𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: "Society's Flu" by Nicole S. Tambis

 

Published by : Sarah B. Belamide 

Date Published: November 13, 2023

Time Published: 3:27 PM

Category: Poetry

Subject: The country's status quo

The contrast—unhinged by the words

The mistrust—in tears, you conquered

The pond of doubts, I shant—why do you hide?

In the rivers of shame and to fame, you arise.

 

It fascinates my mind how anyone can function,

In a world where callow visions rule us—

I sneer—𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸.

It's not shallow, but the hatred that I intensely endured.

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥—𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘦.

A wrecked fate is what you're fighting for—don't you see?

It fascinates my mind that once again—

We'll let them ruin our prophecy.

We are creeping, weeping, and begging for a life.

'Tis a circus—a festival—in podiums, they stand

'Tis dramatic—historic, we are witnessing once again.

A life of wonder, and in questions, we ponder.

The uncertainty of everything—

And the fate of our life within.

To all who molded us to run and be free from it all,

It is to all that I offer this enlightenment in me—

I figured there was no cure for the flu of the century,

'Tis an episode in the perpetual notion

The notion of our minds and a sorrowful tomorrow.