Poetry Slam Challenge #2: (Daily Grind)

in poetryslamtwo •  8 years ago 

Many feel stuck in jobs or careers that leave one feeling hollow or at best unfulfilled.  I certainly am no different than most.  Along comes Steemit providing a creative outlet for those of us whose artistic potential hasn't had the nurturing it deserves for some time.  The photos contained are of my actual desk at work.  Like many, I spend most of my day stuck in an office slaving away for someone else's benefit.

Steemit - freeing creative minds stuck in the daily grind...


Daily Grind   


Mundane and bland is the grind 

Bored day in and day out 

Slowly going out of my mind   


This is not what I was meant to be 

Chained to desk in office tower jungle 

Typing, checking and stamping so drudgingly   


Busy as a bee, like a drone I toil 

But my mind wanders distantly 

From the cage that makes my blood boil   


Far away it floats in search of fulfillment 

A rewarding existence it seeks 

A place that fills soul with contentment   


We were each born to be creator 

Our oppressors are its suppressor 

A free spirit destined to be greater   


As heart pours its song across the pages 

Tales of rhyme, prose and creativity 

Frozen in testament of freedom of the mind for all the ages   


Shared in kind with those of free spirit 

Thought for thought, emotion and feeling 

Gathering momentum it gives birth to Steemit   


A place where minds can be free 

Victims no more of cageless prisons

Able to express and feel as meant to be     


Free In Thought, 2016



Please be sure to FOLLOW me and check out my other contributions at @freeinthought. Thanks for reading!

Also please check out my other Steem Poetry Slam #2 entries:

Jagged Prison of Stone and Blackness

Free as a Thought


Photos are original and edited using software at  www190.lunapic.com.

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We clearly both work in the corporate slave trade :(

I enjoyed this because I can completely relate to what's going on in there ;)

Thank you so much. I think we intuitively know that there's more to life. The hard part is taking action to manifest our hopes and dreams. That's where I struggle. I've had some successes but still have work to do.

Take that action.
Go and get yourself free...

I'm glad I'm out.
Trying to get all the way free.

a big peppery amen to that

A place where minds can be free

Victims no more of cageless prisons

Able to express and feel as meant to be

Great stuff! followed and voted

Thanks for the encouragement.

I've had a real personal awakening in a sense since discovering the Steemit community.

I've enjoyed your work and look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future.
This space allows people from diverse backgrounds to embrace creativity in a supportive way.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your kind words

Yes!!! Free your mind! :-O My feelings on freedom as well...it's internal :-O Check out my entry, if you like :D XOXOXO Cheers & following @freeinthought!

I had a look at your entry and left my thoughts in your post. Thanks for your comments.