Once upon a time
ideas and strength
rocked the world
I watch the swag
and fleeting glory
of rock stars today
with mild amusement
sprinkled with
a little disdain.
Concepts change
values outlive themselves
the world’s a stage
where hollowness
is having its day.
(44 words)
Reena Saxena 
This seems to be true in all aspects of society. With the coming of artificial intelligence there won’t be a smart one left in the bunch! Great poem.
Dwigjt
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Thanks!
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Isn’t that the truth! You capture sad reality in this one, Reena.
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Thank you, Victoria!
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So much fabrication all around us, the latest, the greatest….I believe we will come full circle back to the basics of the real world, in order to survive.
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I await the retirn of plain honesty. Thanks!
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The depth is still there just masked by massive shallowness.
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Maybe, saleability matters.
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A pithy social commentary…where’s real character, unstaged?
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Thanks, Lynn!
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You caught the spirit of hollow/shallow values and living all around us these days. Good write!
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Thanks, Vivian!
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You’re welcome!
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Ha. Not just music. Everything is a product these days.
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Agree 🙂
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Yes indeed. Hollowness, ego, writing for money instead of love….we are in the midst of quick sand.
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There are no superstars in the true sense now, just people looking for their fifteen minutes, days or months of fame.
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And yet hollowness ends and depth prevails.
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One hopes so …
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Oh in the end it does. It always does. I am more certain of this than the ground I walk on and the air I breathe even though those may fall away.
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Go Rena. I love your writing so much. I don’t know how you do it. Just keep doing it.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Scott!
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It seems like shifting sand when hollowness tries to rock the world.
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You are right, And not knowing what is the final shape it will assume.
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