Friday, January 19, 2024

Still Here

My god, it's been so long,
This doesn't even count,
I'm only feeling guilty about life,
More than I can recount,

I do it so I don't get anywhere,
It's more than I deserve,
At least that's the only thing I can say,
So's as not to admit I'd lost my nerve,

Of course that thinking is behind me now,
I have no time to lose,
That is the reality I must live
According to the news.
Know what I mean?
The conundrum of it,
The fact is it could all be meaningless,
You guffaw, but it can't be refuted.

Saturday, November 04, 2023

Ode to Survivor

I am on Survivor,
So is everyone,
Not in a superfan obsession way.
But all my relations,

Where they fit in the ultimate final,
Where only one is left,
Not in some weird 'there must be just one' way,
But in all of our own personal quest,

Finding yourself and what makes you the best,
At what it is you do,
Not at the expense of anyone else,
But as relates to you,
When the tribe speaks,
You will get all the votes,
Not from the tribe that's made of your rivals,
But from the jury who've all worn your coat.

Friday, November 03, 2023

When a Tree Falls in the Forest

Why has it been so long?
Who says that it has been?
You think just because I'm not posting here,
No output if unseen?

No more questions, I'm sounding aggressive,
Though, why the hell can't I?
Should not one's output tell you all of them,
From grand epiphanies to petty crimes?

Enough questions, let's get to the real point,
Or do you think there's none?
I can't imagine saying anything,
Without some intention.
What do you think?
Sorry, I just stepped out,
If you said something, you did not say it,
For I didn't hear what it was about.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Two Swords

There are times in this world,
For pure satisfaction,
Embrace the moment like that's all there is,
To spur 'magination,

Then there are times to view the horizon,
Imagine yourself there,
Chart out the best route methodically,
For fortune does not come out of thin air,

just like there is no overnight success,
Without lots of hard toil,
If I'd figured that out decades ago...
Well, regret's the sole's soil,
Back to the world,
That is the horizon,
Let bliss be the north star that guides your way,
Just do the work to maintain your motion.

Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Universal Survey

If you asked a question,
Of ev'ryone you know,
Individually, without sharing,
Where other answers go,

What question would it need to be to have,
All answers in common?
"Do you want peace?", "Do you have what you want?",
"Is there a difference between humans?",

"Do you want ev'ryone to be the same?",
"Can you and I be friends?",
"Do you think we have the communal will,
"To bring war to an end?"
What about me?
Yes, no, no, no, yes, no,
I guess if you're reading this it's a start,
Try sending it to ev'ryone you know.

Monday, September 04, 2023

A Meditation

Some things should not be said,
They should be done, instead,
The very act of putting words to them,
Leaves the intention dead,

You want an example, I can't give one,
For the exact reason,
Just know that as you are consuming this,
It's only possible through my action,

How long it took you are welcome to guess,
Let your mind do the rest,
Extract the meaning only you can find,
Or what's left out, at best,
Now off you go,
I mean no disrespect,
If you give me some benefit of doubt,
You may find my expression is perfect.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

A Downer

Two plus two equals four,
Five times three is fifteen,
Add them together and then you can drink,
Except in Tamuning,

Plus other places owned by the U.S.,
But you can buy a gun,
This ain't a critique of America,
I've not the stomach for revolution,

To tell the truth, I'm not even from there,
But, oh boy, I'd be screwed,
If that empire actually died,
I bet that you'd be, too,
But there are those,
Who'd welcome its demise,
Unless it meant nuclear holocaust,
I don't have enough lines to make this nice.