Comments : A Nation Aimless

  • 4 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    There's passion in this, and I love the continuation of words in each line that ended with "ness" or "less". My thinking is that this was more of a freewrite, so I'm guessing it may have been your intention for it to read without any breaks or pauses... I will say it was a bit hard to read at first, and maybe the flow would be better with a few natural breaks, but that's just my opinion.

    There's some really powerful lines in this.

    "the dreams are deemed less because people can't picture fields of greenness leaving dreamers dreamless"

    ^ My favorite line. It made me think of the hope so many immigrants have, as I have some friends who fought to come over here. And sometimes, their hopes are crushed by seeing what goes on in this country. But they are grateful and some of the hardest workers I know. Also made me think how we can put so much belief into something, and don't prepare ourselves for failures we witness, hyping something us so that it seems it will be a paradise. And maybe it is for those seeking asylum from war, but America has its own set of problems and prejudices and injustices that have not been addressed.

    You spoke on ego, fairness, morals, and a spirituality in this. A good that is still given by God that some are blind to, or refuse to see.

    This stood out to me too: "we cannot be covered by our barrenness"
    ^ I couldn't help but think of Adam and Eve. Barrenness for me meant feeling useless, unproductive, and unable to create from that.

    Again, really thought-provoking lines here, but I think this could be more polished to still read freely with the range of emotions, yet keep a consistent flow to it.

    Thanks for sharing!

    • 4 years ago

      by Vanessa

      Thank you for the kind words and constructive cristism