Thursday, June 27, 2019

[Poetry] World and I


World and I

I won’t lie.
I have big dreams!
I want to move the world!
I won’t lie.
I let the world push me
In this world, we made way more babies than adults
Sometimes, I feel like I’m growing smaller not bigger
There’s no doubt I’m like a child scared of being alone
I seek solace in the world knowing that people and things do not know who I am
Perhaps they seek solace too in whatever fashion they can find
So who is using who?
Artificial noises are seductive to my ears and I’m lured by worldly Sirens
My ears blister and burn while I leave truth for lies
Counterproductive and life-shortening, I shrink
The days of life dance by day by day – one of so many I think or rather one of so few
Ask me if I’m looking for self-growth and I will tell you that I most certainly am
Ask me if I’m growing and I may tell you that I do not know
But that may be a lie for I know I often recede
Golden time most frivolously frittered with motionless words motionless emotions
The words I say ring hollow to my own ears even while they may inspire others
My shifting moods give me thoughts where I cannot help but think that I may be a lie
Outside, maybe I still shine but within, my fire heart is submerged under the cold water of fear
My soul is as deep as the ocean I think but lost like Atlantis under the waves
I cannot help but feel that I’m sometimes drowning
This frigid silence within may have eclipsed the totality of my sun
I am a student of my own heart and I know what I feel:
I want a white slate to redraw who I am and not just to wait out the grey of every day

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