I think your opening lines were great and immediately get the reader thinking. I think you've done a great job here and your flow is good. I also enjoyed your ending because you described what we do as people perfectly. I think people will be able to relate to this on many different levels. Nice work.

I think that this is a great poem. I really gets you thinking about the things in your life and why things are the way they are in the world! =) 5/5

Very creative and unique write...

what I interpreted is that we don't usually qestion the norms and rules of society... our life is simply bounded by the border made by others and we just abide by it... fearing ridicule or being termed as outcast...

your analogy of numbers is brilliant... it made such a strong point... well thats what I understood and it perfectly fit with my thinking... beautifully penned... and expressed...

a kind of motivational poem to do things differently...

This was a thought provoking piece and whilst I don't have the time to fully go through it, I'd like to say there were some nice moments. Punctuation was a bit all over the place but I found the message quite profound. Interesting write, I will come back to read it again.
You could trim it a bit though. Bits like:

'I now must ask,'

And the last line could be rephrased too.

Thanks for the share. :)

This was an interesting read and your right I don't quite understand it but a couple of more reads and i might. Over all the rhyme was good and so was the flow. Good job.

To me this poem reflects mind over matter

"Blinded by these signs of death
we failed to do the math,
for two plus two is always four,
another man-made fact."

-Really liked the first three lines, but the fourth threw me off. I don't like your use of the word "fact" for some reason.

""What is a number?" - The question asked,
no answer blessed my tongue,
an illusion of a quantity,
is two plus two not minus one?"

-I especially like the second line. The last threw me off a bit, but I think I understand your point. Awesome.

""What is a symptom?" - I now must ask,
the answer we swear to know
but in the fear of losing life
ignored these symptoms go."

-Powerful third line. Last sentence was kind of awkward, but I like it.

What inspired you, m'dear?

Great job.

I thought this was a short but sweet little piece of poetry, that portrayed the aspects of life as a whole. Many "Imagine" the outcome of everyday life while following the same ole' routine without 'experimenting' or taking a different course/road which I felt this piece portrayed well. Mathamatics is a routine practice just like that of life, people have routines and don't usually venture from them, but in this piece of poetry, 'two plus two not minus one?' shows the alternitive thinking in this piece.

Then again, I can be totally wrong with my interpretation, but that is what I thought it was about. If you'd care to enlighten me if I am wrong, then please PM me, I'd love to know the true meaning behind this piece.

Well done, keep up the excellent work.

Peace, Joe