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Walking Away

All that glitters ain't gold Weighs that we've been sold Don't let my words scald or scold Listen Hear the wise Of an owl with eyes As old As the first Uni Verse that I learned With a scowl upon my brow Only to curse In reverse The many things we humans do And I'm guilty too Too many a minds have been plundered To barren thoughts asunder And we crawl Through it all Ways to ponder Why life's a wonder? If living what we said That God is coming? Then why we runnin'? I reread The blood in me And you And the fine print times two And how life would figure When we triggered Survival versus wither Laying siege we beleaguer Relievers of deceivers Wanting no leaders To conceive Like that girl Mary Lost lambs wary Grown contrary To our imagination And the self frustrations Of cherishing our creations And the find Of a spine Of our kind On a peaceful mission A star trek of volition Where no man Can deliver us From the quiver Of hither to hither Enigmas sharing freedoms Paid to believe in Five for the first Ten for the last Breathe of air Times a thousand I dare The thought Of answers bought Often sought Just prancers With a nose red cancer For the greed of romancers Of delusional highs....

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 7/9/2016 1:57:00 AM
GEORGE, nicely penned. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and words today. Love ~SKAT~
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