J Hamilton Gist Poet Dramatic Verse

Curse of the Facade

"Poeta Nascitur Non Fit"

Hated decades ago
Accepted a decade ago
Glorified now
To the extent 
of what we are horrified by

Painted tainted enlarged adjusted
Altered lessened sculpted tatted
A misrepresentation of our creative space
Now you are different if you are not

And the crowd screams, "Vive La Difference"!
As oath breakers call upon the Now
Learning lessons learned in the fog
To make the fog lace

We were under dressed anyway
And at odds with peace
Waiting for options
That are fail safe

Hic et nune...Hic et ubique
gardez la foi
Vox populi...Vox Dei
Gardez la foi

Or trouble will come
which will leave us asking
"Where did we go wrong?"
   
Quie'n Sabe?

Forgetting forgot to forget
what to forgive
and who not to 
and so here we are

In a state of constant acceptance
consumed by society's need
to remain the same
in a constant state of change

Yet we are forewarned...

Not to be physically immoral
Not to be thieves
Not to be greedy
Not to be wrong

But we deceive ourselves
and submit
We disease ourselves
and admit it and live through it
and say, "it's right"
when we know it's wrong.

Do you remember
when we couldn't act
like what we weren't
Or be who we were not??

We play with destiny
and it's forbidden activity
like climbing a latter
with broken arms

Lean forward step light
Listen hard

It ain't even real to be real no more 
so why try if you ain't

It ain't even real to be real no more
Now it's real to be fake.

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FJ Thomas May 17, 2018 at 11:06 AM You've said so much here. By the time I got to the end I could only say ...daaang! This is one that you have to read multiple times. Awesomeness J!