Just Imagine

The day that stars obey the law of gravity
And cars start to defy them.

When people rely on the internet
And throw away beauty that,
Were once called books.

The day that conspiracy takes
Precedence over logic
And learned scholars are thought
To be grumpy old men.

Start of schoool.

Started school last week. I actually missed it. Sad, I knw, but I have more to do at school than I have at home. Will keep you posted.

Gutter Rainbows

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Gutter: A channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

Rainbow: A bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain and/or splashes of water.

Very rarely have both these collided.
A metaphorical oxymoron,
If you will. Gutters. Dark dingy places, where,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reside.
Rainbows. Making  everything blessed and pleasant. 
If the sun can transform gutter water,
To rainbows, that we can enjoy.
Then why can't it transform our lives?
Have you ever
Felt melancholic
On a hot summers day?   
When the garss is green
And there isn't a cloud in sight?
Everyone around you is smiling.
But you're the only one
Who isn't. When that happens
You've hit rock bottom.
However, rock bottom has,
Gutter Rainbows.

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The youth lacking in creativity?

       The modern era seems to be something of the past. Inestead we live in a post-modern society, in which children are lacking in creativity. Kids as young as eight years old are glued to their t.v/computer screens. They have more gaming consoles than ever before and have accounts on twitter and Facebook as well as having the latest phones and gadgets such as the iPhone and the iPod. Those my age (and perhaps even older) will agree with me when I say (without sounding too nostalgic) that when I was their age all I had was some paper, a pen/pencil and an imagination. Digital and/or technical devices are what is stopping the young generation from exploring 'the big wide world.' Today in society, people allow themselves to be part is social boxes. Society socialises people into boxes. Society's moral code puts us in boxes. We're surrounded by boxes. Boxes define us. Those who do not adhere to the norms of the box are outcasted. Different people have different boxes with their own specific rules. We want and need identity. We as society, overall, need to and want to connect to others in the same box as ourselves. Few adopt the idea of self-identity and individualism.

       Creativity allows us to grow independently, without generalising ourselves to cliches or stereotypes of our sex, religion race etc. Strange are the times when children pester their their parents into being the 'Jones's family' and get them all sorts of different gadgetry. Whilst this stops the pester power of children, in reality they are only competing with their friends to be accepted into the 'cool' crew. Sure I also used pester power, but for things that could actually expand my mind in different areas of the world. for example I used to read Encyclopedia's as a kid. Which kid read those these days?  We need to teach our youth to become more creative so that they can grow without the urge to want to be represented and identified by others in a box. Make your own box.

       However, some identities are linked and attached to us and are absolute. For example, our religious/spiritual beliefs, ethnic background, race, etc, will always be linked to us and therefore it can be argued that we are automatically put into social boxes. Although this is true - to an extent - creativity allows for people to think for themselves, thus enabling them to reject the norms of the box. This is the normative definition of what Durkhiem calls, deviant. Deviance isn't being a rebel, it's being creative. It allows for self-expression and a willingness to learn. To learn because you have a love of gaining knowledge not learnoing because you must. These skills are essential in children and can only be acieved if we continue to stop with our children spending ridiculous amounts of time on digital gaming and social networking and go out and explore, whether it be with their peers or even by themselves. Sounds hard, I know but people once thought that man could never land on the moon and that the Earth was flat. Look how that turned out.

Midweek Thoughts

I hate the feeling of nostalgia.
There's nothing positive to reflect on.
Childhood memories are like broken records.
In pieces and useless.

Society places its' members in boxes
And outcasts those that,
Choose not to conform to one.
But when all is said and done
Everyone is lonely.

The world we live in
Is evil. Crime looms over
Every street corner. Whilst covering
The sad state of depression
People are in.

Have You Lived?

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If you haven't ever felt alone
As though you were disassociated
or ever felt melancholic,

If you haven't ever been in love
Like you were their soul mate
And you were meant to be together,

You Haven't Lived.

Thoughts of A Melancholic

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Sometimes I feel lonely,
Fed up of everything.
Feeling so melancholic,
It has become the norm.

Bad omens surround me daily.
Being so depressed, that I have become allergic--
Allergic to happiness.

Even as a child, I thought of myself as a failure.
Even as a child, I hated the world.
Even as a child, I felt lonely.

Lonliness is seen as a sad state
But for me it isn't.
It allows me to find my inner-self
And be at peace with the world.

Although I have friends, I feel isolated.
As though, somehow, I don't fit in,
And looking back; I suppose I never really did.

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