Brain Fog

I don't know what to say,
My head is all foggy,
I'm trying to lean into this new state,
Than sweeping it away,

We are born into this world as we are,
We've no sway over that,
Then as we grow we are just what we are,
Doesn't matter what we were aiming at,

So here I sit wondering what is next,
Changes or all the same,
Either way, I will be just who I am,
Really, it's all the same,

Except this thought,
Then the one that follows,
No matter where you are, that's where you are,
And where that is nobody really knows.

Just Do You

Some folks say it's bad luck,
To acknowledge your wins,
Live life without any expectations,
Desiring is a sin,

That is punished by never succeeding,
Even when you succeed,
For what you desire isn't the thing,
But the impossible to fulfill need,

But surely one can straddle both sides, no?
Gratefulness and desire,
One cannot exist without the other,
Nor should one be higher,

You need balance,
I'm sure you heard that, too,
Of course one might prefer to switch extremes,
Or attain an equal mix of the two.

Can't Be Mad At What You Don't Want

Despite the fears you have,
Sometimes you must believe,
So a thing has no chance of existing,
In the world you perceive,

It's nothing to do with it being wrong,
It is just wrong for you,
If you want to live in a world you want,
Not letting wrong be's the least you can do,

When you don't, you give part of life away,
The only one you got,
Which is fine if you know what you're giving,
Assuming you were taught,

See, there's the rub,
We can't do it ourselves,
There is no world without other people,
E'en when you are totally by yourself.

Why A.I.

A documentary,
AlphaGo is its name,
In two thousand, sixteen Google's DeepMind,
Won humanity's game,

Built of vast options and intuition,
No computer could fake,
Chess was impressive but just proved one thing,
The best computing could computers make,

But eighteen world Go champyan Lee Sedol,
Could ne'er lose to A.I.
For DeepMind was just that, and you know what?
Well, in Go, there's no tie.

But here's the thing,
Once Lee got over loss,
It turns out his game got better than if,
He never played DeepMind and never lost.

Now

I am all alone now,
Though someone else is here.
Some'd say this is a weird situation,
Well, maybe that's just fear,

Speaking if which, that's something to avoid,
If you've had quite enough,
Fear is just one of many ways to see,
You must see more to know what's truly up,

Like do you like to do or not to do?
Yes, that is the question,
It's not that ev'rything's been said before,
It's what, where, who, and when.

What do you know?
I bet you know a lot,
If only we cared 'bout what people know,
Maybe the world wouldn't be so fucked up.

The Way

I can't be safe no more,
I've realized it's not safe,
It's got to do with my mid-heaven sign,
According to my wife,

It's something I've always been aware of,
Always riding the line,
Because, you know what, sometimes safe is good,
You can literally die crossing lines,

The trick is knowing which ones are okay,
Oh, and not testing fate,
If you're not sure, err on the side of no,
Good things to those who wait,

Not those who die,
They may be remembered,
Bet you don't know what happens when you die,
Don't find out until you're old and tenured.

It's a Sign

My water is rising,
My sun is water, too,
I am floating in air far above earth,
The fires, quite a view,

To the dark side I fly, not the first one,
Still, it's colder than hell,
The stars, the stars, told me where will I go,
Before I promptly fell,

Savor this moment between two nothings,
It is all that exists,
The regrets for time wasted is precious,
When understood like this.

Now let us sink,
Back down and then forget,
This boat I send off for others to find,
Though, I've not found one from others, as yet.