The Image & The Reality Poem by DM W

The Image & The Reality

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Do you know we embrace
The image not the reality?
We say we're free,
But our freedom's prescribed.
We live in the shadow lands;
Blind to the sun of original design.
We are like prisoners in the dark:
Carving idols out of stone;
Creating images on the walls
Of our ' civilized' caves.
Culture keeps us safe; keeps us warm.
A magic lantern box of tricks, flickers on
Perpetually, to keep us entertained.
We are living a lie from day to day.
From the cradle to the crave,
Everything here is pure fantasy.
It smacks of deep repression.
It is a gross denial of self hood.

Monday, April 8, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: social comment
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Amir Marandi 08 April 2019

Intriguing poem. Are we 'live in the shadow lands'? Do you believe in the concept of 'Everything here is pure fantasy'?

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Dominic Windram 09 April 2019

Thanks Amir. It was inspired by Plato's cave analogy from the Republic. I applied it to contemporary consumer driven society.

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Poetry Lover 08 April 2019

Great thoughts. Life is illusory. .

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