Nero's Poem: Eyes Wide Shut

[Nero]

Eyes Wide Shut:

When I look backi on the world's past;
It hasn't gone fast;

The war in Iraq still rages;
As I look at the blood on the pages;

That soldiers have sent;
it pains me to read of how long they have spent;

away from the ones they love;
I bet they wish they were dove;

Able to fly away and never coming back;
Being able to see the sand turned black;

Thanks to the mud;
Along with the colour of blood;

But they'd probably get gunned down;
without a sound;
Knowing they'll never be found

They'd cry at the sound of troops storming;
Now there's global warming;

Caused by greenhouse gas;
We don't have much water and we're running fast;

That is the drought's affect;
Oh what the heck;

I will say it anyway;
This is what everybod's doing today;

Their standing around with their eyes wide shut;

Not doing a thing;
Drinking and thinking we can sing;

Lauging at pain;
The general is no longer sane;

How can we see with our eyes wide shut;

Like a week old cat stuck in time;
People think will be fine;

I'm begging on my hands and knees;
So please;

Think about it;

I can't make you open your eyes;
But do it, before the world dies.

Cheers
NR

[Koniption]

Hi Nero,

That was actually a really good poem. It speaks a lot of truth about the world as it is today.

Besides the obvious message it relays, is there a personal story for you behind this poem?

Koniption

[Nero]

no, i was sitting at home bored and i went channel surfing and i got to the news channels and there was all the stuff about iraq and the drought and global warming and i felt like no one can see this stuff cause we arnt helping anything get better but one reporter said keep your eyes wide open,
and i said, yer right, we're only keeping our eyes wide shut.
And then i went wrote that.