Dead or Alive?, by Chuck Shorter
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No more tears,
No more laughter.
No sense of touch,
No feeling of pain.
Eyes wide open,
Yet blind and unseeing.
Open mouth,
That cannot talk or smile.
A body that's numb
and unmoving.
Alive,
Yet dead to everything around.
The heart functions
and the brain doesn't.
This is the horror of
Lobotomy.
The ruthless slaughter
of active minds,
By those decadant mother fuckers
known as
Phsyciatric Neuro Surgeons
God save their
Stinking souls. |
| Posted: 2007-08-15 18:35:18 UTC |
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| 2007-08-16 23:38:22 | Angel of Music |
| this is really interesting... Very full of emotion. Once again it is very well written. later,
Amanda |
| 2007-08-17 23:48:54 | ~~~~GLOSTARG~~~~ |
| Oh,Chuck! this is a very hard subject in this poem, but it does merit thinking about, It seems to require an answer or a comment.As many of your poems usually are written with the slant of sad,dark,sorrowful, painful part of life. They still have place and worth! You seem to reach into a crevice of the shadow and bring forth lessons for life, warnings, cautions, and they all should be heard. This poem flows with emotion and warning. "Let those who read, be aware!".
tobe alive and have no more tears,
to be alive and have no more laughter,
To be alive and have no more feeling...
Oh wait, to be alive and have no sight,(eyes failing but even with a 20/20 vision, one can be blind as a bat!)
Open mouth and no utterance comes from within.No smiling face anymore!
Even so, what's worse is this body that cannot move! Alive, but dead to all around it!
This heart that functions - awaits miracles from a functionless brain, but the life-blood flows yet.
Active Minds are slaughtered in so many ways Chuck, This poem may be about a real person(medical/Psyciatric Neuro Surgeons~mistakes) or It might well be about a complaciency in many men and women in today's world. "We are All of the above, in many instances."
Yes, God, save souls.
a very interesting and well written poem! thanks for letting me know you had written another poem. Keep writting Chuck! Great Job! made me think a little deeper. :) Glo |
| 2007-08-18 15:56:39 | ~~~~GLOSTARG~~~~ |
| Hi there! :) I couldn't help re reading this poem again. Once I did I found one word which stood out to me more than before in the first read decadent.
I found this written about societies in general, I just thought the poem might have more meaning, if I leave this for others to read:
Decadent societies are often prosperous but usually have severe social and economic inequality, to such a degree that the upper class becomes either complacent or greedy, while the lower classes become hopeless and apathetic. The middle class may exhibit either or both patterns, or it may vanish entirely. Poor leadership is generally held to be both a cause and a symptom of decadence, as the lifestyle of a decadent individual is usually considered to be incompatible with responsibility. Applied to the arts, decadence implies an elevation of self-indulgence and pretension over effort and talent; when applied to science and the professions, it describes an erosion of professional ethics. Individual or collective greed is generally disliked in societies with strong moral beliefs, and for this reason, societies that nurture it are sometimes accused of decadence.
love Glo |
| 2007-08-25 22:10:37 | mytruth |
| This poem is awesome. Great work. |
| 2007-08-29 00:04:00 | Caitlin_Californication |
| this is amazing work. i just so wonderful. it works really well with my sado-ish one. love it! |
| 2009-03-14 04:38:22 | Tyler Cedric Golden |
| true..this poem is extremely interesting but i do like the point shown very much and the way it was expressed...nice job! |