21st Century man

[Geoff-Allen]

A work-in-progress ...

21st Century man

Every time I look around
I don't even know if I'm mad
I don't even scream
And I don't even bleed
I walk around all day
With a totally shattered mind
I live my life
In more blindness than the blind
I belong in an asylum
I belong in a jungle
I live in a madhouse
I crawl through a daily nightmare
I blend in with the crowd
They're all crazy too
We need a messiah
Or possibly a few
We delude ourselves daily
We close our eyes to the pain
Keep yourself busy
Go for a walk in the rain
My life has been diluted and polluted
I have become psychotic and anti-biotic
I drown in your rivers
I swim in your pool
I climb every ladder
I laugh like a fool
I am a cork in the ocean
I wander round in slow motion
I am the confused and the misused
I talk in riddles and head for the middles
I am an artificial lifeform in an experimental world
My thoughts are like rocks through a window hurled
I drift randomly through the chaos around me
I'll take another pill as the demons surround me
I sleep in the ugly shadows of the city
I fly like a dragon through the night so pretty
I stroll all around this barren desolation
I watch people gathering to share their isolation
I am a symptom of the twentieth century
Make sure you pray for all those like me

 

[danieldemol]

A work-in-progress ...

21st Century man
...
I am a symptom of the twentieth century
Make sure you pray for all those like me

Erm, does this line need an update to reflect the title or vice versa?

 

[Darkforbid]

Every time I look around

Looking around eye unsettled

I don't even know if I'm mad

Like madness driving insight

I don't even scream

Screaming silent

And I don't even bleed

Bloodless relief unfeeling

I walk around all day

measureless steps aimless

With a totally shattered mind

Thoughts fragmenting

I live my life

Life tenantless lived

Sorry that's a bit word salad at the moment

 

[Milton Platt]

Erm, does this line need an update to reflect the title or vice versa?

Not necessarily. The last century could affect a 21st century man, since most of his life may have been lived in the last century.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Not necessarily. The last century could affect a 21st century man, since most of his life may have been lived in the last century.

You are spot on - 42 years of my current life were lived in the 20th century and the poem was actually called Twentieth Century man in its original form.

I think I will leave it as is for now.

All the best!