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My Evolution of Freedom

Broken cups
goodbye letters
sounds of anger
doesn't get better
quiet life
calm as can be

Then slammed
sliding back
chaos sings
battered wings
shattered dreams
pain of fire
heart ripped out
debased demeaned
always unseen
shut doors
locked gates
eyes wide open
see no fate ..

Separation from
Hallucination,
self-annihilation,
and constant
validation
into the
Evolution
of our
Freedom

— Seren, May 27, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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yenti

yenti

17 years ago

Seren

This is a good piece of writing just the small spelling thing of quiet in line five, This is the utimate wish a Quiet life. (quite life) Good old evolution of things, is this a reflection of things past I hear whispered in my mind, of things we saw but couldn't leave behind. Best find a reflection true then love the one you see that is really you, Yours Ian.T
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

Ian

Thanks for your comment to be honest I didnt expect anyone to comment on this .. I wrote it for myself ... As a sort of reminder that things were not always good and that things evolve all the time and what can be a happy life can turn to shit in a blink of an eye .. and when i was married it often did ... Thanks for taking the time to comment much appreciated Love Jayne x
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bjp

17 years ago

Dear Seren,

This is a gutsy poem. Courage is so much a component of poetry that I wonder what the words are without it. You are courageous here. Most of us say "fine" to the greeting of "how are you?". You are treating poetry differently, and I say bravo! warm regards, bjp
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

Bjp

I am finding myself in words Bjp ... I have writen since I was ten (poetry mainly) but Ive never taken the time to sit down and work on them ,,, I would write them in my journels or on the edges of sheet music and then they would get put away in a chest of drawers ... Thanks for commenting on this one and thank you for the compliment I think the most couragous thing I have done was walk away and gave my kids a better life ... Much love Jayne x
professor

professor

17 years ago

Hi JayC

Yes this has the feel of a kick up the backside, self motivation piece and it fair spits at you. Its good though and that second verse in particular. Ian spotted the typo in the first verse but for me its the last verse that doesn't quite work. It is very difficult to string together long big words like this with some short linking ones and not just create a snowstorm of seemingly contrived sound. As Shakespeare once put it in Macbeth..."full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".....but it is definitely not a tale told by an idiot in this case lol. How about: Separation from Hallucination, self-annihilation, and constant (or futile maybe) validation into the Evolution of our Freedom Or something along these lines which makes the big words seem rather more meaningfully linked and improves the flow. Love K x
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

Keith ...

I agree with you (as per) but I was wondering how to do that last bit So I did it like that with a mind to fixing it later ... thanks for the help ... you certainly know how to stear me in the right direction ... much Love Jayne x x OH grrrr neopoet didnt post the last bit of my comment ..... I am an idiot though a lovable one pmsl :P
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paparazii

17 years ago

Nice piece

Weldone Seren, this one really took me up on the depth of freedom. Cheers Paparazii
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

Paparazii

There are many forms of being freed and in the getting of freedom this was my path ..... I will write a longer one but this one was to motivate me out of a recent rutt i had fallen into ... Love J x
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barbsdad2003

17 years ago

From the point ...

or perspective of standing outside looking in, am I on the right track---I think so---in seeing a sort of gestalt here? As well a product of zen? A relating of an evolution that tends to repeat itself, but also an acceptance. Very mature. Very real. Thanx, Chuck
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

Barbsdad

Thanks ... It was a kind of gestalt and probably a product of years of finding an inner peace ... I am a person who can rage with tidal waves of emotion ... I find it less tiring to be at peace these days but there are times when I need to let some of that emotion out ... this was one of those times Love J x
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Bosscombat

17 years ago

:o

how did i miss this one!!! its my favourite one yet!!!! poetry as if from my own heart.... makes me a little sad though to think what its about. <3
Seren

Seren

17 years ago

LOL thought you might like

LOL thought you might like this one ... you could nearly rap the middle bit lol its about getting away from a bad situation ... And finding freedom again :) Love you Jay-Kneee x x x
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

16 years 11 months ago

My Evolution of Freedom

The first stanza drew me in, and I loved the second, the third tied it all together for a nice piece~ ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous
Seren

Seren

16 years 11 months ago

Janice

Thank you for your comment , this one is about my marriage , just letting out a few demons ... Love Jayne
Seren

Seren

16 years 11 months ago

Dina ...

Thank you for the visit and the stars , this one has to be edited one more time I am having trouble getting my changes to save ... So i hope you like the small tweak I have in store for it ... Take care Love Jayne x