Mostly My Thoughts (feat. Auto-Suggest)

I Am

Two of the most powerful words one can say

At least in English


I am my raceI am my religionI am my bodyI am my soulI am my nameI am who I am
I am my languageThe words that express what I think and howI feel The way I communicate with others

Language is a vital part of my cultureOf my identity Of who I am
language
Who think it's dirty
And incorrect
And wrong


Proper
Standing
Right
What's right?
Rules that were made up years ago
What about what people say today?
What about the most commonly used phrases of
2015?
What about the language variations that have
grown from different places?
That living people use
Each and every day
Somehow that doesn't matter
Somehow that's dose
It's not important


Language is power
Language gives people power
People use language to be the best
Or at least dye to be


All languages can’t be legitimate
That would defend the purpose
Upset the balance
Then there couldn't be those who are higher
than others
There always needs to be an outcast
There always needs to be those who do in
And those who don't
It represents a pets and a pets culture
Well everyone can't have their own
Everyone's feelings can't be considered
There needs to be a uniform standard
Otherwise there'd be chap
Think about high school
The stare
The jocks can't hang out with the nerds
The drama kids can't hang out with the skate
park
The art students can't hang out with the
cheerleaders
Society couldn't handle it
These people who are so different
Who live such different lifestyles
They couldn't possibly tile each other
Let alone, co-exist
That ode is can't
Or is it?


Language is power
These rules help those in power maintain
that power
That's all it's about really
Who is on top
Who is not important
Who is beet than who
You know what it comes down to?
Survivors of the fittest
Survivors of the linguist

There are those who look down on my

Language is identical

 Based on how I interpreted the directions, I feel that auto-suggest didn't alter my poem too horribly.  It definitely changed some words drastically, “tolerate” became “title” and “better” became “beet.” However, most of the words stayed the same so most readers could understand the main idea of the poem. That’s the amazing thing about this technology generation. We’re used to auto-suggest messing things up, and it’s almost as if we have an internal filter that filters out the word issues. In terms of communicating through auto-suggest, in some instances people sort of do. It’s easy to type a few letters and get some word options, but I believe it’s more about conserving time than speaking through auto-suggest. We can definitely communicate meaningful ideas through texts. While the word issues sort of interrupted the flow of the poem, I believe that they didn't hurt the piece too badly. Standard English definitely isn't necessary. It may look pretty, but I’m fairly confident that 99% of people would prefer to read something written in basic language over elevated diction. It doesn't mean we’re uncultured or savages, it just means our language completely reflects our culture and our people.