08-07-2011, 06:13 AM
I love this poem. It sums up what I hate about the wannabe rebels who promote the watered down philosophy that we should all be individuals, while conforming to a stereotype. We all want to fit in, none of us want to be lonely. It's sad but true. The final tercet is utterly compelling in its nihilism.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe