They say God is dead.
And we killed Him.
As if we could kill God.
Yet, we bow our heads with a slight nod.
I walk to the front of the chapel,
To pay my respects seems, natural.
Forced to look upon the face,
And forced to offer my disgrace,
When I notice this is not the face
That I was expecting in this boxed place.
It is academia who lies in the coffin.
For students sit silently in rows too often,
While information is spewed onto boards,
We string her up like strange fruit with cords.
Laptops are guillotines for creativity.
They steal ideas like the sharp blade,
That falls at the will of gravity.
As we sit and “take notes,” we fade.
Academia wishes she had died fast.
I know this, because I heard what she said last.
As I looked at her face, she spoke to me.
“Bury me alive, so I don’t have to see.”
Perhaps she would have preferred a cross,
A death more tedious than the growth of moss.
At least everyone would have noticed her as she died,
and there would be no excuse not to fix your eye.
Academia is dead.
We have killed her.
Primitive Poetry 
Amen, good insights, well written!
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Thank you, I am a 5th-year student at a university. I kind of just wrote what I imagined the funeral would be like.
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You are very right. I’ve been there and seen the sheeple brain washing myself.
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Wow. Well said.
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Thank you. For context, this is coming from a 5th-year student at a university.
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I get it. A friend of mine who is a University prof, said that her institution is not even penalizing plagiarism.
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Woah, that’s absurd! My University would kick me out in a second. I just think a lot of students are at college for the “experience.” What a waste
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I don’t think that is new. I remember experiencing that when I was there – paying my own way. Others were not as serious.
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Absolutely, this isn’t a new phenomenon. However, academically, college students are less interested in studies. Ask professors about the academic integrity of students. It’s becoming non-existent.
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That is a shame. I have no doubt the cream will still rise to the top.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Nearly everything we love and respect is being killed off, presumably in the name of progress. I am becoming glad I am too old to see how bad it will get…
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There are many like me who want to see tradition carry on
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This is brilliant!
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Reblogged this on Abstract Plane.
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Wow again, William! You really know how to strike at the core of the heart of virtually any matter you address! Well-done, sir … well-done
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Thank you! I try to really pour myself into my art. This one was very raw and true for me to write
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I love your brain
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Yes, you started from Nietzsche ….and of to a meditative rumination in the chapel and then again your thoughts are winding to the academy. Yes you have poignantly portrayed it in criticism. Anand Bose from Kerala
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So well written! My friend is a professor and feels much the same.
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Feel free to share this with them, I would love their input
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Will do.
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Hi William, enjoyed this immensely – thought-provoking – oh, and thanks for the follow! Owen.
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Awesome work! It’s so heartwarming to hear an artist speak out against the way scientific materialism has tried to murder western culture, starting with the rote abuse of young minds in school. And ending now with academia’s overdue death as they’ve priced themselves out of existence in their greed to fleece the young, burying them under insurmountable debt while preparing them for nothing in the job market. It’s a corrupt system than needs a headstone and a goodbye prayer.
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I like and I share. Take care.
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Thank you for the share! 🙂
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Love this poem.
Gwen.
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Thank you, this is probably my favorite piece
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