stuff on the net. Make it clear you hold the rights to your work and get it publicised any way you can. For example I have sponsored my site through Google Adwords (only pay a max of £5 a month) and send it to official writers' sites, so there's no mistake who wrote it!!
Cheers and good luck!
Tracey
http://tracey-moraits-blog.blogspot.com
I must thank you Tracey for reading my poems I will get my works publicized however not via Google Adword nor through paying other people money for that right there is considered a scam (I have spoken to some people -- teachers to tell the truth), it is I who should receive the money for my works. I will go search for a magazine who will accept and publish my poetry that way I can share my words and thoughts with everyone else.
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