Dystopia Poems
Cyberpunks, these kids are
by Udeesha Arora
Nails urge to screech against the blackboard;
To drag down the once-smooth surface, down, down, and down,
To produce the most uncomfortable sound known to mankind,
And to stir something within the frozen senses of my heart —
This heart has been confined by the abhorrence of emotions
From all nooks and crannies,
And now, it has come to the verge of stopping to beat.
I wanna feel alive.
The rigidity of my flaming anger —
......
Rome Was Great Once Too
by Kyle McAfee
The future looks bleak
As the present continues to crumble
Under the remains the of the past.
The truth is harder to research
When celebrities become educators,
Utilizing media as their textbooks.
Teaching us to be open-minded,
To think freely
......
Ruined state
by Luke Dunskey
A black sky.
A marble ceiling.
The crumbling cement cracks with the wind.
An old dog, with gentle grey
under its chin, sleeps on an
overgrown sidewalk.
A half-finished microwave meal, under
a broken chandelier.
......
Cyberpunks, these kids are
by Udeesha Arora
Nails urge to screech against the blackboard;
To drag down the once-smooth surface, down, down, and down,
To produce the most uncomfortable sound known to mankind,
And to stir something within the frozen senses of my heart —
This heart has been confined by the abhorrence of emotions
From all nooks and crannies,
And now, it has come to the verge of stopping to beat.
I wanna feel alive.
The rigidity of my flaming anger —
......
Rome Was Great Once Too
by Kyle McAfee
The future looks bleak
As the present continues to crumble
Under the remains the of the past.
The truth is harder to research
When celebrities become educators,
Utilizing media as their textbooks.
Teaching us to be open-minded,
To think freely
......
Ruined state
by Luke Dunskey
A black sky.
A marble ceiling.
The crumbling cement cracks with the wind.
An old dog, with gentle grey
under its chin, sleeps on an
overgrown sidewalk.
A half-finished microwave meal, under
a broken chandelier.
......
