The City's Not For You
by Jowell Tan
You left your quiet life,
For a home in the city.
And what did that get you?
Nothing but stress and envy.
You replaced blue skies with grey clouds,
And endless horizons with towering buildings.
You traded boredom in the fields for boredom in the trains,
Animal bleating noises for human shouting voices.
It's time to get out,
to return to the place you left.
That'll be probably the time
you'll finally get some rest.
For a home in the city.
And what did that get you?
Nothing but stress and envy.
You replaced blue skies with grey clouds,
And endless horizons with towering buildings.
You traded boredom in the fields for boredom in the trains,
Animal bleating noises for human shouting voices.
It's time to get out,
to return to the place you left.
That'll be probably the time
you'll finally get some rest.
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Author's Note
ahh, that old chestnut about the countryside. I live in Singapore, where there is no countryside, but it's always good to dream about farms and vast expanses.
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Some truth here. I relate to that.
"You replaced blue skies with grey clouds,
And endless horizons with towering buildings.
You traded boredom in the fields for boredom in the trains,
Animal bleating noises for human shouting voices."
Nice!
I did just the opposite.*
You traded boredom in the fields for boredom in the trains,
Animal bleating noises for human shouting voices.
Good lines.
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I like this poem a lot, but I might change the title to Horizons/ Good job.