grieving fully-
postulating gestures
impressions etched
into glass
cold and frozen
destined to break
destined to break
smiling lasciviously
cultured-refined
predatory masks
are invisible, until
the moment strikes
shark-tiger-crocodile skin
leopard-piranha-lion's roar
and when it does, victims fall
defenses drop, ease is made
trust is gain, safety is but a word
tomorrows a casket that
bears someones name
names are but recreations of characters
names carry history but only if memories suffice
You never know who your villain shall be, perhaps it's a devil,
perhaps it's an alternate you, perhaps it's a friend or a lover, a doubter or an acquaintance you just made
don't take liberties on today
for you don't know
what date there'll be
on the page of your
obituary
Oh, how depressing
what words are spewed with shades of coal
how can one live in such a fashion
betting on an inevitability solely not to be wrong
what kind of lyrics?
what kind of song?
Breathe deep
mouth to diaphragm
Breathe deep
hold for ten seconds
and spew your negativity away
dream
dream
dream
then wake up and dream some more
and find that happy door, that leads you to a place of glad
You're too oblivious to see the serious nature
that bows before us now
have you not been paying attention
the world is falling apart
The planet is dying
the wells are drying up
the flu is everywhere, infecting
perpetuating a sickness that is but the beginning
to an end that will be before us before you think
natural disasters are cropping up so quick
the supply is in demand
but machines supply the labor
unemployment rates skyrocket
arguments are all that is salable
to a mindless generation of
hands-out sheep, willing to beg
for whatever pile they spew upon your
dirty plate
But what is gained from speaking so
find a joy in life, any joy and
if that evil does come true
then, well, then you will have loved
something, and that something
will carry you on through
and if finality is the dish
served warm
then hold on tight
to all the positive memories you
have worn while letting
those destructive songs cease to play
for once we're gone, so are they
just believe and pray and pray
it'll be all right
no matter what end comes our way
hopeless optimist
I pity your shock
when the bricks crumble
and you fall down and down
as I doubt the life you've lived
will take you anywhere
and then you'll frown and remember
the warnings you were given yet
chose not to heed…pathetic, that's what
I see
And here we have it
those who cannot negate the
optimistic cry, eventually
turn to slander and negative barbs
I'm so sorry you live the way you do
but chastise you I will not
for you make your choices and
I'll make mine, I pray
for you the best and hopefully
you'll find something to live for,
something to deeply love while you can.
Shared with D'Verse for Open Link Night.
For this week I had the idea of a poetic dialogue between an eternal pessimist and an eternal optimist. Not sure how I feel about what I wound up with, but in any case, satisfied that idea to some degree.
