Substance Is My Life

Sage advice and self control

Balanced living in heart and soul

Shades of colours that bring to life

Every aspect of this beautiful life

Try to hurt me make me bleed

But you cannot but you can't see

Avarice means very little to me

I live for love, light, compassion and peace

You may look like you have perfect life

But that doesn't appeal to me with all it's needs

To simply be about show with little substance I know

I want my life to mean a whole lot more than that

Wearing brands and material crap

Is not my style so you can have that back

A deep understanding and knowledge of life

Helping others in stress and strife

Makes you shine bright enough

Standing strong when times get tough

Building character and resilience

Helping others is magnificent

Rather that just helping self

Just to look better than everyone else

I get more from life from helping those on their knees

Than I do do when making money

But maybe that's just me

Yet I know that's not the case

There are more I see

Living this way but we go through life unseen

Which is fine by me

But I galls me when I see those who chase greed

Plastered all over my TV screen

It says so much about our societies.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 7/26/2018 10:29:00 PM
Life at base has no inherent meaning...thus we are perfectly free to transmute the subjective spectacle we claim as reality...rather then seek to solidify what in essence shall always be fluid Always grasping at straws to prop up are personal narrative why not put others first going with the always interconnected big bang wow...what better way to celebrate Awesome how you not only see through the garbage cultures but open a line of discourse in an authentic way for others to see
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Date: 7/27/2018 1:11:00 AM
Thank you for your wise words, thanks for reading and appreciating my work, it means a lot my friend. Faux
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