"Love is for Losers"
was what i saw
on a teenage boy's teeshirt--
he was an artless, bored young teen
who carried a heavy
statement
in his face
on his chest
in his eyes
on his shoulders
in his heart
...
what's for "winners" then?
so many young people
already spent, bent
walking around carrying
a statement
like a rusted sun
like a loaded gun
...
someone was hurt
deep inside
someone is going to
hurt someone
tonight
...
we still have a long way to go
brothers & sisters
...
::
yet, another day in paradise
知凡 發表評論於
"changing perspectives can help us "think less" about ourselves [isn't that a good way to forget our pity "fears?"]"
知凡現在看什麽都在changing perspectives......
所以，不小心看出“作先生”文字中的“乾坤大挪移”，“太極”招式.....
“knowing all that is to realize that "we" cannot change the world, but the "worlds" are in us!!!!!”
love the quote from “莊子秋水”...there is truth in it....
inspired by your words/ideas/observations, i realize that we have to
realize that "writing with heart" or "speaking with heart" is so important and so basic if we long for a better world/life.....
i always think faith and religion are two different things....again, for those who love movies, i recommand another one [which was filmed in the city i live now]: What the *bleep* Do We Know?
this film inspired many and it's still inspiring those who see it for the first time....i won't give out the film....it is worht watching.....it is about "meaning".....
people of different religious orientations are drawn to it and got inspired by it.....
religions are created by humans....even the idea of God!!!!
God, eastern gods or western gods, didn't write the Bible, didn't make the churches interfere with the states, etc... right???
knowing all that is to realize that "we" cannot change the world, but the "worlds" are in us!!!!!
for example,
a little poem cannot do anything in the eyes of a car dealer or a fat banker, but then, a poet or a writer/artist or anyone who pursues spirituality does it all the same because we know that "happiness" comes from within!!!!
YY and ZF: Thanks for the feedback on the sarcastic comment.
Teen's values and attitudes are strongly role-modeled after the society defined "sucessful and powerful" figures. The religious leaders or average church attenders have very little influence on them. They are not the "winners" I meant.
AAAB，我的理解是不能盲目地信，我也很崇尚信仰，信仰也可以說是精神，我相信有一個冥冥中主宰著我們的神（或別的什麽名字），她創造世界萬物包括人類的靈魂…… 我願摒棄所有思想束縛，讓我的靈去接近她，與之對話，希望她能告訴我所有的疑問，告訴我我該怎樣麵對生活，該怎樣獲得一個平凡的女人身心真正的平衡，這是目前支撐著我的精神…… 在這個過程中我是主動的，而不是被放牧的小羊羔，盡管我的內心有時比羊羔還要脆弱，但是如果我們主動修養自我，我們會逐漸逐漸真正堅強…… 教會裏的人形形色色，和不信教的人沒有本質的區別，其實人都是一樣的，並不一定以群分，特別是如果我們也追求精神和信仰的話。如果信教的人以群分人，那他們是在信“教”，而不是信Holly Spirit, God and Jesus……
Here is my understanding:
Rusted sun - - - hopeless and helpless
Loaded gun - - - frustrated, stressful, revengeful, and the like
Hard to say these so-called winners are really religious or do have faith in anything - - - they are rebellious and their self-knowledge are overshadowed by the pop culture.
I once talked to a teen friend; she said that every teen at school has a trend to make a suicide, which shocked me. Her teacher told them that high school could a cradle for self-discovery of those kids, but the intensive competition burdens and stress out them who go to college to take extra courses for their future.
my point is that the heart of a kid is a prairie; we can nurture it to green but also burn it. Who are “we”?
rc, I know you are sarcastic when saying those above. Like you critical thinking
by水滴 發表評論於
"what's for "winners" then?" LTG asked.
The statement behind "Love is for losers" are:
"Aggression is for winners"
"Indifference is for winners"
"Cruety is for winners"
"Exploitation is for winners"
"Deceiving is for winners"
"God is love!" Isn't that sound hypocritical to you? When the murders tell us that they sincerely love God and " we shall love the others like love ourselves", do you believe the word "love" from their mouth? I don't! "Love is for losers" is what in their mind.
Who is a rusted sun! who is truely a loaded gun! Me?? Are you kidding???
知凡 發表評論於
"Kooser documents the dignities, habits and small griefs of daily life, our hunger for connection, our struggle to find balance. — Poetry "
Thanks for your recommendation.....
rc 發表評論於
sometimes, cynicism is a way to cope with the crazy world.
LTG 發表評論於
yes, z.f.!!
the poet is a good one :)
ted kooser, i believe, the current poet lauraete of USA.
of course, people can find "order" by doing different things in life...
LTG 發表評論於
that's right, y.y.!!
a few words can do that, sometimes....
humans are the happiest creatures
because we can
WRITE
RIGHT
!!!!
:)
知凡 發表評論於
writing poetry is to find order
in this disorderly world ...
!!!!!!!!
depend on different poetry[poets]...
影雲 發表評論於
Personally, I also feel writing does comb messy thoughts.
LTG 發表評論於
keeping one's eyes open
to the outside world
is the same as
keeping an eye
at the inner
world
.
.
.
知凡 發表評論於
we still have a long way to go
brothers & sisters
...
LTG 發表評論於
i heard someone [a poet] said:
writing poetry is to find order
in this disorderly world ...
so we write
and keep
writing
.
.
.
影雲 發表評論於
灰色世界的宣言
: love is for losers
"someone was hurt
deep inside
someone is going to
hurt someone
tonight"
very well written
知凡 發表評論於
...bored young teen
who carried a heavy
statement...
"Love is for Losers"
was what i saw
on a teenage boy's teeshirt--
he was an artless, bored young teen
who carried a heavy
statement
in his face
on his chest
in his eyes
on his shoulders
in his heart
...
what's for "winners" then?
so many young people
already spent, bent
walking around carrying
a statement
like a rusted sun
like a loaded gun
...
someone was hurt
deep inside
someone is going to
hurt someone
tonight
...
we still have a long way to go
brothers & sisters
...
::
yet, another day in paradise
