Lost or Found world Flashcards
Skies of truth are now scenes
- reluctance to confront the harsh truth
At the mercy of my curtain eyes,
- closing the eyes and rejecting the truth
- overwhelmed by the world
- reprieve
I wink often more often,
- deliberate effort to shut out the world
To draw the curtains
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To cut and forget the skies.
- evade the truth
- disenchanted and distressed attitude
The sea of identity is tears,
- identity has been shapen by tears
A too salty expression
- too much grief in his life
Bleeding my blue veins that’s my pen,
- poetry gives voice to the pain and anguish
On the loose sand that shall sip
- his words absorbed by the sand
And the wind shall help cover it,
- not leave a lasting impression
from the needy arteries
- need to express his emotions
- need to regain identity through writing
- writing is his will to live
mountains of hope are flowers,
- more hopeful, however, is illusory
Passes attracting cars like bees,
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For the precious modern honey,
- honey compared to money
That is money,
- materialism
- capitalism
This modern madness
- alliteration of m, focus on money
- shows how society has become
Snaps the flowers from their stems
- harsh and uncaring
- economic exploitation during Apartheid and still in democratic South Africa
Leaves dry dead bodies, walking up the street.
- futility of their lives
Old wished is present deeds,
- still trying to achieve the wish of personal prosperity
Bright with blinding for old
- hope and prosperity
- blindingly bright attracting like a bug
Dark with wonder for the new,
- contrasted with previous line
- darkness is anticipation for the new but lacks hope
That’s where we are
- nothing has changed
Lost or found world!
- uncertainty
- very little change for people
tone
- reflective
structure
- exhortation
- exclamation marks
